Chloe Tucker Caine is happy to sing for her soup. Or her sales.
The New York broker, who features on Netflix’s “Owning Manhattan” as an agent at Ryan Serhant’s eponymous firm, made waves on social media for promoting listings Broadway-style. The former musical theater actress began posting her new musical web series, “Chloe in Manhattan: The Musical,” in November. The show tracks the agent’s journey from would-be Broadway star (but mostly bartender) to real estate broker under the Serhant banner. She followed it up with possibly the most niche musical ever: “304 W. 18th Street: The Musical,” which pits Chloe against co-star Nile Lundgren on the listing, and then ultimately co-opts him into the musical medley.
It’s a passion project as much as a business one for Caine, who hasn’t abandoned her love of performance, as she chronicles in the web series. But juggling art, real estate and life as a new mother (her daughter was born in March of 2024) has its challenges. The Real Deal asked Caine how she manages the weekend with her work-life balancing act. Read more below.
Saturday
7 a.m.
First we wake the baby up. She has a very steady morning routine, and she gets very upset if we change anything. Once she goes down for her first nap, my husband and I switch off doing workouts. So I go to Barry’s first, and then I come home and we swap. And I’m obsessed with Shakeology protein shakes, so when I get home I make one.
10 a.m.
I have to run up to the Upper East Side with some buyers looking for condos, but then I meet my husband and the baby at Ralph’s in Flatiron for a coffee. The line is always super long on the weekends, but it’s something we do almost every single Saturday. We walk around Madison Square Park, kind of — I have a dog that hates to walk, so she rides underneath the baby’s stroller, and we forcefully take her out and make her walk around the park.
Noon
I do a bunch of showings at 304 West 18th Street. Ever since dropping our musical we have been so, so busy with that one in particular, which has been great. [The video] has been viewed over half a million times, and we have had buyers from around the world. Some of them have even started singing the lyrics as they are walking through.
I started making the musical series by going through my actual life, how I got from theater and working in a bar to selling real estate for Ryan Serhant, and those started really taking off. When I got this townhouse, it felt like a no-brainer to try the concept for a listing.
2 p.m.
I go basically every single weekend to Jack’s Wife Freda with my family. I always order the Greek salad with chicken and avocado and a side of French fries. Then my director-choreographer comes over and we plan out our next episode of “Chloe in Manhattan,” which is coming out at the end of the month. We want to have a real estate backdrop, so I spend an hour or so reaching out to other Serhant agents who have listings that make sense for the next one we’re doing. Ryan may or may not be back for a cameo!
7 p.m.
I pick up some bone broth for me and my husband, make some dinner, do bath time for the baby and put her to bed. Then we watch “Emilia Perez.” I’m really into musical–TV hybrids but I had no idea it was a musical. Now I’m obsessed, I can’t stop thinking about it.
Sunday
Noon
My morning routine is super similar, but on Sunday I show 304 West 18th Street again. It’s a co-list with Nile [Lundgren, who’s also on “Owning Manhattan”], and we’ve been bombarded with inquiries since the video dropped. We’re doing second showings, we’re really close to getting some offers. It’s also my first townhouse, and I want to keep taking on new challenges. I am a “yes” type of girl.
After the showings, we go to Westville instead of Jack’s Wife for lunch. We love Westville too.
3 p.m.
Anytime the baby’s napping, I fill it with things I need to get done, either for musical projects or real estate projects or both. So Sunday I go to the recording studio to lay down vocals for the musical episode, but I have to negotiate an offer that we put in for Saturday’s clients in between vocal takes. It’s kind of fun, honestly. I’m always changing hats — recording vocals, back to real estate, back to vocals.
7 p.m.
Instead of picking up bone broth, we order from Springbone and start another movie. I try to keep it low key on the weekends because the weeks are so hectic. I’m learning a lot about balance right now, being a mom and having a career. I’ve had to take a step back and say, Okay, where is my time best spent? It’s really a game of compartmentalizing and making sure that when I’m focused on one thing, I’m all into that.