The Magic Model That Produces Wealth June 7, 2025 I bet you’ve heard about the chocolate and the carrot. You need the carrot, but the carrot is not at all appealing. You want the chocolate because, well, it’s chocolate isn’t it. And chocolate makes the world a better place. So someone wants you to have something you need but don’t want so they first offer something you want but don’t need. They entice you to eat the carrot by covering it in rich creamy chocolate that melts in your mouth. Can...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Why Do This To Your Business? May 31, 2025 You know how when you go to trade in your car you give it the best washing and detailing you have ever done since you bought it? Wash, wax, polish the chrome, vacuum the interior, Armor All the leather and plastic, clean your engine for the first time and take it in for its overdue oil change. We all do it because we think it will greatly increase the value. We do the same when we want to sell our house. Clean, paint, repair, mow, etc. Polish up the...
16 days ago • 3 min read
Exit Strategies May 24, 2025 We’ve all seen experts create volumes of content on how to invest in real estate. And lately the popular topic is how to buy a business. But we seldom hear those experts talk about selling those properties. It's just as important to know how to get out of a property as it is to know how to get into it. That is true, not just for real estate and businesses, but for any type of investment. Your Job Exit It’s even true for a job. How many times have you heard the...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Financial Safety Net May 17, 2025 I'm late! Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I normally schedule the email on Friday to go out on Saturday at 3 am. I forgot to do that and this morning we woke up to a neighborhood internet outage. Twelve hours later my wife says "Why didn't you use a hot spot on your phone"? Good question. No good answer. So here I am on a hot spot. Thanks to all our (hopefully patient and forgiving) subscribers. I hope you enjoy this issue! If you own a small...
29 days ago • 3 min read
Embracing Your Inner Oddball May 10, 2025 Often times increasing your financial momentum requires more than investing in real estate or buying or starting a business and making it grow. There are certain personal adjustments that need to be made. I’m talking about making changes in your mindset, your attitudes, your daily routines and your inner circle. Who Influences You A person’s inner circle has more influence on their success in business and in life than most people realize. How many...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
3 Reasons Your Business Isn't Selling May 3, 2025 You’re a small business owner and you want to sell your business. It seems that no matter what you try you are stuck with it. Your exit strategy is failing! Why? What do you do about it? Let’s Back Up A Bit There are a lot of reasons why businesses can’t or don’t sell. I’ve decided to focus on three that I think are among the biggest reasons, and also the easiest to fix. 1. The Business Can’t Run Without You. I wrote about this in a previous...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Your Expertise Is Becoming More Important April 26, 2025 It’s true. Your expertise, your knowledge, and your experience are all becoming more important and more valuable. I was reading Justin Welsh’s newsletter article on how basic content is dying (https://www.justinwelsh.me/newsletter/basic-content-is-dying). I agree with this article. And I have an opinion on the topic as well. We are being flooded with AI generated content to the extent that the content is now largely worthless. If...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Failure Is Not The Problem April 19, 2025 Failure itself is not the problem. It’s what you do after the failure that matters. Many people resist doing something new because of a fear of failure. And then there are those who have the solution to that fear that tell us failure is a good thing because we learn from it. We learn what not to do. I somewhat disagree with this line of thought. We should be concerned about failure. We can learn from it. But, it is something to avoid, not something to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
One Mistake That Will Kill The Sale Of Your Business April 12, 2025 Do you dream of building your business up and someday making a 7 or 8 figure exit? Maybe higher? There is one mistake that almost every entrepreneur makes that will kill that dream and can even cause serious issues while you are still the owner. Not Letting Go - Doing Everything Yourself Are you this person: You try to wear every hat in the company. It’s easier to do it yourself than to try to train someone who you think...
2 months ago • 2 min read