Real Estate

The Brandt Group is a leading branding advisor in the real estate brokerage industry. Brandt Group President & CEO Blair Brandt co-founded Next Step Realty in NYC between 2010 - 2020, ushering in a new era and style of NYC apartment hunting for the first time. Since 2020, Brandt has served as Chief Brand Officer to Margit Brandt in Palm Beach, providing strategic guidance to one of the world's top players in the ultra-luxury market. Between 2020 and 2026, the Brandt Group helped Margit Brandt Palm Beach grow from a less-known one person operation to one of the most recognizable real estate agent brands anywhere on the planet, culminating in the firm receiving a ranking of #1 in the State of Florida and #1 in Palm Beach County from realtor performance website Agent Arena in August 2026. Margit Brandt was also ranked by RealTrends to be #17 in America. That same list indicated that Margit Brandt was also the top realtor in America under 40 and one of the top 6 female realtors in America overall. In both 2024 and 2025, Margit Brandt held the highest price per sale in the United States (over $30M+ per transaction) and in 2024 represented the largest East Coast sale in the U.S.