This is a poll to help the community see what you do and how to connect. By selecting a category it’s a fast way to help categorize the members so you can make connections. So what NICHE of Real Estate are you in?

Most people spend years trying to save enough money to invest. The problem? A $100,000 investment usually doesn’t produce $100,000 a year. But a business can. Here’s the framework: 1️⃣ Decide how much income you want. Want $100K/year? Look for a business producing roughly $300K/year in profit. 2️⃣ Find a boring business. Think: • HVAC• Plumbing• Auto Repair• Pest Control• Car Washes• Commercial Services Businesses people need whether the economy is good or bad. 3️⃣ Use leverage. A $300K profit business might sell for around $1.2M. Instead of bringing all the money yourself: • Bring in a capital partner for the down payment• Use SBA or seller financing for the rest• Keep majority ownership 4️⃣ Let the business pay for itself. The customers are already there. The systems already exist. The employees are already working. You’re buying existing cash flow, not creating it from scratch. The biggest lesson: Stop thinking like an investor. Start thinking like an acquirer. Investors buy assets hoping they produce cash flow. Acquirers buy cash flow first and let the asset come with it. That’s how people control million-dollar businesses without having millions of dollars. 🔥 Here’s what most people miss: This strategy doesn’t stop at a $1.2M business. The exact same concept can be applied to larger acquisitions. Instead of buying a business producing $300K in profit, what if you bought one producing $1M, $2M, or even $5M+ annually? The game doesn’t change. You simply use larger capital partners, larger financing, and larger deal structures. That’s why private equity firms, family offices, and acquisition entrepreneurs buy companies worth millions or tens of millions of dollars. They’re not buying assets. They’re buying cash flow. The bigger the cash flow, the bigger the opportunity. Start with a small acquisition if you need to. But understand the framework scales. A person who learns how to buy a $1M business can eventually learn how to buy a $10M business.

It's not a bad idea that we jointly work on property/project that meets Jimmy buy box, it probably be a good idea to send email on the property/projects to allow us to review prior to discussing in our Saturday meetings.

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Most investors are looking for discounts. We’re looking for disconnects. The biggest opportunities today are not coming from “perfect” deals. They’re coming from assets where operations, debt, management, or structure are broken. That’s why we focus heavily on multifamily, hospitality, and businesses backed by real estate. These asset classes allow you to force appreciation through execution. 🏘️ Multifamily gives stability and consistent demand. If you improve occupancy, collections, management, or expenses, NOI increases. When NOI increases, value increases. 🏨 Hospitality moves even faster. Most people avoid hotels because they’re operationally intensive, but that’s exactly why there’s opportunity. Revenue can change dramatically with better management, branding, pricing strategy, and occupancy improvements. 🏭 Businesses backed by real estate are one of the most overlooked categories in acquisitions right now. Most buyers either understand real estate…Or they understand business acquisitions… Very few understand both together. That creates inefficiencies in the market. When you acquire a cash-flowing business with owned real estate, you’re controlling: • Income • Hard assets • Equipment • Real estate • Existing customers • Workforce and infrastructure That’s a very different risk profile than buying a business with no hard assets underneath it. This market has changed. Debt is tighter. Lenders are conservative. Refinancing is harder. A lot of sellers are still pricing assets based on yesterday’s market conditions. That means basis and structure matter more than ever. The investors who win over the next decade will not be the people paying the highest prices. It’ll be the operators who know how to: • Solve operational problems • Structure around lender constraints • Improve NOI • Understand real asset value • And create margin through execution The best deals usually look messy at first glance. High vacancy. Debt problems. Operational inefficiencies.