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Behind the Glamour: The Tough Truth About Selling Homes in Jamaica

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Dean Jones
May 13, 2025
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A weary Jamaican male realtor, dressed in stylish attire, sits in his car, surrounded by real estate documents, a laptop bag, and a phone, with a coffee cup, folders, and keys scattered around, warm tropical sunlight casting a cinematic glow, outside, a modern Caribbean-style house with swaying palm trees, shot in a cinematic style, with film grain, vignette, and color grading, reminiscent of photographers like Gregory Crewdson, Steve McCurry, and Martin Schoeller, with a 35mm film aesthetic.

Drawn like moths to a flame by the glamour of HGTV and stories of million-dollar commissions, many Jamaicans — and returnees from abroad — have entered the real estate profession in recent years, onl…

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