Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 482

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
TYLER WHITMAN
“MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NEW YORK”
Tyler Whitman is more
than your average,
very handsome and
successful NYC real estate
professional. He’s charming
and vibrant and creative and
has over a decade of real
estate experience, selling
some of the most expensive
apartments in the city. His
accomplishments have
surpassed even his wildest
dreams.
An agent starring in the
hit Bravo reality series
“Million Dollar Listing New
York,” Tyler agreed to talk
about his career and the
challenges and triumphs
he faced because of the
pandemic in season 9.
INTERVIEW
TYLER, WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GO
INTO REAL ESTATE IN THE FIRST
PLACE AND HOW DID YOU BECOME
INVOLVED WITH “MILLION DOLLAR
LISTING NEW YORK?”
None of it was a plan. None of that was
part of the expectations of life. When I
first moved to the city, I had no plan, but
I had the dream in the back of my head
and that was that one day I would host
my own TV show. I used to tell people
I wanted to be like a Chelsea Handler,
but I wanted to be on a channel where I
could cuss. That is what I would always
tell people I wanted to do. So I was
waiting tables at Planet Hollywood in
Times Square and I got a sublet from a
guy off Craigslist. I had no money--I was
really struggling back then. The guy who
I got the sublet off of was a real estate
agent. I kind of saw his lifestyle, as he sat
in front of his computer in his bedroom all
day and then went out and showed a few
apartments. I thought, “I could do that.
” But he always used to try to talk me out
of it. He told me that he had a good thing
going because he had all these exclusives
in the East Village.