Josh Flagg Explained

Josh Flagg
Birth Name:Joshua Daniel Flagg
Birth Date:20 August 1985
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Employer:Compass
Television:Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles
Spouse:Bobby Boyd (m. 2017 div. 2023)
Relatives:Edith Flagg (grandmother)

Joshua Daniel Flagg (born August 20, 1985) is an American real estate agent, television personality and[1] author.

He is an original cast member on the show Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles on the Bravo television network.[2] The show follows young real estate agents in Los Angeles as they sell high-end homes. Flagg has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top-ranked agents in California and nationally by sales volume and as a top 25 real estate agent by The Hollywood Reporter.[3]

Flagg has authored two books, A Simple Girl: Stories My Grandmother Told Me, published in 2009, and Million Dollar Agent: Brokering the Dream, which was published in 2011.[4] Flagg was featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2012 as a top record-breaking real estate agent.[5] [6] He has also been featured on NBC's Today Show,[7] ABC's Good Morning America[8] E!, CBS The Insider, Fox, and Bravo's [9] [10] as well as in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times,[11] Forbes Magazine, and Variety, among others.

Early life

Josh Flagg was born on August 20, 1985, in Los Angeles, California.[12] He is the son of Michael and Cindy (Platt) Flagg of Los Angeles. He is the grandson of philanthropist, electronics industry executive and Jewish leader Herman Platt, and great-grandson of Benjamin Platt, founder and owner of the nationwide Platt Music Corporation chain of stores.[13] On his father's side, Flagg is the grandson of American (Austrian-born)[14] fashion industry executive and designer Edith Flagg, best known as one of the first designers to import polyester as a fashion textile to the United States.[15] Edith was later known for her reoccurring role on Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles alongside her grandson.[16]

Flagg grew up in Los Angeles where he attended Brentwood School, a private school in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. In 2003, Flagg left Brentwood and attended Beverly Hills High School where he graduated the following year.[17]

Career

Flagg began working as a real estate agent at the age of 18[18] when he started making residential sales in high end neighborhoods such as Beverly Hills and the Sunset Strip. Flagg began his career while still in high school under real estate broker Bruce Nelson with the John Bruce Nelson firm in Bel Air,[19] followed by a brief stint at the Coldwell Banker Beverly Hills East office in 2007.

Throughout his career as a real estate agent, Flagg has had many record sales, including the highest sale in the history of Brentwood Park and a $25 million residential sale in Beverly Hills.[17] He has also been the listing agent for reputable estates including Merv Griffin's Bel Air estate and the Dorothy Chandler Estate in Hancock Park.[20] He has also sold homes to various celebrities including Adam Levine,[17] [20] [21] Steve Aoki,[22] Shonda Rhymes[23] and Tom Ford.[24]

In 2009, Flagg started working at Keller Williams Westside in Los Angeles, California, where he started "Josh Flagg Estates." According to Forbes, Flagg has sold over $1 billion worth of property during his career.[20] He later began working with Rodeo Realty. In 2024, he joined Compass.[25]

Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles

In 2006, Flagg, along with two other agents, Madison Hildebrand and Chad Rogers, were picked to star in a reality TV series following their careers in the real estate industry. They started filming for the show, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, and it aired on Bravo in August 2006. The show continued with the original cast until Season 4 when Josh Altman co-starred along with Flagg and Hildebrand.[26]

After Season 6 concluded in 2013, Hildebrand left the show, making Flagg the only remaining original cast member.[27] Flagg and Altman were joined by James Harris and David Parnes for Season 7.[28] [29] The series aired its 10th Season in 2017, with Flagg, Harris, Hildebrand and Parnes returning and realtor Tracy Tutor joining its cast.[30]

Other activities

At 14 years old, Flagg began writing a book about his grandmother, Edith Flagg. As her only grandchild, Flagg was close to his grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor and, later, a fashion industry executive.[15] The book, A Simple Girl: Stories My Grandmother Told Me, was published in 2009. Proceeds from the book's sales go towards the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.[31]

Flagg published his second book, Million Dollar Agent: Brokering the Dream, in 2011. The book is an autobiography that details his personal life from growing up in Los Angeles to becoming one of the city's top real estate agents.[32] [33]

In 2012, Flagg started a mobile app called 'Star Maps,' which is a directory of hundreds of properties associated with celebrities in the Los Angeles area.[34] The app uses GPS to direct users and tourists to places of well-known estates or celebrity properties with details about the home and its celebrity-ownership that are cross-referenced with research from the city's public records.[35]

