Blair Brandt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Blair Brandt
Occupation	American Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jan 11, 1988(1988-01-11)
Age	36
Birthplace	Manhattan
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Capricorn

Blair Brandt Biography

Blair Brandt is one of the most popular and richest American entrepreneur who was born on January 11, 1988 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Blair Brandt (born January 11 1988) is a strategist in politics and animal welfare activist. Brandt is also an real estate investor and a former reality TV star. He co-founded Next Step Realty. Forbes included Brandt on their 30-under-30 list aged 23.

Following his initial success with the company, Brandt acquired competitor Post Graduate Apartments in 2012. When he was 23, Brandt was included in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his involvement in the market for real estate.

In April 2015, it was announced that Brandt would appear in a new show focused on his firm Next Step Realty that would premiere on ABC Family, titled Next Step Realty: NYC. The show premiered on August 11, 2015. The show followed him and his employees as they build their real estate brokerage firm in NYC. The idea for show started through an employee of Brandt’s. “Truth be told, an intern of mine was at a family dinner which included some people from ABC Family.”, Brandt said in an interview. According to Brandt, the show is “a story about startups and entrepreneurs, but it’s also a story about young people graduating from college or people that are newcomers to New York City moving here, following their dreams, renting and what goes into that as well.”. Executive Producer Danielle Rossen said of the show, “With this show, Blair and his team are renting apartments, but selling the lifestyle.” In light of the show, New York Daily News called Brandt “The new face of real estate reality TV.” Brandt said “You hear about all these young companies but you never actually get to see how it all goes down every day behind the scenes.”

In August 2015, Brandt began his role in ABC Family’s docu-series, “Next Step Realty: NYC”.

With a seed investment with $100,000 provided by Nantucket & Palm Beach based angel investor Jason Briggs, Brandt moved to New York City in 2012 to transform his concept which was a website that would match graduates to various realtors into a full-service real estate brokerage within the city.

Blair Brandt Net Worth

Blair Brandt is one of the richest American Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Blair Brandt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After talking to a lot of friends about their real estate experience within New York City, he saw an opportunity to help young professionals to find their first homes to live in New York City. “My friends were college graduates not getting good service,” Brandt said to Business Insider. In 2010, in reaction to this problem, Brandt co-founded The Next Step Realty. Brandt along with the co-founder Belton Baker came up with the idea of providing the service of finding apartments in urban areas to fresh graduates. They also wrote a the 35-page business proposal in just a few hours. This led to the acquisition of $19,000 in venture capital coming from family and friends. The first few weeks of the company’s operations were conducted out of the Brandt’s University of Richmond dorm room.

The company was founded in July of 2011, a few days after the establishment for the firm, the organization was cited in CNN as one of the most exciting dorm-room startup companies.

Brandt is the son of Laura Vitale and arts patron Laurence Brandt Levine. Mr. Brandt Levine, a Princeton University graduate who became the first Chairman of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, died in 2013. At the age of 16, Brandt negotiated his parent’s divorce, saving his mom thousands in lawyer fees. Brandt also said he learned the skill of networking from his Mom. Brandt began dating real estate agent Margit Weinberg, a dynamic which was showcased on “Next Step Realty: NYC”. In an interview with Sandy Kenyon, reflecting on the relationship being used as a storyline for the show, Brandt said “It’s not easy. And I didn’t want to originally” showcase the relationship with Margit on air. Brandt & Weinberg are now married, and became parents to a Son, Louie Laurence Brandt, in December 2016. Brandt’s full-time residence is in Palm Beach, FL.

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On February 8, 2019 in Palm Beach, FL, Brandt was presented with the Humane Leader Award by The Humane Society of the United States for his “commitment to the protection of Greyhounds in Florida.”

Facts & Trivia

Blair Ranked on the list of most popular American entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Blair Brandt celebrates birthday on January 11 of every year.

Brandt started working as a realtor after he was cut from a Wall Street internship at Lazard Ltd. He spent the summer working for an independent Florida realtor named Christian Angle. At the time he noticed a number of age related problems with the role. During his time with Angle servicing luxury sales clients, Brandt thought about providing the luxury service he observed to “kids right out of college who aren’t there yet but might be in that category eventually”.