Among the many topics, this class will include:

Commercial Real Estate Brokers
· How does one become a broker? 
· Interviewing 
· A day in the life 
· The city's top brokers & case studies 
Business Development
· Who, when and how to call
· Getting the Tenant Exclusive Representation Agreement 
· Getting a Sublease Agency Agreement 
· Getting the Brokerage Agreement Signed 
The Lease Process
· Quick Overview & Timeline 
· Establishing your client's needs 
· How to find the candidate spaces 
· Organizing an inspection tour 
· Putting in a lease proposal 
· Negotiating business points 
Managing the Lease Process
· Managing your client, landlord, attorney's and architect
Addressing Special Client Needs
· Understanding specifics about the client's industry 
· Typical office user 
· Start-up Company Deal & Space Specifics 
· Trading Firm Deal & Space Specifics 
· Hedge Fund Deal & Space Specifics 
· Law Firm Deal & Space Specifics 
· Non-profit Deal & Space 

Steve Landfield boasts an accomplished background and years of experience in commercial leasing and sales, real estate education, and environmental safety training. In the brokerage arena, Steve has closed commercial transactions with several Manhattan real estate firms, including his own,  the former NYC Homes, where he was a partner. Steve has been at Nest Seekers International for over 8 years, where he specializes in the leasing of retail, office, and other commercial spaces, as well as investment building sales, development sites and purchases.

Fueling his success in serving clients in all areas of the business is his reputation in the world of real estate education. Steve is a New York State Approved Real Estate Instructor, teaching at the New York Real Estate Institute, New York’s largest real estate training school, where his  popular “Introduction to Commercial Real Estate” continuing education class led to his development of “Certificate in Commercial Real Estate”  which is a a three-day basic but comprehensive survey of commercial leasing and sales. He quite possibly teaches more commercial brokers and salespersons than anyone else in New York City.

Steve teaches sales licensing classes in Commercial Real Estate, Basic Construction, Environmental Issues, the Valuation Process and Real Estate Math, as well as his own class: "Commercial Real Estate Building Investments", where he teaches brokers how to analyze commercial building finances, utilize 1031's and the basics of New York City zoining and development rights. 

He developed and teaches an “Introduction to Environmental Health Hazards", which is a unique real estate class held at The New York Real Estate Institute. The course covers the hostory, dangers and remediation of lead, mold, asbestos, and radon hazards for real estate professionals and how to deal with them in sales and urental transactions. He is approved by the New York State, Department of State as a Technical Instructor for Home Inspectors & Appraisers for this class.

Steve is also a Real Estate Instructor in the Division of Continuing & Professional Studies at Baruch College - City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City, where he teaches "Health & Safety Codes for Facilities", "Facility Management"  and "Dealing With Distressed Properties" among other courses.

Steve is also a trainer for the Wold Cares Center in New York City, where he teaches How to Stay Safe During Pandemic and Communicable Disease Outbreaks, as well as Emotional Resiliency in Emergency Response and Opioid Prevention and Response.

Steve is a FEMA Disaster Housing Inspector with WSP USA Inspection Services. A part-time job, housing inspectors travel to federally determined disaster areas after earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters to confirm damage to homes and personal property impacted during the disaster, in order to assist the U.S. federal government in determining the level of federal aid to be granted to disaster survivors.

Steve was also a Real Estate Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Learning Express, LLC, for whom he reviewed the content and accuracy of real estate sales and broker's exams for use in online licensing exam preparation for the national real estate exam, for those states giving that test as a portion of their licensing requirements.

Supplementing his real estate industry knowledge, is Steve’s background as an Industry Skills Instructor, and his extensive knowledge of the environmental hazards found in residential and commercial buildings. He is an EPA Certified Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessor, allowing him to perform residential lead-based paint risk assessments, which includes performing on-site inspections, taking samples, determining the severity of lead hazards, and developing options for eliminating those hazards. He is an expert in lead paint health hazards and safe removal procedures. He is also a Principal Instructor in EPA/HUD Lead-Paint Safe Work Practices for Renovation, Repair and Painting.

