In this episode of the Legend Makers Podcast, Scott sits down with Leonard “Lenny The Boss” Nesmith, founder and CEO of the Kids Real Estate & Financial Literacy Academy. Lenny grew up in North Philadelphia as the youngest of 10 children in a crowded row home.

His neighborhood was surrounded by violence, drugs, and pressure. But at 14 years old, he made a decision that changed his life.

Instead of following his friends to the same high school, Lenny chose a school outside his neighborhood. Not because it was academically better, but because it put him around different people and a different environment.

That one choice helped him go from sitting in the back of the class to making the honor roll, working two jobs as a teenager, learning a trade, and buying his first house at 19.

Today, Lenny teaches students the ...