Branden Bufford

Something Like the Offseason

Today’s guest on Something Like the Offseason is Branden Bufford. Branden played football at Howard, before making stops with the Detroit Lions in the NFL and the Chicago Rush in the Arena League. Post ball Branden has gone on to build a career in the education world while simultaneously building out a real estate portfolio across the Detroit area.

During their conversation Branden starts off by answering Micah’s big four questions, before getting into how and when his football career ended, the choice to pursue a career in education, representing your family and community, how he found real estate, learning to make his time work for him, and much more.

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In Detroit and looking for a new home? Check out Bufford Properties!

Chapters:

Introduction (00:00)

Moment You Knew You’d Get to Next Level (01:25)

Toughest Person You Went Against (03:53)

Player Who Didn’t Get Their Chance (05:21)

Nicest Thing Coach Ever Did (07:23)

Getting Cut From Two Leagues (07:59)

Choosing to Go Into Education (11:59)

Representing Your Community (13:17)

Finding Real Estate and Being Inspired by Family (14:45)

Not Getting Analysis Paralysis (18:45)

Finding Confidence In Yourself (21:05)

Carrying Patterns and Self Belief Over to New Arenas (25:05)

Take a Seat and Grind (27:35)

Learning How Best to Use Your Time (30:35)

Lesson You Had To Learn Post Ball (32:50)

How to Connect With Branden (36:15)

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