Ryan Serhant

And I could hold a phone, a BlackBerry or a Palm Trio, without really, really putting pressure on...

on my knuckles and this is real and I don't have like, I don't have veins or varicose or anything like that.

And so anyway, and so then in the summer of 2008, I completely drawn down on my CDs and I was living in Koreatown and I was sharing a bathroom with 38 Korean guys and like, I was that or it was get a job, go back to school

Or move home.

And my parents were in Colorado by that point.

And I was like, if I move to Colorado, I will never leave.

And if I can figure out how to stay in New York City, I'll do it.

And my friend said, listen, theater is sales.

It is a transfer of enthusiasm to the audience or a transfer of enthusiasm to your clients.

Just post ads on Craigslist.

And how much money do you need to make to survive?

And I was like, I don't know.

I did the math.

It was $2,000 a month.

So if I can make $2,000 a month, I could survive.

I got my license.

Day one, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy that morning.

And that's how I got into real estate.

Wow.

And what thing, I mean, that is an incredible story.