Million Dollar Listing LA not only comes on on a busy night, it is 75 minutes long which makes it difficult for me to recap timely because of other shows. So this may be my lasst MDLLA recap. I’m not getting many views and I feel like you guys are kind of over it. Plus, my recaps are basically about the houses unless something goes down. They are kind of boring. So we shall see if the show improves or goes back to 60 minutes. I lost power here during a scary but brief storm, but for now we are back online.
Altman & Flagg
One thing I am loving about this season is Altman and Flagg working on a huge co-list. I really do like this show, it just doesn’t inspire much discussion. And yet, someone was kind enough to spoil me on what happens with their listing. Le sigh. Flagg’s office is a disaster. It’s worse than my house! I’m surprised! I’d peg him for a neatnik. Altman has big news! He has a buyer for the Razor house! The hitch is it is one of his clients. Also, Altman can’t say who the buyer is because he signed an NDA. Which is kind of ridiculous because the buyer’s name is out there. Altman will be soley representing the buyer for now and Flagg will represent the seller. This should be fun.
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The two Joshes meet at a Jewish deli to negotiate the deal. Allegedly. I always wonder if these negotiations are fake. Flagg finds out immediately that the buyer is Alicia Keys. The house is listed at $25 million but is was previously listed at $30 million. She offers $18 million all cash, quick close. I predict they will close at $22 million. The seller counters at $23 million but is authorized to take $20 million. I can’t believe they are eating gefilte fish. Altman says his best and final is $20 million. But, Flagg says that is not going to happen. They finally agree to $20.8 million. I think that is a steal for that house. Congrats, Alicia! Then we get a bunch of funny flashbacks that you just had to be there for.
James & David
James is showing properties to a very pregnant couple. Let’s hope she doesn’t have a baby in one of the properties. I have no issues with this listing in Brentwood. It has a nice kitchen as opposed to a galley kitchen. I hate galley kitchens. The backyard has the privacy they want. I love it! The female is not in love. She wants something more modern. The reason I liked it was it was more traditional. Next, they head to the Pacific Palisades. I still want them to buy the first house. It’s a beauty. But the Palisades are really lovely. The Palisades house has grass stripes on the driveway. I’ve never understood the whole grass between concrete thing. Sure it looks great but it must be a PITA to maintain.
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James is excellent at showing houses and selling the things that the clients want. What he is not pointing out is how much baby proofing this house would need with all the sharp corners and glass stairways. She loves the amazing his and hers closets. Oh the backyard grass is fake! Perhaps the driveway grass is too. I would hate fake grass. But I guess the plus size is that the wife won’t be having an affair with the gardener. They are going to make an offer.
The house is listed at $6,785,000. And they offer $6.4. The house is owned by developer. He should jump on that. I think the guy wanted the TVs so maybe that will come into play. The developer counters at $6.65. And I was right. They are going to come up to $6.6 with all the TVs, some black out shades and a few other things. DONE! They named the baby, Tiger. TIGER! Really?
Tracy
Tracy is high on life and a bit freaked out after landing a $500 million dollar portfolio with a very wealthy, very picky investor. They need to hold a broker’s open with food and drink outside. And a shoe check because people are not allowed to wear shoes inside the property. Nor can they use the bathroom. So I suppose she will have to get one of those fancy port-a-potty trailers with the sinks and the whole nine. Tracy and Josh are both in the office late. He is preparing to negotiate with Flagg and she has been told thirty two times by the investor that her broker’s open house is not good enough. Flagg says that he has previously listed with the investor and it’s going to break her. He only had the listing for ten days.
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So now we are down to Tracy and her broker’s open. The investor is already pissed at Tracy. Things are not going well. He is extremely OCD. I just want to live somewhere that my bathtub is a giant walnut salad bowl. How exactly would my maid clean a wooden bathtub? As if Tracy was not already under enough pressure, the both the chairman and the CEO of her brokerage are there. Tracy double kisses both of them! Is that normal? Maybe one of them will buy the place? It is very much a man’s house.
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Flagg and his hot husband are also there. The security is so imposing that hot husband is afraid to go in. They are not allowed to touch anything or use the restroom or wear shoes or bring in food or beverage. They are going inside in small groups and the investor is with them most of the time. I just realized that slippers would be nice for my dirty floors. Also, I vaguely remember buying something from Uggs a few years back. I wonder what that was? Maybe slippers? I was never a slipper person until this moment.
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The developer has saran wrapped the toilets closed. ROFLMAO. James thinks the house is over priced at $75 million based on comps. But really? There are no comps! David is leaning on a counter! OMG! The investor will shoot him if he sees this! He will not even let Tracy put her handbag on a counter! Amazingly the investor is leaving before it is over. And the Altman brothers stop him to say hello. He fired them after ten days. Altman told him the house was way overpriced. Now he says he is surprised he is not at $50 million. The brother points out there are houses on the water for a third of the price. Tracy sees the talking and runs to intercept.
