Steve entered the New York real estate market in 2007 and began teaching real estate a year later. During his teaching tenure, he was an instructor at Baruch College, City University of New York, several other smaller programs and, today, Colibri Real Estate. For the last 13 years, Steve has worked at a top real estate firm in Manhattan — Nest Seekers International — where he helped establish a commercial real estate business; at one point, he managed a team of 10 commercial agents. He also has a background in environmental hazard safety and is an EPA-certified lead paint risk assessor. He teaches EPA/HUD lead safety inspection to New York City housing inspectors. He’s also licensed with the New York State Department of Labor as a mold abatement supervisor, and he teaches mold remediation to the staff of the New York City Housing Authority. In his tenure, the governor of New Jersey appointed Steve to the New Jersey Human Relations Council, where he focused on housing discrimination issues.