of the same name. You might even catch the plucky Serhant in a cape and cowl during a broker opening — he favors costumes, themes and stunts.
A former down-and-out actor and hand model, he once used the hallway of a shared NYC walk-up as his bedroom. Now Serhant, backed by his team, crushes it with average monthly sales of $80 million.We took a longish New York minute to speak with Serhant, who recently bought a $7.6-million Brooklyn brownstone; he’ll move in once renovations are completed, joined by wife Emilia and infant daughter Zena.
Your first day as an agent was the day Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy in 2008. Do you think short memories trip up other agents who lack such stormy experience? The agents aren’t the ones who have short memories. We’re in this business all day, every day. It’s the buyers and sellers who have no memories and who havethe emotion. It’s the buyers who think they’re being screwed out of deals, and it’s the sellers who are upset that they can’t get what their friend got four months ago. And who do they take that anger out on but their real estate broker? That’s a lot of this season.
Comparing your show to “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles,” your brokers seem far nicer and more playful. There’s not as much infighting andI think Left Coast brokers have more time on their hands to be more vindictive. I say thatof tongue in cheek, but at the same time I don’t.