Before we dive in, a sponsored post: As you know, we’ve got 18 employees working at our self storage management company who live in the Philippines. We sourced and hired all of them through They do customer service, collections, data entry and even direct customers around our properties to find their units. They[...]

Is it time to sell your business? I launched a business brokerage . We now have 1,300+ buyers on our distribution list. When we get a listing we'll do a breakdown of the business to my 190,000 newsletter subscribers, and several tweets promoting the listing (I get 50 million impressions a month on Twitter). Want[...]

A quick ad before we jump in: -- I launched a business brokerage with my father. We now have 600+ buyers on our distribution list. When we get a listing we'll do a podcast episode with the owner, a breakdown of the business to my 80,000 newsletter subscribers, and several tweets promoting the listing. Wanna sell[...]

Wine sommeliers often can't tell the difference between a $20 bottle and a $2,000 bottle in a double blind test. The food at the $20/person restaurant and the food at the $200/person restaurant. The beer at the top rated brewery or the guy brewing in his basement. In a double blind test - who has the better[...]

The hardest thing about entrepreneurship, real estate, or anything else worth doing: You have to be able to look at incomplete information... Or a complicated problem without a clear-cut solution... And make a good decision on which way to proceed. There is nobody who can take you by the hand and lead you through[...]

A quick ad before we jump in: -- Tax season has come and gone and my final income tax bill was $0 for one main reason - Cost Segregation Studies and bonus depreciation. DO NOT FORGET TO GET COST SEGREGATION STUDIES DONE ON YOUR REAL ESTATE. The folks at RE Cost Seg have already delivered my cost segs this year[...]

Two quick things: 1) I'm hosting a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th. ​ RSVP here. If you sign up, I'll send you the recording. 2) I recorded a podcast episode where I answered the following questions: My 10 year goals The perfect startup for an inexperienced entrepreneur Best place to build an audience and how[...]