Schneider has led Anywhere Real Estate, the US’s largest real estate enterprise by annual sales volume, transaction sides and agent count, with a remarkably steady and competent hand since taking the helm in late 2017. In his role, he oversees the nation’s largest real estate company, whose over 186,000 agents at franchised and company-owned offices do over $500 billion in annual sales.

With deep financial industry experience – he came to Anywhere from an executive position at Capitol One and has a doctorate in economics — Schneider has steadily grown his real estate industry voice. In 2024, he advocated for NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy, while Anywhere called on NAR to scale back the policy’s scope, eliminate restrictions on co-mingling MLS and non-MLS listings, provide a path for non-member agents to share listings on the MLS and allow non-member agents to utilize lockboxes. Prioritizing simplicity and flexibility, the company released five different buyer agreements to their agents and the rest of the industry.

In addition, Schneider’s ongoing efforts to strengthen Anywhere’s finances have borne fruit, as the company achieved a net profit in the second and third quarters in the middle of a very difficult year for real estate.

Some of Anywhere’s notable moves in 2024 under Schneider, include:

• Continued improvement of the company’s finances, which led to consecutive profitable quarters (second and third).
• Expanded its franchise presence in the luxury market with new Corcoran markets opening in Boston, Portland and Washington, D.C., and expansion of its Sotheby’s International Realty franchise internationally.
• Continued integration and digitization of its back-office and agent and customer-facing brokerage and title operations to streamline processes.

Overall, Schneider and his team spent 2024 focused on balance sheet optimization and debt reduction, a long-term goal of Schneider and Anywhere’s and it appears to be paying off. As the head of a powerhouse in the industry and using his position to show leadership in the industry at large, Schneider remains firmly in the top 5 of the SP 200.