And that’s a wrap! Next week, more real estate porn.
I love the NY version, could never get into the LA version. I was tempted to watch when they added Frederick, but not enough to actually watch.
Me, too!
I’m just the opposite…..must be because I’m a west coaster lol…
Great recap, Tamara. I hope you don’t stop recapping MDLLA. It’s one of my favorites, I just don’t always have something to say about it. Flagg’s office did surprise me. It’s tiny & messy, but he seems really happy in that environment. With all the wonderful deli food the Josh’s could have ordered for lunch, gefilte fish was what they settled on? Why????
I know, right!
I love it, too. MDLLA is a lot of fun.
But that developer or Tracy’s…wow.
I really like Josh very much, but his office was horribly disappointing to me!
Messy is one thing, but it looked like an office from 20 years ago.
Josh is an old soul in a young man’s body. I think that’s part of the reason his office is such a throwback to the old days. I do have to say that we’ve seen his office before & I never noticed it looking quite that bad so I don’t know if that scene was just scripted or if it really always looks like that.
True!
It’s my favorite now that N.Y. Housewives is drunken brawls, before anyone’s even had breakfast, about who deserves to be paid what to be in Luanne’s loser cabaret shows. I prefer the arguments of real working people, and the ball busters they often try to please, to most of the Housewives franchises.
I love this show. And the NY one. They are so fun to watch and much better than the drunk, fighting housewives. My dream is that Palisades house. ❤️ And I laugh at Flagg every scene he’s in. Hilarious
Omggggggg. I looove Josh Flagg. He is absolutely hysterical. Wish he had his own show.
I loved Flagg on Altman: “He’s a scumbag. But he’s my scumbag.” Fun seeing them work together.
I have tried and tried but just can’t get into any of the Million Dollar Listing shows. Sorry!
But about to abandon all of the Bravo shows at this point.
I’ve been pushing for this for years. Here in 2012 https://tamaratattles.com/2012/01/18/a-love-letter-to-andy-cohen/ and again here in 2017 https://tamaratattles.com/2017/06/16/a-follow-up-to-my-first-open-letter-to-andy-cohen/
That said the MDL shows are great, even if they don’t generate much discussion. And Top Chef is fantastic. As is Project Runway. But the money makers for this network are all the misogynistic shows.
Hi Tamara, I come to your site all the time all week I read your recaps along with the comments and I do not always comment. However just to show you how important you are, I am watching MDListing right now I am a Realtor and I am impressed with the homes just as you are. I literally paused watching the show just to come to your website to read your reviews. Sorry I do not comment but I will start so that you do not stop recapping on the show. I appreciate you and when I am on other blogs I get really excited for you when they quote your work. Or when they post something I always come to your site to confirm, I appreciate you. I hope you see this, have a great day and I hope your day is better.
Thank you so much for your comment, Mrs. Joyce. I know I will get to it soon.
Also, what shows would you like to discuss here? I’m always open to new ideas!
Blush…Smothered. 😉
Hi I was wondering if we could do the new Love and Listings on VH1 they are really young but the drama is there. I also wished we could have done married to medicine LA.
I know all of these shows are scripted reality but the MDL shows are too staged to feel like reality tv and too poorly acted to be a scripted show. If I watch it is is for the house porn and Tracy’s wardrobe. But even her gorgeous clothes seem awkward and unnatural on her for some reason…kind of how I look in a suit.
I really should have commented on Tracy’s awesome wardrobe. But she seems to flaunt it a bit and I haven’t worn a bra for more than six hours in the last in… well it seems like we’ve been locked down for almost five months! I TRY to put one on for the trips to the grocery store than I can probably count on one hand.
I hope you keep recapping the show I really enjoy it. The best part is seeing all the different homes that I don’t think I will ever be able to afford. The marriages are seem real and authentic.
I drool over the real estate porn. I am jealous of anyone who has a washer and dryer in this pandemic. Mostly I love dropping off my laundry for someone else to do. I just hope they are still there when I muster the courage to do that again. People are often like FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I WILL BUY YOU A WASHER AND DRYER! But money is not the issue. The hookups are in the kitchen and that’s just not going to work for me. I also have no way to do a dish washer without a lot of reconstruction. So I am just all kinds of turned on by laundry rooms and kitchens where you can plug in appliances! lol.
