Basic Due Diligence For Commercial Real Estate Transactions 

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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 15 years, where he specialized 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 since 2008, 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 has quite possibly taught more commercial brokers and salespersons than anyone else in New York City.

Steve teaches sales and broker licensing classes, as well as his own class: "Commercial Real Estate Building Investments", where he teaches brokers how to analyze commercial building finances, including the use of net present value and internal rate of return valuation methods, how to utilize 1031's and the basics of New York City zoning and development rights. 

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

Steve was also a Real Estate Instructor for 7 years in the Division of Continuing & Professional Studies at Baruch College - City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City, where he taught "Health & Safety Codes for Facilities", "Facility Management"  and "Dealing With Distressed Properties" among other courses.

Steve is a trainer and safety specialist for the World 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, Active Shooter Response, Food Distribution Safety and Opioid Prevention and Response. He has been invited to bring these trainings to an organization in the Dominican Republic in the near future.

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 was a Lead Compliance Consultant for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where he inspected lead abatement work for safe completion, in accordance with EPA and HUD rules.

He works with Environmental Education Associates (EEA) and Zota Professional Training, as a Principal  Instructor, where he teaches initial and renewal classes in EPA Lead-Based Paint Safely for Renovation, Repair & Painting. 

He is an EPA Lead-Based Paint Inspector & Risk Assessor Instructor, training NYC's Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) inspectors and risk assessors lead paint inspection. 

He was also involved in the training of approximately 900 workers at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), in both lead safe work practices and mold remediation in NYCHA housing.  He has 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 first Trump Administration.

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 Abatement Supervisor.

Steve  teaches industry safety courses in NYC Local Law 1 and Vidual Assessment and in Mold and Asbestos Awareness, Bedbug Awareness, Carbon Monoxide Compliance, "Chemical Safety in the Workplace", Integrated Pest Management, Heat and Hot Water, Fire Safety for Residential Buildings, Natural Gas Safety 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.

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 volunteer responder with the Hudson Regional Health Commission Medical Reserve Corps. and a member of the Hoboken, 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 the Organizing Cooridnator for what will hopefully be a newly reorganized Jersey City, NJ  CERT Team. 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 FEMA Emergency Management Institute Certified CERT Team Trainer.

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 was 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