Selling Tampa – inside Netflix’s Selling Sunset spinoff filled with drama.

by Thinus Ferreira

During the December holiday you can't always escape the visiting family members inside your house but you can look into others with the Selling Sunset spinoff series on Netflix that gives a delicious peek into the lives of a group of real estate agents in Florida in the United States and the expensive homes they're selling.

Selling Tampa that is released on Netflix on 15 December, is a spinoff series from the ongoing Selling Sunset reality series on Netflix that follow the lives of a group of real estate agents at the Oppenheim Group in Los Angeles.

Selling Tampa, with a first season of 8 episodes - produced by Adam DiVello who also did Laguna Beach and The Hills - now go inside Allure Realty, headed up by a group of black women and led by owner Sharelle Rosado where they all "close deals in heels" in the Tampa Bay luxury real estate market.

This "new group of impressive real estate agents know as much about selling fabulous homes as they do about bringing the drama," says Netflix.

"Set in Florida's Suncoast, Selling Tampa follows Allure Realty, an all-Black, all-female real estate firm owned by military vet Sharelle Rosado that has its eyes set on dominating the Tampa market."

"These ladies are equally as fun as they are fiercely ambitious, with all of them vying to be on top of the lavish world of luxury waterfront real estate. Sharelle has big plans for her brokerage and won't let anyone or anything get in the way of making her dreams a reality."

The Selling Tampa cast includes Sharelle Rosado, Alexis Williams, Anne-Sophie Petit, Colony Reeves, Juawana Williams, Karla Giorgio, Rena Frazier and Tennille Moore.

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TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 14 August 2020.

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