Melissa Rivers presented Flagg with the Next Generation award from the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in 2013.[36]

Personal life

Flagg lives in Beverly Hills, California, and in January 2013, he purchased a micro-estate above the Sunset Strip[37] and sold the property in 2015.[38] In June 2015, Flagg bought an estate in Beverly Hills.[39] He also owns his late grandmother's penthouse in the Century Towers complex in Century City.[40]

Flagg is openly gay, having come out in March 2011.[41] In July 2016, Flagg proposed to his fiancé, Bobby Boyd, during a flash mob at the Four Seasons Hotel George V.[42] The couple got married on September 10, 2017, at the Beverly Hills Hotel, LA. The couple announced their divorce in March 2022.[43]

Flagg is a collector of fine art,[44] rare automobiles, and one of the largest collectors of Billy Haines furniture in the country.[45] [46]

Flagg serves on the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Jewish home. In 2016, he co-chaired the "Rock for Research" event for Cedars-Sinai.[47]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Josh Flagg On Ryan Serhant: 'Ryan May Be Good In NYC But He's In My Territory'. September 18, 2014. Inquisitor. December 23, 2014.
  2. Web site: Million Dollar Listing LA: A look inside the agents' own homes. Kimberly Nordyke. October 14, 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. December 23, 2014.
  3. Web site: THR Lists Hollywood's Top 25 Real Estate Agents. December 5, 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. December 23, 2014.
  4. Web site: 'Million Dollar Listing' Star Josh Flagg Sells More Than Homes. Ann Brenoff. March 31, 2011. AOL. December 23, 2014.
  5. Web site: 30 Under 30 Real Estate. 2012. Forbes. December 23, 2014.
  6. Web site: Million Dollar Listing's Josh Flagg at Colorado AIDS Project event. Joanne Davidson. June 14, 2012. The Denver Post. December 23, 2014.
  7. Web site: 'Million Dollar' advice on selling your home. August 6, 2013. NBC. December 23, 2014.
  8. Web site: New Real Estate Trend Uses Hollywood-Like Videos to Help Sell Your Home. Pflum. Mary. Murphy. Eliza. August 28, 2013. ABC News. December 23, 2014.
  9. Web site: Josh Flagg & Madison Hildebrand. July 24, 2012. Bravo. January 9, 2015.
  10. Web site: MDL: LA. September 14, 2014. Bravo. January 9, 2015.
  11. https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-top-sales-20170107-story.html "Top real estate sales of 2016: L.A.'s record year included two $100-million sales"
  12. Web site: Haute Secrets: 'Million Dollar Listings' Broker Josh Flagg. Laura Schrefler. September 19, 2013. Haute Living. December 14, 2014.
  13. Web site: Josh Flagg. Top Agent Magazine. December 14, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131007205909/http://www.topagentmagazine.com/profiles/JoshFlaggFinal.pdf. October 7, 2013.
  14. Web site: RG-16.10.01.03. Birth certificate for Edith Faierstein; reissued on 30 August 1976; includes translation Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust . November 29, 2022 . lamoth.info.
  15. Web site: Edith Flagg, Josh Flagg's Grandmother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Lauren Weigle. October 29, 2014. Heavy. December 14, 2014.
  16. Web site: Edith Flagg, 'Million Dollar Listing' Grandma, dies at 94. Erin Weinger. August 13, 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. December 14, 2014.
  17. Web site: Josh Flagg: Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. February 10, 2014. Millennium Magazine. December 14, 2014.
  18. Web site: Bravo's million-dollar Realtor Josh Flagg talks high-rise living and the importance of reputation. Rachel Abrams. March 9, 2013. Culture Map Dallas. December 23, 2014.
  19. Web site: Go-going away from the Valley. Ruth Ryon. August 13, 2006. Los Angeles Times. December 23, 2014.
  20. Web site: Joshua Flagg: Entrepreneurship Lessons From A Top Real Estate Agent. Dan Schawbel. July 28, 2014. Forbes. December 23, 2014.
  21. Web site: 'The Voice' Judge Adam Levine Buys $4.8M Beverly Hills Bachelor Pad - Take a Peek Inside. Lily Harrison. October 26, 2012. CelebBuzz. January 14, 2015.
  22. Web site: Steve Aoki sells Hollywood Hills West home with studio. Lauren Beale. October 9, 2014. Los Angeles. April 13, 2015.