He works with Environmental Education Associates (EEA) and The Safety Group, Ltd., as a Principal  Instructor, where he teaches initial and renewal classes in EPA Lead-Based Paint Safely for Renovation, Repair & Painting. He is heavily involved in the training of hundreds of workers at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), after a recent city investigation revealed that they had not been trained in lead safe work practices or in the inspection for lead in NYCHA housing.

Steve is also a Principal Instructor for Environmental Education Associates, in New York State Mold Assessor, Mold Remediation Contractor & Mold Abatement Worker training for licensing under the New York State mold professionals law, effective January 1, 2016, being administered by the NY State Department of Labor. He has completed OSHA 30 hour general industry safety training.  He has traveled the country, giving EPA Lead Certified Renovation, Repair & Painting training classes. He is a licensed New York State Mold Assessor as well as a Mold Abatement Worker - Supervisor.

Steve is also an Environmental Training Instructor for ZotaPro Professional Training and Airtek Environmental Corp. teaching lead, mold and safety classes.

Steve also teaches industry safety courses in NYC Lead Safe Work Practices and in Mold and Asbestos Awareness, Bedbug Awareness, Carbon Monoxide Compliance, "Chemical Safety in the Workplace", Integrated Pest Management and "How To Manage Renovation Projects" for New York City building superintendents, at Local 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund of the Service Employees International Union. If you want to become a certified union building superintendent in New York City, chances are you’ll take environmental safety classes with him. 

In 2015-2016, he taught Asbestos Awareness, Carbon Monoxide Compliance, Integrated Pest Management, Mold Awareness and New York City Lead Paint Safe Work Practices as part of the Next Steps Program, through Hostos Community College in The Bronx & The City University of New York, for the NYC Department of Correction, to inmates at the Rikers Island Jail facility, to help them learn skills to get employment upon their release and to help reduce violence in the jails.

Last Fall he testified before the EPA in Washington, D.C. at a Regulatory Reform Hearing, in an effort to save the RRP program from regulatory cuts under the Trump Administration.

He was appointed in 1999 by the NJ State Legislature to the New Jersey Human Relations Council (NJHRC) (www.njhrc.og), which deals with issues of bias and prejudice reduction, and where he served for two years as Vice-Chair. In 2014-2015 he served as the Chair of the NJHRC Advisory Board, working on human relations and civil right issues in the state.

Steve is a member of the Jersey City, NJ Community Emergency Response Team, made up of  trained volunteers who aid disaster victims when emergency responders are not readily available due to an overwhelming demand for their services. He is trained in emergency preparedness, mental health first aid, fire safety, medical operations, first aid, light search & rescue, disaster psychology and terrorism awareness.  He is a trained weather spotter for the National Weather Service Skywarn Program and an FCC  licensed amateur radio operator (KD2FWU).

He is also a Trainer for World Cares Center, where he teaches several classes, including flood and disaster resiliency and response.

Steve has expertise in building operations and management, holding a Certificate in Advanced Property Management Techniques from The City of New York, Department of Housing Preservation and Development. He is a New York Accredited Realty Manager, as designated by the New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM).

Outside of real estate, Steve is a commercial print model and actor who he has appeared in national newspaper and magazine ads (Vytorin & Jet Blue) as well as on several TV shows on the Discovery Channel (where he played an Irish mobster in "Paddywhacked" , a History of the Irish mob in America), The History Channel and as a high school principal on an MTV show.

Among his past jobs, Steve worked as an aide in the White House, in Washington, DC, during the Carter Administration.

Steve has a BA in Urban Affairs from George Washington University and a JD/MBA from Washington University, in St. Louis, MO. 

He can be reached at: slandfield@gmail.com