Streaming star: Lawyer-turned-realtor steps into the limelight

Rena Frazier, a “Selling Tampa" cast member, discusses her decision to leave law for real estate and the hit Netflix reality show’s impact on her nascent career.


  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 10:20 a.m. February 3, 2022
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Courtesy. Rena Frazier, a former attorney at Quarles & Brady in Tampa, is one of the stars of "Selling Tampa" on Netflix.
Courtesy. Rena Frazier, a former attorney at Quarles & Brady in Tampa, is one of the stars of "Selling Tampa" on Netflix.
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“Selling Tampa,” the reality TV show that chronicles the exploits of Realtors at Allure Realty, an all-female, all-Black real estate brokerage in Tampa, cracked Netflix’s top 10 in January. A spinoff of “Selling Sunset,” which was set in Los Angeles, it’s quite the showcase for Tampa and St. Petersburg, with plenty of sweeping aerial views of sun-drenched, waterside mansions.

The marketing and sale of such properties, however, is where the drama comes in. Interpersonal conflicts abound as the Realtors chafe under the rule of Allure Realty owner Sharelle Rosado, whose unilateral decisions draw pushback from Rena Frazier, who’s been with the firm since it was founded in 2019.

 

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