I am not complaining though. I like my shack. It;s paid for and Banjo has a huge fenced back yard. It’s not pretty, and there are some things that are a bit challenging, but it sort of suits me. I thought I would sell it when I “retired” but everyone needs a home base. So I look forward to moving to an apartment here and there. But I think I’ll probably always keep this place. Unless we have another civil war. Or other unforeseen miseries to come.
And to be honest, I’d be afraid to live in some of those big houses alone. And I would never move to California or NYC. Earthquakes, and too many people respectively. I do sort of wish I would have bought a little craftsman house in Smynings a few years back. But I would be worse off financially to travel, so… life is about trade offs. What I really want is a maid for the shack. People with depression and anxiety are not so good with housekeeping, or personal hygiene. 🙁 But the good news is I can be as stinky and messy as I want… Which apparently is very stinky and very messy. lol
Flagg and Altman working together is everything I need in this life. I miss Flagg’s grandmother, she was a pip. I am still a little freaked out at how rich Tracy is, or was before the divorce.
She’s a smart Tough businesswoman for sure but doesn’t hurt to be born to a billionaire developer like she was…
i didn’t know Tracy has family wealth; who is her family? She definitely has excellent taste as far as her home goes. I do wish she would tone down her make-up a little tho – wayyyy too much.
This is the only show I watch on Bravo, but am way behind! Just finished the first episode. The real estate porn is a great escape.
Me too, I’m way behind but I love this show! I love Josh Flagg, love, love, love Josh Flagg.
I do watch to house browse, I find myself to be a bit judgmental about the buyer’s and sellers, price and decor because it’s so unreal in my world. MDLLA is place to escape to for me.
It’s certainly up to you TT if you continue to recap but I’d love it if you would. Even when I can’t watch I read here, giggle and I thank you for that so much right now!
I’m so glad that they finally said who bought The Razor house. I’ve been sitting on that info for a minute. Congrats Alicia, I can’t even imagine being able to pay cash for a home like that (nice).
Thanks for sitting on it… not everyone did. I think it effected my recap since I already knew or I would have had a bigger reaction. I love Alicia Keys! I can’t believe she lives there now!
I know!! She just did a fashion layout and used the house as her back drop (fabulous). I cannot imagine how much her electricity bill is to keep that house cool. I would love to live in the guest house!
I watch this show because I love to see the houses. Architecture was my major before graphic design. I wanted to do historical restoration, so it kills me when I see some of these beauties sold as tear-downs. So many rich assholes on this show. But it’s worth it for the laughs from Flagg. Hopefully, Fredrik will be on more soon.
I appreciate the recaps but also get it if you just want to enjoy the show and not post. It’s cute and I love looking at the houses. Thanks for all you do to keep us entertained and up to date!
Oh hey Amsie! I didn’t know you were out there. Thanks for commenting and coming out of lurkerdom. We are mostly nice here. Well, sometimes I am not. And watch out for some of the users whose names start with K. LOL They know who they are. But other than that, the water is MOSTLY fine. 🙂
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Thanks you guys for all the comments. I just needed a little validation that you guys were out there. Some shows it feels like I am talking into an empty arena. I love this show and will keep on trucking with the recaps.
Fantastic news that you will keep recapping. I love this show. House porn at it’s finest.
While I realize this was shot pre COVID, watcing the amount of money people spend of stuff makes me a bit grossed out, which is why I’ve steered away from MDL-the LA one is boring me to tears, and the NY one I feel is more centered around them all having babies, which is nice, but meh.
Maybe it’s just my state of mind, but not feeling the ridiculouness amount of wealth, and arguing over who can spend an additional $1M or who is the top agent. It’s the same as when I was watching an old episode and Maurico mentioned he was going to look at a plane. Made me feel some sort of way.
Sonia, I get that. My husband said the same which is one reason I am so behind. The enormous wealth flaunted while so many suffer is galling, but for now at least, this show takes me away without much emotional investment.
I love this show and hope you continue recapping it, Tamara. It’s always a treat to read your recaps.
I still love the Joshes. David and James are fun to listen to — I was thrilled to see my overstock rug on James’s floor.
Alicia Keys bought the coolest house ever. I would love to watch hang gliders while I breakfasted. Ah, the rich!
Tracy is a BOSS. I love her sassy attitude, her messy hair, and the wealth she exudes. I wish we could see her mom a bit. I bet she does a great job balancing it all, and her former husband was a cutie. I must say, I am not a fan of Tracy’s new lips, but she is still gorgeous. . .and tough. Great combo.
My thing about Tracy…..She looks like she smells REALLY good.
Love this show.. It is my favorite!. Hope you keep writing about it. The newspapers have been plastering this news since last year. Even the L.A. Times did a big write up about Alicia Keys buying the razor house. Sorry it was a spoiler for you.. but I just thought it was already out there.