Steve Harvey and the Green Motel

Motel on East Turkeyfoot Lake Road has had an eventful history. Summit County Sheriff’s Deputies and Green paramedics responded to 27 separate incidents at this hotel within one year alone.

Steve works a shift with maintenance worker Ricardo at the world’s largest Econo Lodge and discovers that Ricardo has worked multiple jobs to put his son through medical school.

Early Life and Education

Green motel known for its turbulent past – including the murders of its pay-by-the-hour owners and their 6-year-old daughter – was demolished on Monday morning. Crews began dismantling its 20 cabin motel, office, and house on East Turkeyfoot Lake Road.

Gil and Moon purchased the Happy Traveler Inn in 1978, renaming it Steve’s Motel after their son Steve. They stayed there until 1985 when they decided to retire back home to California.

Lee took over and made changes that teenage Steve didn’t always approve of, adapting it to industry changes and withstanding competition from national chains that came into town over time. Last year, however, she sold it back to the city who will demolish it as part of new development efforts.

Professional Career

In 1980, Steve launched Hospitality Valuation Services with his unique combination of hotel expertise and real estate appraisal skills as the driving force. To give himself a competitive edge in this rapidly expanding industry, he pioneered an industry first consulting report which combined hotel market study and appraisal in one report; quickly positioning him and his company as industry experts. This form of credibility marketing established them and their company as leaders within their niche field.

Steve currently works at Davenport Group Consulting as a Hotel Broker who specializes in hospitality investments. Additionally, he serves as Recording Secretary of the Hotel Trades Council.

Steve can often be found outdoors enjoying nature or reading for pleasure. He supports community initiatives that promote family values and education, with his personal philosophy being service and paying it forward.

Achievement and Honors

Steve Farzam transformed a beachfront motel near Santa Monica Pier into an eco-friendly hotel that quickly became one of the region’s most desired accommodation spots, winning 2012 Green Hotel of the Year Awards along the way.

Farzam’s service-minded nature led him beyond hospitality into flight paramedicine; once saving a man from an inferno-fueled car fire and being honored with the County of San Diego Medal of Valor award.

Farzam’s company was also selected as a finalist in the Hotelier of the Year category at HD’s 2016 Hotel Design Awards, judged by both editorial staff and SAP Award Selection Committee to ensure impartiality and fairness.

Personal Life

Steve is a loving family man. Additionally, he is an accomplished paramedic and humanitarian who has saved numerous lives throughout his career.

Uncompromising, his book that chronicles the pivotal, often emotionally draining events that led him to where he stands today, will be published early 2022.

On one episode of Undercover Boss, Steve goes undercover at Choice Hotels’ Cambria Suites brand in Fishers, Indiana and meets John, their new director of sales who excels at developing customer relationships. Next he meets Brandalyn who wants to become hotel manager one day – Steve promises his help in reaching her goals as well as offering to cover six months rent so they can purchase their family’s home together.

Net Worth

Steve Harvey has amassed considerable wealth through his various pursuits as an award-winning talkshow host, gameshow host, comedian and best-selling author. However, success did not always come easy for him.

Harvey tried his hand at multiple jobs before becoming a successful stand-up comedian in the ’80s, including insurance salesman, postman, and professional boxer.

He earned millions as host of Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud, part owner of Wynn Resorts, and owns multiple luxurious properties. But after sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged Friday, his net worth took a significant hit; estimates indicate his stake in casino company dropped by more than $200 million according to The Wall Street Journal’s report that detailed decades-long patterns of behavior from Wynn.