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Show notes from Episode #168 of the . Nick Bradley visited the show on and talked about why now is an incredible time to buy a business. This rings even more true during the current pandemic. Every day 10,000 Americans reach retirement age, and so many of the service-based businesses that Nick advocates for are[...]

Rates are going up. The equity markets are volatile. Growth stocks are getting hammered. A lot of uncertainty and fear in the markets. What does it mean for self storage and real estate as a whole? I see this playing out one of two ways. Back to the state of the market. As you know, we’ve raised over $20m of[...]

You hear often, "Living in a business-friendly state, is an advantage". That's why a lot of entrepreneurs settle down in not too competitive location to start a business. However, business-friendly locations does not mean profit!   This episode...

Staining decks is a business you can bootstrap for almost no money. Buy a web domain and get hosting for $1.99 per month. Put together a Wordpress website using a free template. Make a logo and some marketing material for free on Canva. Send a Google My Business postcard to your apartment and build out your[...]

In this clip, I talk with my friend Sieva Kozinsky about experiencing success and building a business that sell.   FREE PDF - How to analyze a property and know what it's worth:   Check the show notes here:   Check out my free...

I love breaking down my deals and sharing real estate principles. Giving people a window into my world demystifies the process of purchasing and managing real estate. I love it when the light bulb turns on and something clicks. To help more of those light bulbs go off the next few weeks, I’m going to be writing a[...]

Nick discusses the recent events in Erie and Pittsburgh with his self storage acquisitions.

There are a lot of bad businesses out there right now making good money. Some of them suck at . Some suck at , marketing, or . Maybe they run their businesses like its 1980's.  Yet they still make really good money! So don't stress...

Successful people always say that they were lucky to find good people who helped them with their business but it's a lie! In this episode of the Sweaty Startup, I'm sharing why finding a unicorn employee is not enough for a business to succeed! ...

In this episode of the Sweaty Startup, Nick Huber, one of the essential parts of being an entrepreneur and business owner: Hiring the right people and firing the wrong ones. Through this you learn how this affects the growth and culture of your organization.

Dan Nick and Max sit around and talk business once again to discuss trends and businesses they would love to start right now and how they would do it.

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...

The life of an employee: You go out and hunt every single day. You're constantly being encouraged to sprint here and accomplish this next project. When the opportunities arise you sprint even faster to go out and kill and bring back food to the rest of the company (the owners). Every two weeks the business owner[...]

New idea entrepreneurship is hard. Educating a market on a new way to live or work is hard. Raising money is hard. The risk is high and the odds of success are low. Here’s why you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to make money as an entrepreneur....

Everyone says that making money doesn’t matter until you want to buy a house or move to be closer to family or have a safe, functional car or eat where you want to eat or go on a vacation or a family member gets sick and needs help. Then money...