Building a Billion Dollar Empire with Ryan Serhant (SB1624)
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
How do you go from a struggling actor to the top of the real estate world? Rounding out our greatest hits week of epic shows, we time travel back to when Ryan Serhant, star of Million Dollar Listing New York and the new Netflix series Owning Manhattan, shared his journey from rock bottom to building a billion-dollar real estate empire. In this episode, Ryan reveals how juggling multiple priorities, embracing initiative, and even practicing improv can transform your sales game and your life.
But that’s not all! We also dive into using reward points for 529 plans, the risks of banking perks, and how to balance saving for college with planning for retirement. Along the way, we sprinkle in stories, insights, and a little basement-style charm to keep you engaged.
Here’s what we cover:
- Ryan Serhant's pivot from struggling actor to real estate mogul
- Sales tips, including the art of listening and making friends quickly
- Why improv can make you a better salesperson
- Insights from Ryan's new Netflix series, Owning Manhattan
- Lessons from Tiger Woods and other high performers
- Reward points and their role in funding 529 plans
- The potential pitfalls of banking perks
- Balancing college savings with retirement goals
- Emergency funds and FAFSA tips
Whether you’re looking for career inspiration, financial insights, or a reason to laugh, this episode has you covered. Tune in and stack your knowledge with us!
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Monday, everybody. |
| 0:08.4 | Super happy that you're here with us. |
| 0:10.2 | You know what we do on Mondays, guys? |
| 0:12.6 | We celebrate those people that kept us safe during this whole holiday season. |
| 0:16.9 | And I don't have any coffee today, Doug. |
| 0:18.8 | You've got the mug, man. |
| 0:20.7 | I have water. |
| 0:22.1 | I got water as well. |
| 0:23.8 | Specifically, very intelligent water. |
| 0:27.3 | Isn't this last weekend like the best weekend of the year, though? |
| 0:30.4 | Because it's totally the holiday season, yet responsibilities are over. |
| 0:36.9 | Just completely over. |
| 0:38.3 | Yes. |
| 0:39.3 | And I love it when New Year's... |
| 0:41.4 | Well, that's true. |
| 0:43.5 | I love it when New Year's on a Wednesday as well. |
| 0:46.5 | Because that means, hey, even Sunday, there's a little bit of play mode, even though we're here Monday morning. |
| 0:53.0 | Okay. |
| 0:53.6 | Yeah, the men and women making podcast and mom's basement |
| 0:56.5 | and the men and women at Navy Federal Credit Union, |
| 0:59.7 | here's to our troops. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you for all of your service in 2024. |
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