265. Steve Snider: How to Open the Door to Abundance

Top Real Estate Agents Tell How They Do It: Jere Metcalf Podcast

Today I’m taking to Steve Snider, the managing broker for Aventura, Sunny Isles and Bay Harbor for One Sotheby’s Realty.
Formerly a top real estate agent running a top real estate team in New York City that give him market knowledge and experience that set him apart.
But that just touches the surface. Steve is known for building and helping build teams and partnerships. That experience isn’t just from being a real state agent but from far more complicated situations with far more challenging circumstances.
Before real estate Steve
Created strategies and implemented solutions that created over 100,000 sustainable jobs in Mozambique and other African countries. Additionally he developed an African based non-profit, AfricaWorks, which focuses on sustainable business initiatives across 5 countries.
He didn’t do this from afar. He moved his entire family to Mozambique, to personally oversee and ensure it got done.
Whether it’s transforming the economy of countries across the globe or changing the lives of real estate agents and home owners across the country, Steve is all in.
If you ask him how he does it, he says be open. He doesn’t leave it so vague. In our conversation, he explains, shares stories and reveals
How to Open the Door to Abundance.
Podcast Notes-

• 00:00 - Steve Snider: How to Open the Door to Abundance
• 03:01 - Steve's journey into real estate
• 14:23 - Steve’s philosophy… hands open
• 20:49 - Identifying your gifts
• 24:18 - Steve’s experience in Mozambique
• 35:29 - Steve’s biggest lessons
• 47:13 - Relationships in business, trust & failure
• 57:55 - Steve’s move to the south Florida market
• 01:05:53 - Success through prioritization and budgeting time
• 1:10:03 - Steve’s most powerful tools: faith and openness
• 1:16:08 - Steve’s 'remember this' for listeners

People/Resources Mentioned -

• Seth Kaufman
• Jordan Peterson
• Joshua Paul
• Josh Donte
• Stan Osher
• Mayi de la Vega
• Daniel de la Vega
• Tom Rath
• Ori Brafman
• Rod A. Beckstrom
• Michael Dreyfus
• Steve Jobs
• Andy Stanley
• Sam Cooke - Greatest Hits
• Elon Musk
• The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Tony Robbins
• Jack Nicklaus

Books-

• Discover Your Sales Strengths by Benson Smith
• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Don Clifton
• The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman

Quote-

"Live your life on purpose be intentional about what you do."

Jere interviews the world’s most renowned and best real estate agents around the country and the world.
These outstanding Agents tell their stories, how they got into the business, and what has made them successful in one of the oldest and most competitive industries.