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Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...

A quick sponsored note before we jump in: Tax season is here - DO NOT FORGET TO GET COST SEGREGATION STUDIES DONE ON YOUR REAL ESTATE. The folks at just let me know their spring schedule is filling up and they're considering raising their prices. They've already delivered my cost segs this year and the[...]

Our self storage portfolio is growing fast. Stats on December 31st 2019 (2 years ago): 7 properties 97,049 square feet of storage $4,510,000 purchase price $4,732,000 all-in cost basis Annual NOI: $452,000 Employees: 1 (me) At that time we had 1 full time employee in the self storage business. Me. I was answering[...]

Before we jump in: Are you running a business? I am hosting four live workshops next week on Monday, August 5th . ​ How to get found on Google with Barrett O'Neill ​ ​ How to grow via paid ads with Anil Yasyerli ​ ​ Real estate taxes 101 with Mitchell Baldridge ​ ​ How to hire and delegate with Sieva Kozinksy ​[...]

I spent 3 days last week with 8 entrepreneurs . Guys worth a combined $1B + and with thousands of employees. The big takeaway: The key to building massive amounts of wealth is doing very simple, repeatable stuff while leveraging larger and larger groups of people. The better you are at managing the people, the[...]

Delegation is not only important for Real Estate, but it is so incredibly important for small businesses and operations. In my experience as an entrepreneur and a business owner, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two levels of delegation,...

I'm going to talk about hiring your replacement. Maybe you're growing. Maybe there's an opportunity to scale up, do more, go to the town next door, do more stuff, different stuff, whatever it might be. I've been there, and I’m going through it now...

Before we jump in: Ranking your business at the top of Google can make all of the difference between your phone ringing with new customers and you struggling to grow. My team at Bold SEO has cracked the code for local service businesses. At Bold, they use a 3 step SEO system to turn your website into an asset[...]

In this episode, Chris Koerner and I talk about what it actually takes to build something meaningful. Not the social media version. The real version. We talk about taking punches in business, dealing with hate online, and why most people have no clue...

Most successful investors, myself included, hold an unpopular opinion: Life is long. To live up to their full potential, every human needs to do some things that won't pay off for 5, 10, 20, or even 100 years. And if you zoom out to 1,000 feet: Every day, I feel lucky that my great-great-grandfather (whom I never[...]

When you get home from work one day go to your computer instead of the couch. Buy a domain and get hosting. I like Make sure your flyer has great copywriting. This is an example of what you might want to say: Predict your home utility bills with affordable thermal imaging Where is your home leaking heat?[...]

Entrepreneurship culture in America is all messed up and it’s a shame. TechCrunch. Product Hunt. Shark Tank. It’s all about new ideas. Changing the world. Innovation. 0 to 1. Blue ocean. Venture capital and exits and scalability.And ITS ALL A LIE. If you ask the average American who a real entrepreneur is they’ll[...]