BRANDON GERMAN

I am a licensed Real Estate Broker that serves Boston and the surrounding communities. I work with first-time home buyers to make their dream of homeownership a reality. As a broker, I understand the importance of owning a home as it builds wealth, while stabilizing families and neighborhoods. I impart this knowledge to my clients, breaking down the barriers of entry, encouraging homeownership as an investment in order to improve financial health and quality of life.

I am also a community organizer and business creative. I have over a decade of experience in grassroots organizing, working at the intersection of marketing, housing and legal advocacy. I’ve led campaigns helping to stabilize neighborhoods and advocated for affordable housing in Boston after the 2008 foreclosure crises. For this work, I was recognized by City Life/Vida Urbana and awarded a Leadership Award for Social and Economic Justice.

As marketing professional, I have 15 years experience leading strategic and creative media campaigns. I’ve worked in education, as well as with executives, advertising agencies, recording artists, small and medium size businesses and housing non-profits to launch creative campaigns to grow brands, drive sales and to increase awareness for righteous social issues. Some of my clients have included Coca Cola, Pepsi, BMW, New Balance, Panera Bread and a host of other national brands.

Roots of a Family is a mini-documentary that explores the identity of an African American Chicago family through ancestry research and archival footage. Watch excerpt from part 1

The remaining series will entail commentary from academic scholars who explore and redefine what it means to identify as African American.

As the Co-founder and General Manager of 100 Decibels Music Group, I was the campaign strategist and promoter for the release of the song, “My Black Is Beautiful” by R&B recording artist Lovely Hoffman. The song reached #45 on the U.S. Urban Adult Contemporary radio charts and the video received over 3 million views on social media and was placed in rotation on BET. Major media outlets covered the release including the Tom Joyner Morning Show, CNN, Boston Globe, Teen Vogue, Essence Magazine, Singersroom and Atlanta Black Star. I also negotiated a partnership deal with Lysol to use the name and likeness of Lovely Hoffman in a national back-to-school “Thank You Teachers” television advertising campaign.

I am a Co-Founder and Organizer, along with my wife, of the Africa Reconnect Project — an initiative with the purpose of reconnecting Black Americans to Africa in order to dispel misconceptions and erroneous beliefs about the continent. Through the initiative, since 2008, children and community members have visited 3 countries in Africa — Senegal, Ghana and Uganda.

Metro Realty Corp is a boutique real estate agency that specializes in sales and rentals primarily in the neighborhoods of Brookline, Back Bay, Kenmore, Fenway, Allston, Brighton, Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain

Highest Priced Listing Sold: $1.12 Million

Year-to-date Leasing Revenue: $546,523

JPNDC is an affordable housing developer that aims to improve the lives of low-and-moderate-income residents by building housing that is equitable and promotes inclusive communities.

Worked on the Post-Construction Phase of an 8-unit affordable homeownership project in Jamaica Plain.

Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy is a Boston Public Charter School that utilizes African-Centered methodologies and teaching principles to develop high-achieving students of good character who use problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills to catalyze educational, economic and political advancement within their communities and the broader nation.

The Volunteer Lawyers Project is a legal services organization that provides equal access to justice, to financially eligible individuals in Massachusetts, through the pro bono services of private attorneys in civil legal matters, including but not limited to Housing, Family Law and Consumer Protection.

The Legal Services Center is part of Harvard Law School’s legal aid program that provides free legal services to low-income people in civil legal matters.

City Life/Vida Urbana is a direct action tenant-rights organization that empowers tenants and working class families to defend against unjust evictions through education, grassroots organizing and legal advocacy. Their mission is to effect systematic change by fighting for racial, social, and economic justice through movement building.

Former owner and publisher of Cuisine Orders Magazine, a restaurant publication that served the urban neighborhoods of Boston–Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and Hyde Park. Circulation was 20,000 distributed to community high traffic locations such as salons, community centers, banks, convenience stores and MBTA Bus & Train Staions

For a more detailed career history, please visit my Linkedin profile.