Making it in Marbella trailer breakdown: 3 major takeaways

Making it in Marbella will premiere on October 1 on Netflix. Like Netflix's other real estate shows, Making it in Marbella will cover the lives of one of Marbella’s leading luxury brokerage firms, Homerun Brokers. Comprising agents from across the world, the show will take the viewers through the brand’s most glamorous deals.

The reality show will also showcase the personal drama between the agents as they indulge in a cutthroat profession where every broker aims to secure the biggest and the most profitable deals along Spain's sunny coast.

Making it in Marbella's property management team includes Eric Ebbing, Matias Concha, Robert Bazo, Sarah Sorrell, Ermira Buja, Roger Widen, Miah van de Bilt, Rahel Smiljanic, Christina Barroso Jessica Hammargren and Bohdan Bilei.

The official summary of the series reads:

"In the most luxurious area on the sunny Spanish coast, Swedish real estate brokers earn millions by selling stunning homes to the rich and famous. The series revolves around Homerun Brokers and the firm’s young agents as they navigate their personal and professional lives. In Marbella, it’s a quick ride to the top, but the downfall can come sooner than expected."

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Making it in Marbella trailer breakdown

Professional lives of Homerun Brokers

The trailer for Making it in Marbella offers a glimpse into the inner workings and the professional lives of Homerun Brokers. Swedish CEO Eric Ebbing launched the firm in 2020. It has over 24 staff members from all over the globe. The show will, however, only delve into the lives of its top employees.

Eric Ebbing will be the show's central point and will be holding Homerun Brokers together. Besides the CEO of the real estate firm, former professional footballer Matias Concha will also join the cast and fulfill his duties as a partner at Homerun Brokers.

The development team will also get involved in the making and renovation of several properties. The trailer shows a scene where Eric Ebbing gets furious when his business expansion manager Robert Bazo goes against his development plans and breaks a wall they were supposed to finish. After watching the destruction video,

"He destroyed a wall we were gonna keep... This is the biggest f***up ever," Eric said.

Head of Marketing Jennifer Rocamora tells Eric that he is overreacting, however, the CEO of the Homerun company sticks to his words.

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Marbella locations

Marbella is one of the most brutal and competitive real estate markets in the world and the trailer for Making it in Marbella shows that the real estate agents would go to any limits to 'make it in Marbella.'

The agents will operate from their company offices on the Golden Mile and at Los Naranjos Golf Club. The show will move across different Marbella locations including La Zagaleta Golf Resort and local beaches.

Fans can expect to see luxurious properties on the sunny Spanish coast as the staff tries to list these houses for sale and rent.

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Internal drama

The personal drama between the cast members is a staple of real estate reality shows, and Making it in Marbella follows suit. The trailer packed multiple tense moments between the Homerun staff members. They argue over being a better agent and their dislike for their fellow cast members' work ethics.

Matias Concha says at the start of the trailer that the competition among them is "fierce" and that they are "not here to play," but to win. Eric Ebbing further adds in his trailer voice-over that there are different individuals on their team, however, it is hard for them to work together as a team.

"If you look at Homerun, there are so many different individuals. All of them are used to getting attention. But it's hard to get them to work well together, " Eric says in his voiceover.

Most of the cast members have differences with Robert Bazo. Miah van de Bilt says in the trailer that the business expansion manager was very disrespectful while another cast member says that she "doesn't trust him at all."

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Making it in Marbella will premiere on October 1 on Netflix.