Brandon Green

Founder and President

Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI)
Licensed in DC, MD and VA
202-318-1623 - ext #7001
brandon@brandongreen.com

Bios are generally written by someone else (or made to sound like they are).  I thought I’d try a different approach and write something myself, in my own voice.  Yes, I was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and yes, I spent several years growing up in Des Moines, Iowa – though I’m not going to start there.  For me the world really awakened in the summer of 1995 when I started touring with the international musical group Up With People.  What does Up With People have to do with real estate?  At the time I would have said nothing, though now I can look back and see that experience was when I began to understand, through my stays with host families and visits to cultures much different than mine, that where we live is a foundational element of our lives.  That element allows us to connect to our culture, our society and to our life.  It sounds a bit altruistic for a Realtor perhaps, though as I’ve helped nearly 1000 people buy and sell over the last decade I can tell you this is true.

I entered real estate mostly by accident about 2AM in late winter of 2000.  I was dissatisfied with my current position as a sales agent for a staffing firm and wanted something else.  I watched and ordered one of those late night infomercials about real estate (seriously) and like most of us who order anything at 2AM – wondered the next morning why I wasted the money.  It turns out the money wasn’t wasted.  The material of course didn’t build all of this, though it did spark a sense of possibility.

I decided to get licensed initially to help my own investments and to see what might happen and by early 2001 it was clear I could make a living selling real estate.  100% commission scared the heck out of me, though I learned early on if I didn’t focus on the commission, more commission actually came in.  It seemed my clients could tell I wasn’t focused on my check and trusted me to help.

2001-2004 were big years in Washington DC real estate and I sold a lot of houses mainly by myself.  By late 2004 I was frankly working too much and realized I needed help.  I hired my first assistant and without really knowing it, began a path of learning how to succeed as much through other people as I had through my own efforts. 

The “team” began forming with that first hire in 2004 and has continued to grow ever sense.  Our purpose as a company grew organically out of my earlier discovery that connecting people to the right place to live – in order to enhance greater happiness in all areas of their life - was deeply meaningful to me and to my team.

Today I’m very proud to say we have gathered together with a common purpose which is to connect with our clients’ lives in order to move them from where they are now to where they want to be.  We each have a role to play in that process and work every day toward that goal.  My role on the team now is to lead and inspire that purpose.  I keep my eye on the “why” of everything we do to make sure it authentically connects with us and our clients.  My focus is now on continuing to build a group of people committed to moving your life forward.