S01 - Ep.6: Create Your Own Luck Ft. Brandon Rule
In this episode, Tone and Larry sit down with longtime friend, Brandon Rule. Brandon Rule is an Entrepreneur, Commercial Real Estate Developer and emerging Tech Founder. The trio sit down to discuss how Brandon has been able to "create his own luck" through hard work, preparation, and perseverance.
In this episode Tone and Larry sit down with longtime friend, Brandon Rule. Brandon Rule is an Entrepreneur, Commercial Real Estate Developer and emerging Tech Founder. The trio sit down to discuss how Brandon has been able to "create his own luck" through hard work, preparation, and perseverance.
About Brandon:
Brandon Rule believes he can change the world for the better through the development of communities! Brandon hopes to empower people by showing them how entrepreneurship and financial literacy can be tools to create wealth within communities of color. Brandon studied Economics and Sociology at Marquette University. After college, Brandon went on to launch Rule Enterprises, an investment firm which uses commercial real estate as its primary tool of investment. Specializing in affordable housing, Rule Enterprises has over $112M in affordable housing closed with another $400M currently in its pipeline. Brandon has also recently announced the launch of RE-INVEST, an online commercial real estate investing platform that aims to create access to real estate investing in ways that have previously been off-limits for most Americans. He believes the unique opportunity for people to create wealth by investing in real estate without ever purchasing a home can empower families to attain and sustain financial freedom for generations to come. Brandon has recently been named by Yahoo Finance as a top 20 real estate investor to look out for, Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 under 40, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Community First Emerging Leader recipient, is on the Advisory Board for Marquette University’s and Virginia Tech’s College of Business Real Estate Department and is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Tap in with Brandon:
Website: https://brandonrule.com/
Instagram: b_rule
Business Pages: @reinvestcommunity (crowdfunding venture) and @therosethatgrew_ (media venture)
Twitter: @b_rule
Tiktok: @b_rule
Youtube: The Rose That Grew (coming soon)
You can also text Brandon at 202-918-4820.
Brandon in the News:
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/07/18/developer-brandon-rule-driven-by-core-values.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/02/26/brandon-rule-rule-enterprises-llc.html
https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/company-blog/article-library/milwaukee-developer-brandon-rule-aims-to-help-close-the-racial-wealth-gap.html
About the Podcast:
Welcome to the ScholarChip$ podcast hosted by Larry Alexander and Tone Gaines. Larry is a transactional attorney at a Fortune 100 Company. Tone is a Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions attorney at a large law firm in Chicago. But more importantly, both Larry and Tone are Black Men from the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The duo started ScholarChip$ to (1) create a platform to have candid conversations with scholars and (2) normalize academics as a viable way to achieve upward mobility in Black and Brown communities.
About Brandon:
Brandon Rule believes he can change the world for the better through the development of communities! Brandon hopes to empower people by showing them how entrepreneurship and financial literacy can be tools to create wealth within communities of color. Brandon studied Economics and Sociology at Marquette University. After college, Brandon went on to launch Rule Enterprises, an investment firm which uses commercial real estate as its primary tool of investment. Specializing in affordable housing, Rule Enterprises has over $112M in affordable housing closed with another $400M currently in its pipeline. Brandon has also recently announced the launch of RE-INVEST, an online commercial real estate investing platform that aims to create access to real estate investing in ways that have previously been off-limits for most Americans. He believes the unique opportunity for people to create wealth by investing in real estate without ever purchasing a home can empower families to attain and sustain financial freedom for generations to come. Brandon has recently been named by Yahoo Finance as a top 20 real estate investor to look out for, Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 under 40, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Community First Emerging Leader recipient, is on the Advisory Board for Marquette University’s and Virginia Tech’s College of Business Real Estate Department and is also a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Tap in with Brandon:
Website: https://brandonrule.com/
Instagram: b_rule
Business Pages: @reinvestcommunity (crowdfunding venture) and @therosethatgrew_ (media venture)
Twitter: @b_rule
Tiktok: @b_rule
Youtube: The Rose That Grew (coming soon)
You can also text Brandon at 202-918-4820.
Brandon in the News:
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2019/07/18/developer-brandon-rule-driven-by-core-values.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2020/02/26/brandon-rule-rule-enterprises-llc.html
https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/company-blog/article-library/milwaukee-developer-brandon-rule-aims-to-help-close-the-racial-wealth-gap.html
About the Podcast:
Welcome to the ScholarChip$ podcast hosted by Larry Alexander and Tone Gaines. Larry is a transactional attorney at a Fortune 100 Company. Tone is a Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions attorney at a large law firm in Chicago. But more importantly, both Larry and Tone are Black Men from the inner city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The duo started ScholarChip$ to (1) create a platform to have candid conversations with scholars and (2) normalize academics as a viable way to achieve upward mobility in Black and Brown communities.
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