  23. News: TV Hitmaker Shonda Rhimes Buys Los Angeles Home for $4.6 Million. Plagianos. Irene. February 28, 2018. en.
  24. News: Tom Ford Drops $39M on a Fashionable Los Angeles Home. Hopkins. Kathryn. March 1, 2018. en.
  25. Web site: Pener . Degen . 2024-03-12 . Josh Flagg Joins Compass Brokerage, Returns Soon for ‘Million Dollar Listing’ Season 15 (Exclusive) . 2024-07-21 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  26. Web site: 'Million Dollar Listing' returns minus a cast member. Rob Owen. January 31, 2011. Community Voices. December 23, 2014. December 23, 2014. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20141223135932/http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/tuned-in/27106-million-dollar-listing-returns-minus-a-cast-member. dead.
  27. Web site: Madison Hildebrand: Why I'm Leaving 'MDLLA'. Kevin O'Donnell. June 20, 2014. Bravo. December 23, 2014.
  28. Web site: Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Casting Shakeup and Premiere Date Revealed—Who's in and Who's Out for Season 7. Tierney Bricker. June 23, 2014. E!. December 23, 2014.
  29. Web site: First Look at 'MDLLA' Season 7. June 23, 2014. Bravo. December 23, 2014.
  30. News: WATCH: Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles' Return Features a Fiery Realtor Showdown: 'He's an Unethical Wimp'. People. February 28, 2018. en.
  31. Web site: Authors Corner: Josh Flagg Dishes on His New Book A Simple Girl. September 25, 2009. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. December 23, 2014.
  32. Web site: Gay Real Estate Mogul Josh Flagg Talks Love, Life and Million Dollar Houses in Out Front Colorado Interview. March 23, 2011. Out Front. December 23, 2014. December 23, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223142959/http://outfrontonline.com/culture-3/film/gay-real-estate-mogul-josh-flagg-talks-love-life-and-million-dollar-houses-in-out-front-colorado-interview/. dead.
  33. Web site: Million Dollar Listing's Josh Flagg comes out gay. March 24, 2011. Chicago Pride. December 23, 2014. December 23, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223143238/http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/17370649. dead.
  34. Web site: Sayonara, Star Maps! Bravo Reality Star Says He Will Put Them Out of Business. Daniel Miller. June 6, 2012. The Hollywood Reporter. December 23, 2014.
  35. Web site: Star Maps? Josh Flagg Has An App For That. Ann Brenoff. April 13, 2012. HuffPost. December 23, 2014.
  36. Web site: The Museum of the Holocaust Celebrates Josh Flagg. Bravo. April 13, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418213819/http://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing-los-angeles/videos/playlist?clip=2687955. April 18, 2015.
  37. Web site: Million Dollar Lister Josh Flagg Buys David Katzenberg's House. August 2, 2013. Adrian Glick Kudler. Curbed LA. January 8, 2015.
  38. Web site: 'Million Dollar Listing' Star Cashes In By Selling Playhouse For String of Celeb Kids. March 4, 2015. TMZ. April 13, 2015.
  39. News: 'Million Dollar' development in Beverly Hills. Neil J. Leitberg. June 6, 2015. Los Angeles Times. July 9, 2015.
  40. Web site: David Katzenberg Sells Sunset Strip Digs To Josh Flagg. Mark David. August 2, 2013. Variety. December 14, 2014.
  41. http://www.sdgln.com/news/2011/03/18/sdgln-exclusive-josh-flagg-comes-out-million-dollar-listing-boyfriend-memoir SDGLN EXCLUSIVE: Josh Flagg comes out on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing," reveals his boyfriend, discusses memoir
  42. Web site: Million Dollar Listing: LA's Josh Flagg is Engaged to Boyfriend Bobby Boyd. People. Aurelie Corinthios. Brittany King . July 18, 2016 . August 3, 2016.
  43. Web site: Josh Flagg and Bobby Boyd Are 'Hanging In' Amidst Divorce, Says MDLLA Co-star Tracy Tutor. Lanae. Brody. People. March 14, 2022.
  44. http://bellalamag.com/josh-flagg-reveals-why-he-has-yet-to-buy-his-own-million-dollar-listing/ "Josh Flagg, The Man Behind The Million-Dollar Lifestyle"
  45. https://www.christies.com/features/I-bought-it-at-Christies-Josh-Flagg-8925-1.aspx "I bought it at Christie's"
  46. https://blog.viyet.com/2017/04/20/million-dollar-magnate-josh-flagg/ "Million Dollar Magnate: Josh Flagg"
  47. http://egvodka.com/event/rock-for-research-summer-concert/ "1ST ANNUAL ROCK FOR RESEARCH SUMMER CONCERT"

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