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HAB911

(8,876 posts)
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:58 AM Dec 2017

New Realtor Porn now available from Disney/FYI/A&E, fake like most

Tampa Realtor, wife of baseball’s Gary Sheffield, stars in not-quite-real reality TV show

On the first episode of TV’s newest real estate show, Tampa agent DeLeon Sheffield welcomes client John Racener to a large house for sale.

"I love this part right here," Racener exclaims as they step onto a covered lanai. "Oooo, awesome,’’ he says of the master bedroom. And when asked if this house "is the one," he replies: "I think it is."

In fact, Racener already owns the house — and has for the past seven years.

Not everything is what it appears to be in Sheffield Real Estate, a "reality" show that debuted last month starring Sheffield and her husband, former Major League Baseball star Gary Sheffield. Some of the buyers really aren’t buyers. While the show portrays DeLeon as a leading Realtor in luxury homes, she actually ranks far below Tampa Bay’s top agents — some of whom declined to let camera crews film their high-end properties.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/Tampa-Realtor-wife-of-baseball-s-Gary-Sheffield-stars-in-not-quite-real-reality-TV-show_163300485

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New Realtor Porn now available from Disney/FYI/A&E, fake like most (Original Post) HAB911 Dec 2017 OP
some friends of ours were on one of these shows a few years ago. they said it was all fake. unblock Dec 2017 #1
Yup. House Hunters is fake. My best bud has a condo in kysrsoze Dec 2017 #2
There is nothing real about "reality" shows SHRED Dec 2017 #3
I'm so glad I dumped cable a year ago. Delmette2.0 Dec 2017 #4

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(52,183 posts)
1. some friends of ours were on one of these shows a few years ago. they said it was all fake.
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 10:53 AM
Dec 2017

everything about it was fake. they were filmed visiting properties that were completely non-starters for them, they were made to say positive things about the houses that they didn't agree with at all, footage was edited so that things they said at and about one house were made to look like they were at and talking about a different house, and in the end the program said they happily bought one of the houses, when in fact they never even made a bid for it.

as most people do, i imagine, they didn't stomp their feet and chose to just go along with it because whatever, they're on tv, so what if it's in a fictional show instead of a non-fiction show.

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)
2. Yup. House Hunters is fake. My best bud has a condo in
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 11:19 AM
Dec 2017

Isla Mujeres. His neighbors were on the show as “prospective” condo buyers, but they had already owned the unit for months. The two other supposed options were dwellings owned by friends. What a complete sham it all is. 🤨

Delmette2.0

(4,164 posts)
4. I'm so glad I dumped cable a year ago.
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:11 PM
Dec 2017

I don't miss any of it. Except for Rachel Maddow, but i listen to her on Sticher radio.

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