- October 30, 2026
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Breanna Banaciski is at ease making racy jokes, can deliver a spot-on Donald Trump impersonation and combines a quirky, self-deprecating and sometimes snarky style with the determined hustle of a saleswoman looking to close a big gig.
Consider these oneliners:
“This house was built in 1922. 22? No one tell Leonardo DiCaprio.”
“What do rich people do with a closet this size? This is where they store their tax write-offs.”
“I thought it would be bigger. I’ve said that sentence too many times in my life.”
Banaciski isn’t, however, a standup comic.
At least that’s not her day job.
Instead she’s a Tampa Bay real estate agent whose listing videos of homes on the market have gone viral for their biting, irreverent and sometimes goofy takes on the highly-competitive real estate market. The quips above are all from a July 1 post for a listing in Belleair, south of Clearwater. The property is across from the Belleair Country Club Golf Course, and has five bedrooms and six bathrooms. Under a call to “DM me for more info,” Banaciski writes “7,000 square feet??? wtf.” (Like many of the houses Banaciski roasts, the Bellair property isn’t one she has been contracted by the buyer to sell.)
Banaciski, 30, obtained her real estate license last August after working in other sales roles, from cars to semiconductors. Not surprisingly, she has a background in performing and theatre, having worked in improv at Busch Gardens in Tampa.
As of mid-June, Banaciski, an agent with Realty One Group Advantage in Lutz, had not yet closed on a home sale though she says she’s had few close to going under contract.
But her social media statistics are enough to make Barbara Corcoran crazy jealous and Josh Flagg flirty for more. Stats through July 15 include:
Banaciski says when she first started doing the videos, there was a plan mixed with improv. Now she scripts everything out. That includes the Trump impersonations, which are some of the favorites of commenters. (One example: She starts a video on July 12 saying “this house might look small on the outside but on the inside it’s big.” She then cuts and changes to her Trump voice, saying “it’s big. It’s bigger than my big beautiful bill.”
Banaciski emphasizes she doesn’t want to be political, and for the most part her sarcastic remarks are geared more toward men who pop up in her DMs (hello, neckbeards) snobby people with bidets and breakfast nooks, and, of course, ultra-serious real estate brokers. Most comments she gets are positive, Banaciski says, save for the occasional offended Realtor or broker.
Banaciski says she was a theatre kid growing up, which she parlayed into the Busch Gardens job. Her role there included going up to people to ask them funny questions as a food critic. “I was always really into plays and really into theater,” she says. “I always wanted to perform in something.”
Banaciski switched to sales. She sold cars for a bit, then worked in business-to-business sales, making dozens of cold calls a day. She found some success working for a company in Odessa, Pasco County, that sold semiconductors. “I was like the anti-sales salesperson,” she says, adding she was honest and upfront with clients. “All my customers loved dealing with me. I couldn’t be like some cheesy used car sales person.”
But the grind got to her.
“I was sitting at my desk all day,” she says, “and just couldn’t take it anymore.”
She started a videography company, where she did parties and weddings. Next she gave real estate a shot. The first 10 months were tough, and Banaciski recalls telling her fiancé she didn’t think real estate was for her and was going to move on to something else.
Then some videos started to take off. Realtor.com profiled her in late May. That was followed by a story on BuzzFeed and even a story on a real estate website in New Zealand. “Now I’m inundated with leads,” she says, “which is a good problem to have.”
The leads are from all over: People from Ohio to Ocala to Sarasota have called or messaged Banaciski, hoping she will list (or roast) their home and give it the same treatment. Banaciski hired an assistant to field many of the calls.
Some of the leads aren’t for home listings. Several brands have reached out to Banaciski, for placement and influencer marketing partnerships. But Banaciski says she’s not likely to do that. “I built my brand about being real,” she says “I don’t want to just start selling for anybody.”
She might try to monetize the attention though, she says, through her real estate video company. Also, HGTV has reached out about a show, as have some others in the industry. That’s led Banaciski to dream bigger than she ever thought possible.
“If you would have asked me this a year ago, I would’ve said no way, but now a goal is to get on a show like on Netflix,” she says. “That really would be insane.”
