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Ryan Serhant knows how to stay positive in a crisis.

The star of Bravo series “Million Dollar Listing New York,” began his real estate career exactly 10 years ago, on one of the darkest days of the financial crisis: September 15, 2008. It was the day storied investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy amid the housing market collapse that led the country into a nearly two-year recession.

With September marking the 10-year anniversary of the start of the financial crisis, many people have taken the opportunity to look back and reflect on what they learned during that devastating economic period. For his part, Serhant believes the timing of his first day of work actually ended up as a positive thing for him.

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