Selling The Hamptons' Peggy Zabakolas Loves Friendly Competition

"Million Dollar Beach House" focused on your relationship with Noel Roberts. Have you talked to him at all since that show ended, since you have a new team now?

At the end of the day, people are going to have disagreements, especially in work environments. We are both cordial, and we both respect each other. I am so swamped with work that I, unless I'm doing a transaction with you and you're not my mom or my family, I don't have much time to speak to anyone.

In "Million Dollar Beach House," you were the only woman that we saw in the office. In "Selling the Hamptons," you have a lot more women on the team. How did the dynamic change with the new show? Were you excited to have more girl power in the office?

I loved it. Having a little bit of women's support is always great, and having support from women that generally want each other to excel is even more important, because I think a lot of times women tend to put each other down. Mia [Calabrese] and Bianca [D'Alessio] are amazing, and I'm so happy that they came to the Hamptons.

Last time [in "Million Dollar Beach House"] was the first time that I was in the Hamptons, and female or not, having a New York City broker come into the Hamptons, you have to break down several barriers, so I guess I did that, and I'm glad that I was able to open the doors for other agents to come in.

You guys do get a little competitive with each other, too. Is there someone you would say that you're the most competitive with in the office?

We're all independent agents and brokers. We work for the same company, but everyone works for themselves. So, I think, inherently everyone's competitive just because if you're successful at your job, which we all are, we have to have a little bit of a competitive streak.

You'll see Michael [Fulfree] and I get at it through the season. You'll see a little bit of JB [Andreassi]. You'll see a little bit of everything, so just keep watching it.

To be in the real estate business, I feel like you have to be a little bit competitive, too, or have that push in you, because real estate is a cutthroat business in general.

Absolutely. If you're not going to do something, someone else will do it, and it's the nature of the beast.