The story behind the name

Brandon Drew was our beautiful little boy. Six days before he would have turned six months old, we lost him—and with him, a lifetime of moments we had imagined sharing.

There would be no first steps. No first words. No throwing his first baseball. No first day behind the wheel, no first date, no first kiss.

No first anything.

As we learned to go through life without our son, we carried that heartbreak with us. We were grieving the baby we had held and the little boy, teenager, and man we would never get to know. The birthdays would come, the years would pass, and we would always wonder who he would have become.

We could not give Brandon those firsts. But we could make his name part of a meaningful first for other families.

That became the heart of The Brandon Drew Group.

We changed the focus of our business, pouring ourselves into helping first-time homebuyers experience a milestone they would remember for the rest of their lives. We wanted families who once wondered whether homeownership was possible to have someone who believed in them, guided them, and helped them find a way.

And we wanted them to remember that their first home was with Brandon Drew.

His name would be part of the story they told about getting their first keys. About opening the door to a home of their own. About the place where their children might take their first steps, say their first words, or toss a baseball in the backyard.

The very moments we would never have with him.

Helping another family could never take away the pain of losing our son. But it gave us a way to carry our love for him into the lives of others. A way to keep saying his name. A way for his short life to hold lasting meaning beyond the people who had the chance to meet him.

That is why this work is so personal to us. Behind every application is a person, a family, a hope for the future. We know how much the life you dream of matters, and we are grateful to play a part in helping you build it.

We never got to see Brandon's firsts. But through the families we serve, his name will forever be part of theirs.