Have you ever saved the biggest steak for yourself when grilling? Or snagged the best toy for your kid at a secret Santa party? Or snuck onto the best (and last available) seat on the subway? Of course you have! Perhaps you were slightly embarrassed by what naysayers might term “self-obsessed narcissism.” But that might not be the case for some famous New York City brokers, who brag in the press and social media about their latest personal real estate scores. As the New York Post reported on Monday, some of the city’s top real estate deal-makers keep the best apartments for themselves.
Shocker!
“To see a brand-new, full-floor, 2,000-square-foot unit with two big terraces and amazing southern views with a 50-foot living room—under $4 million—is very rare,” said “Million Dollar Listing” star Ryan Serhant (inset), who lives in a downtown Manhattan penthouse. Serhant, who works for Nest Seekers International, and other fellow top brokers know just what to look for, obviously, and usually have first dibs.
In other recent housing tales of brokers of the rich and famous:
Tal Alexander with Douglas Elliman scooped up a large spread in NYC’s Soho neighborhood.
Fellow “Million Dollar Listing” star Fredrik Eklund (also with Douglas Elliman) rubs elbows with pals Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady at his Flatiron district condo. Oh, and lest we forget to mention, Eklund overlooks Jennifer Lopez’s $20 Million penthouse, which he happened to sell her.
Leonard Steinberg, president of Compass, calls a $4.5 million, two-bedroom in the West Village home.
Corcoran’s Robby Browne chose an uptown address in Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ building.
Didn’t reading this make you feel so much better about that steak?
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