Josh Flagg Reveals the Secrets of His Success

The 'MDLLA' agent also opens up about life in front of the cameras.

By Sarv Kreindler Jul 30, 2014, 5:47 PM ET

Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles' Josh Flagg is one of the top ten real estate agents in Los Angeles, with over a billion dollars worth of property sold and celebrity clientele that includes Merv Griffin and Adam Levine. So to what does the young agent attribute his success?

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"I don’t sell crap. My reputation is on the line," Josh tells Forbes. "If you call me to sell a home and I don’t believe in it, I won’t take it. When I say crap, I am not referring to a price point. I am saying that if your house is worth two and you want five, I am not interested. I sell everything from $500k to $150 million. If it is sell-able, I can move it."

Josh is equally as candid about his own expertise. "I know more about the history of luxury real estate in Beverly Hills then anyone I have ever come in contact with. I can tell you who bought a house, sold a house, when they bought it, and how much they owe on it (going back to 1929)," he says without hubris, going on to explain, "I am a fourth generation Los Angeleno on my mothers side. I have never lived anywhere else and I live, eat, and breathe what I do."

And with all that, Josh is adamant that what you see on the show is exactly what you get with him, carpet slippers and all. "I am not a character on a show. I am me, and there just happens to be a camera following me," he explains. "There is no acting required. It’s like watching me talk to myself in the mirror (which I have done before)."

Make sure to catch Josh in the new season of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, premiering on August 20th at 9/8c.

[Source: Forbes]