Brandon Miller, a prominent real estate developer from New York, was discovered to have been drowning in debt before his tragic death last month. Despite maintaining an image of wealth and luxury on social media alongside his influencer wife, Candace, Miller’s financial reality was far from the glamorous lifestyle he portrayed.
According to a report by The Real Deal, Miller, 43, was secretly burdened with nearly $34 million in debt, yet had only $8,000 left in his bank account at the time of his passing on July 3rd.
On his wife’s now-defunct lifestyle blog, 'Mama + Tata,' Miller was often showcased as the head of a seemingly perfect and affluent family. However, newly surfaced details reveal that the family was living well beyond their means, struggling under the weight of massive financial obligations.
Documents filed by Candace in a surrogate's court disclosed that $11.5 million of Miller's debt stemmed from mortgages on their Hamptons estate. The property, located at 25 Cobb Isle Road in Water Mill, was recently listed for sale with an asking price of $15.5 million.
The couple had four outstanding loans on the estate, including $800,000 from Titan Capital, which had previously sued Candace Miller over missed payments. In addition, Titan Capital was owed another $2 million on the property. Further loans were taken from UBS and Stevens Financial Group, as reported by The Real Deal.
Miller's largest single debt was an unsecured $11.3 million loan from a Chicago-based bank. Additionally, he owed $6.1 million on an unsecured loan from Donald Jaffe, a financier who had supported both Miller and his father, Michael Miller, on various ventures. In 2019, Jaffe filed a lawsuit against Brandon Miller for the unpaid balance, which remains unsettled.
Moreover, Miller had outstanding debts of over $300,000 to American Express and $266,000 to the Funding Club, a cash advance lender in Brooklyn.
Tragically, Miller was found unresponsive in his car inside the garage of his 4,300-square-foot Hamptons home a few weeks ago. He was rushed to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where he passed away days later.
