Britnie Turner (also known as Britnie Keane, born April 3, 1988) is a serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and philanthropist from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is the founder and CEO of Aerial Development Group, a Tennessee-based residential and commercial development company working on the social enterprise business model.
Aerial is listed by Forbes and by Fortune as the 6th fastest growing woman in the world based on annual ranking by Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) in 2016. Fortune also listed Aerial as the third fastest growing inner city. companies in the United States in 2016 as ranked by the Initiative for Inner City Competitive (ICIC).
Born in 1988, Keane completed his education in North Carolina. His first entrepreneurial experience was in 2009 when he founded Aerial Development Group. Keane has since expanded the Aerial brand in 6 companies, with the organization taking on philanthropic activities locally and in Africa
Early life
Britnie Turner was born in North Augusta, South Carolina, in 1988. She is the second of six children. His father, William Turner is a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, and his mother, Deborah Turner, is a school teacher. Turner studied at home until 9th ​​grade, after he joined North Augusta public school, from where he graduated in 2006.
As a student, Turner developed an interest in philanthropy and was part of an informal social group called Bringing U My Savior (BUMS), which he created with his friends. Through this group, Turner is supported in improving homes for the elderly. He later joined the Special Forces, a leadership and survival program run by Morningstar University, a South Carolina ministry school started by Rick Joyner, to learn survival skills in extreme situations. In 2007, he traveled to Costa Rica on a mission trip along with a survival team called Special Forces, where he decided that philanthropy would be his ministry line.
Video Britnie Turner
Real estate career
Turner's experience in real estate starts from MorningStar days when he attends a talking session, Britnie Turner | last = | first = | date = June 14, 2017 | work = Expresso Show, YouTube | access-date = June 29, 2017 | archive-url = | archive-date = | die-url =}} & lt;/ref & gt; who is currently also his mentor. Strite inspires Keane to see real estate as an option to build money for his mission. His first real estate investment was his first home he bought during the 2007 recession
Preliminary Period of Struggle
Turner underestimated the crippling effect of the recession period and immediately had to work several jobs simultaneously to pay back nearly the $ 150,000 loan he took to buy a home. During this period he also read a book on real estate investing to learn about the profession.
He had moved to Nashville the same year to work for two real estate investors without any pay. Through this 9-month assignment, she learns how real estate business works and immediately begins to open the house independently. He builds expertise in identifying properties, and then fixes and resells them. After his first experience opening a home in 2011, he moved to more than 100 homes until 2013. He also took an infill and mixed-use development project, focusing on urban areas.
Initial Criticism
Turner works by focusing on homes occupied by squatters, renovating homes, and changing the environment before resale. Initially, this approach was viewed with skepticism and fear, even by the banks he approached for investment. The concept of developing a bleak urban environment that is considered public as unsafe is not a popular opinion when Keane starts this approach.
Air Development Group
Keane founded Aerial Development Group in 2009, during the first phase of his struggle. A group based in Nashville, Aerial focuses on revitalizing urban environments - both residential and commercial - in Tennessee through infill and renovation projects. With their stated mission to empower people, defend the planet, and capitalize on capitalism as a force for good, Aerial now has five other companies under their brand name, recording 2000% growth for 5 years and generating revenues of approximately $ 23 million in 2015.
Aerial is known in the real estate market of Nashville to change the environment in the fringe zone of development into a fast growing and livable area. They rebuild slum dwellings in these areas and mix with businesses willing to invest commercially in this environment, increasing the market value of these areas.
Their headquarters is also a rehabilitated structure - Circle's Historical Workmen's Circle Hall. a A
Five other Aerial companies
Aerial Maker
Aerial Builders is an in-house builder for Aerial Group and specializes in taking residential projects.
Aerial by Design
Aerial by Design is the design house of Aerial Group and they also sell home plans online.
AerialBnB
Aerial BnB deals with the permitted and short-term rental management in Nashville associated with Airbnb.
Aerial Properties
Aerial Properties has expertise in renovating multi-family apartment complexes.
Aerial Produced
Aerial Produced is a creative media agency focused on managing branding and marketing of single-family homes and mixed-use development.
Maps Britnie Turner
Philanthropic Activities
Turner also in parallel pursues philanthropic activities through Aerial by associating with local groups and by donating a percentage of their profits to sponsor African orphans.
After every home is sold, Aerial sponsors an orphan on behalf of a home buyer for a year. After this period, the decision of the homeowner to continue sponsorship. This work is done in conjunction with the Horizon Initiative, a nonprofit organization.
Through Aerial Development Group, Turner is also associated with other organizations for its philanthropic activities such as World Vision, REIN (Real Estate Investors of Nashville), ULI (Urban Land Institute), Nashville Greenway, Habitat for Humanity, Nashville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Civic Design Center , YWCA (Young Women Christian Association), Hands on Nashville, The Social Venture Network, and The Well Coffeehouse.
In the 2015 Global Leadership Leadership Exchange program on Millennium Making Global Impact leadership sessions at United Nations Headquarters, Turner insists that his organization will continue to look for different people and provide employment opportunities in the Aerial Development Group.
Personal life
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments