I Was Homeless… Now I Make $5M/Year
Summary
TLDRMark Jenny, founder of RVshare, which sold for over $100 million, shares his rags-to-riches story, from growing up homeless to building an Airbnb business earning $12 million annually with minimal work. Despite early struggles and multiple business ventures, including some he's not proud of, Mark emphasizes the importance of persistence, learning, and finding fulfillment in business. His journey illustrates the value of owning one's time, the power of building unique experiences, and the pursuit of happiness beyond financial success.
Takeaways
- 🌟 Mark Jenny is known for founding RVshare, which sold for over $100 million, and for having a successful Airbnb business making $12 million annually while working only 30 minutes a week.
- 🏠 Mark grew up homeless and faced significant hardships, such as living behind a tire shop with minimal amenities.
- 💡 Despite these challenges, he started over 30 businesses, quickly growing one to over a million dollars in monthly revenue.
- 💸 Mark has sold a billion dollars' worth of products online but found many of his early ventures unfulfilling, likening himself to a snake oil salesman.
- 📈 A pivotal moment in his life was a visit to wealthy relatives in New York City, which opened his eyes to a new lifestyle and motivated him to pursue success.
- 👨💼 Mark learned about business and finance from books and early experiences, including an eye-opening internship at Merrill Lynch.
- 🚀 His first major success was creating a website builder that earned him over a million dollars a month, despite starting with no coding knowledge.
- 💼 Over his career, Mark has launched various businesses, including digital publishing, health supplements, and web hosting.
- 🏅 One of his most significant decisions was stepping away from an unfulfilling but lucrative supplement business to start RVshare, which aligned more with his values.
- 💰 Mark emphasizes the importance of owning one's time and finding passive income streams to achieve true financial freedom.
Q & A
What is Mark Jenny known for primarily?
-Mark Jenny is primarily known for starting the company RVshare, which was sold for over $100 million, and for having an Airbnb business that generates $12 million with only 30 minutes to an hour of work per week.
How did Mark's upbringing influence his early life and business endeavors?
-Mark grew up homeless in an area with many drug problems, which made him desperate to change his situation. This background influenced his early life and business endeavors by making him persistent and driven to succeed, starting over 30 businesses within a short period.
What pivotal moment in Mark's life led him to believe that money could bring happiness?
-The pivotal moment was when Mark visited his wealthy relatives in New York City at the age of 13. Experiencing their lifestyle and seeing their happiness, he initially believed that money was the key to happiness.
How did Mark's first million-dollar business idea come about?
-Mark's first million-dollar business idea came about when he built a free website builder that required users to sign up for web hosting through his affiliate link. This business took off quickly and started generating over a million dollars a month.
What was the turning point for Mark in realizing that money does not equate to happiness?
-The turning point for Mark was later in life when he realized that money doesn't make one happier or less happy; it just allows one to become more of who they are and do more of what they want to do.
How did Mark's early businesses, which were not fulfilling, affect his approach to business?
-Mark felt unfulfilled selling health supplements that he did not believe in, which led him to close down businesses that he did not see himself doing forever, even if they were profitable.
What business did Mark start after realizing that he needed to find a business he could be proud of and could do forever?
-After realizing the need for a fulfilling business, Mark started RVshare, which eventually became a successful venture that he could be proud of.
How did Mark's approach to business change after selling RVshare?
-After selling RVshare, Mark became more focused on building unique experiences with his Airbnb business, investing in properties that offered something different and could stand the test of time.
What advice does Mark give to people who are just starting out and want to make their first million?
-Mark advises people to seek out successful individuals in their desired field, offer to work with them for free to learn from them, and to be persistent in gaining valuable experience and knowledge.
What does Mark consider the most important aspect of life?
-Mark considers family and friends to be the most important aspects of life, emphasizing the importance of building and sharing experiences with loved ones.
What is Mark's investment thesis for his Airbnb business?
-Mark's investment thesis for his Airbnb business is to create unique and memorable experiences by building or buying properties that offer something different and special, aiming for a 10% return on investment.
Outlines
💼 From Homelessness to Entrepreneurial Success
Mark Jenny shares his rags-to-riches story, detailing his journey from growing up homeless to selling his company RVshare for over $100 million. Despite his immense success, including an Airbnb business generating $12 million annually with minimal work, Mark candidly discusses his early life of poverty, the desperation of his family's financial struggles, and the pivotal moment that led him to start over 30 businesses. His first business venture turned profitable within two months, but he eventually found the businesses unfulfilling, leading him to seek more meaningful endeavors.
🚀 Early Exposure to Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness
At 13, Mark experienced wealth and happiness for the first time during a visit to his wealthy relatives in New York City. This exposure to a luxurious lifestyle and the apparent happiness of his relatives led him to initially equate money with happiness. Upon returning home, Mark was inspired to learn about finance and the stock market, which eventually led to his first business on eBay. However, an internship at Merrill Lynch disenchanted him with the idea of becoming a stockbroker, setting him on a path of entrepreneurship and business creation.
🛠 Building a Business Empire from Scratch
Mark recounts his early business endeavors, starting with a rudimentary website builder that he developed without any coding experience. His first version involved manually editing HTML for each client, which was time-consuming but lucrative. Despite his success, Mark was unsatisfied with the lack of fulfillment from his businesses, leading him to shut down profitable ventures in pursuit of more meaningful work. His journey includes various digital publishing companies, an AI chatbot in the early 2000s, and multiple web hosting brands, reflecting his diverse and innovative approach to business.
🏆 The Philosophy of Business and Life After Success
Mark discusses his philosophy on business and life after achieving success. He emphasizes the importance of persistence, learning through action, and the realization that intelligence alone is not the key to success. Mark also shares his belief in the importance of choosing the right business venture, one that aligns with long-term goals and has the potential for significant impact. His reflections include the understanding that success in any field requires a similar level of effort and that the choice of venture can lead to vastly different outcomes.
💡 Identifying Opportunities and the Dollar Bill Business
Mark shares his approach to identifying business opportunities, using the example of his dollar bill business. He discovered a niche market on eBay selling dollar bills with celebrity images and decided to replicate the idea, scaling it into a six-figure business. This story illustrates his knack for spotting potential business ideas and his willingness to experiment and innovate, even in areas where he lacks expertise.
📉 Overcoming Setbacks and Learning from Failures
Despite his many business ventures, Mark has faced setbacks and failures, including being swindled by a close friend and business partner who disappeared with their shared funds. This experience was particularly painful due to the loss of a valued friendship. However, Mark views these challenges as learning opportunities rather than failures, emphasizing the importance of resilience and the ability to adapt and move forward.
💰 The Reality of Wealth and the Transition to Meaningful Business
Mark reflects on his experience with wealth, from the material excesses of his early success to the realization that money alone does not guarantee happiness. He discusses the turning point when he decided to walk away from a lucrative but unfulfilling health supplement business, prioritizing his integrity and desire for a meaningful business over short-term profits. This decision marked a significant shift in his approach to entrepreneurship, leading him to found RVshare.
🔄 The Pivotal Move to RVshare and the Importance of Timing
Mark's transition to RVshare came after a period of self-reflection and advice from a friend, Perry Belcher, who urged him to consider the long-term happiness and fulfillment of his work. This led Mark to commit fully to RVshare, a business that aligned with his values and provided a sense of purpose. He shares the importance of timing and recognizing when to pivot in business, as well as the satisfaction of building a successful company that created jobs and positively impacted the lives of others.
🤔 Navigating Business Decisions and the Path to Time Freedom
Mark discusses the decision-making process in business, emphasizing the importance of delayed gratification and the ability to recognize when to persevere or move on to new opportunities. He shares his personal journey to time freedom, which came not from a specific dollar amount but from the ability to generate passive income through smart investments. This allowed him to own his time and live life on his own terms, highlighting the value of financial independence.
🌟 The Airbnb Business and Creating Unique Experiences
Mark's venture into the Airbnb business was driven by a desire to create unique and memorable experiences for guests. He shares his strategy of purchasing properties outside of town at a lower cost and adding special amenities to attract guests seeking a distinct vacation experience. His approach focuses on building cool experiences rather than strictly adhering to traditional real estate investment metrics, leading to a portfolio of successful, distinctive properties.
💫 Life's Cheat Code: Building with Family and Friends in Mind
Mark reveals that the ultimate 'cheat code' of life is building something you love and sharing it with family and friends. His Airbnb properties are designed with family-oriented experiences in mind, creating a win-win situation for both himself and his guests. He encourages others to find their passion and build a business around it, emphasizing the importance of enjoying the process and the fulfillment that comes from creating something meaningful.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡RVshare
💡Airbnb business
💡Homeless
💡Entrepreneur
💡Passive income
💡Investment
💡Business exit
💡Opportunity
💡Dollar bill business
💡Mentorship
💡Regret
💡Time freedom
Highlights
Mark Jenny started RVshare, which sold for over $100 million.
He has an Airbnb business generating $12 million annually with minimal weekly work.
Mark grew up homeless, with his family facing severe financial struggles.
He started over 30 businesses within 2 months, scaling one to over a million dollars a month in revenue.
Despite success, Mark felt unfulfilled, comparing himself to a 'snake oil salesman' due to selling health supplements he didn't believe in.
Mark's pivotal life moment was visiting wealthy relatives in New York City at 13, which sparked his ambition for wealth and happiness.
His first business was an eBay venture inspired by the dollar bill business he observed.
Mark built a website builder that quickly scaled to a million dollars a month in revenue.
He emphasizes the importance of building something you're passionate about, rather than just making money.
Mark regrets not investing his early earnings and not having proper guidance or mentorship.
He shut down multiple profitable businesses because they didn't align with his long-term vision.
Mark's Airbnb business focuses on creating unique, resort-style vacation homes.
He believes in the long-term potential of the Airbnb market and the importance of standing out.
Mark's investment thesis for his Airbnb properties is based on creating unique experiences rather than strict financial metrics.
He has transitioned to focusing on unique assets that are hard to duplicate, ensuring long-term performance.
Mark advises aspiring entrepreneurs to seek mentorship and learn from successful individuals in their desired field.
His main life regret is not spending more time with his mother, highlighting the importance of family.
Mark's ultimate life hack is enjoying the process of building and sharing experiences with loved ones.
Transcripts
this is Mark Jenny he is most known for
starting the company rvshare which sold
for over $100 million and has an Airbnb
business that makes $12 million while
only working 30 minutes a week you have
a 20 portfolio property worth 8 figure
plus and you said you spend 30 minutes a
week 30 minutes to an hour a week
usually but before the money started
pouring in Mark grew up homeless the
town I grew up in a lot of drug problems
not necessarily the best area we'd go to
McDonald's and my dad would buy one
hamburger cut in half and hamburgers
were like 59 cents at the time or
something like that he didn't even have
enough money to buy both of us a
hamburger desperate to change a
situation March started over 30
businesses within 2 months I went from
an idea to a business that was making
over a million dollars a month I've sold
a billion dollars worth of stuff online
however he found that the businesses he
created were extremely unfulfilling
basically I felt like a snake oil
salesman I was selling Health
supplements that I did not believe in I
didn't want to do anymore so how did
Mark go from homeless to starting
several successful businesses closing
them down and then creating the business
of his dreams let's dive deeper into
Mark's story so first off Mark Jenny I
got to share I've used rvshare.com
you're the founder I love it we've come
a long way from there so let's go back
to the beginning of your origin story
yeah um you grew up homeless I did can
you tell us a little bit more about that
and how did your family even end up in
that situation yeah yeah I mean my dad
just was not good at managing money um
he was not good at managing money then
he's not good at managing money now it's
just not been a strong suit of his and
um
so we lived in the back I have a picture
of it I Pro I can show show it to we put
it up on screen we put it up on screen
um but I'll uh I'll show you so here
that's actually where I lived it was in
it was behind a tire shop um so we
weren't out luckily we were not out on
the streets but but we lived behind this
tire shop um in this little room for
about 2 years and um there was no there
was a bathroom but with a sink uh there
was no shower um so like we'd get a
washcloth and you know throw some soap
on it and kind of wash up that was that
was how we bathed um but it was I mean I
would say I it was humbling but you know
I didn't really know much better cuz I
really didn't grow up in the best part
of town and so it was like I was going
from like the bottom to like the bottom
bottom um and so it wasn't there wasn't
like a massive leap in lifestyle for me
where I was like you know Liv in large
and all of a sudden I was like you know
Liv in the back of a tire shop in a you
know little storage room um so you know
the town I grew up in a lot of drug
problems you know not not necessarily
the best area my whole upbringing was
really kind of coming from nothing um
you know and being homeless was was part
part of that part of that Journey but I
think that what that has done for me
today is it's probably you know it's
kept me more grounded um and it's really
made me appreciate you know all the
blessings that we have today what were
some of the moments you noticed between
your parents and what was it like with
the family uh when it was these these
tough times yeah I mean my parents
always fought about money all the time
like that's you know they they got
divorced when I was younger and but I
that's really all I remember them you
know the interactions with them is just
like fighting about money all the time
um I mean you know things were lean and
like we'd go to McDonald's and you know
my dad would buy one hamburger and cut
it in half and give my brother half of
it and me half of it and hamburgers were
like 59 cents at the time or something
like that you know and he didn't even
have enough money to buy both of us a
hamburger um but I I you know I got
super super lucky very early on um when
I was 13 years
old I had some cousins who were
relatives of my dad uh they were like my
second or third cousins and they lived
in Manhattan they lived in New York City
and they had a a compound in the
Hamptons and they were money managers
and they were very very wealthy
extremely extremely well off and I
always thought money is happiness
because of this experience that I had
with him which I'll tell you about but
later on in life I really realize money
is not happiness you know you can be
happy money doesn't make you either H
more happy or less happy it just kind of
allows you to become more of who you are
and do more of the things you want to do
um makes life easier but circling back
to um you know when I was 13 this was
the most pivotable moment of my life of
anything as far as like coming from
nothing to actually making something in
of of you know my life is when I was 13
years old I went to New York City my
cousins they paid for airline ticket to
fly me out to New York for a week I
stayed with them at their Penthouse
apartment on Park Avenue for the week
and then on the weekend we went out to
their compound in the Hamptons and I it
was the first time I ever experienced or
saw like wealth and to be honest with
you it was really one of the first times
I ever saw people who were happy cuz
there was just not a lot of Happiness
between my parents and our household
when I was growing up and so I went and
they were super super happy
and for me for many years I thought that
you know happiness is money because they
have money so that's how you get
happiness and that's really kind of what
really got me started it was I wasn't
seeking um material things I was seeking
like a happy household and the household
like you know that I grew up in just
didn't have a whole lot of love and
happiness between my parents and so but
um what happened was when I came back
from that trip in New York um my eyes
were open to a totally new lifestyle you
know I was at that time we were not
homeless but I was in you know an 8 800
squ ft house and on the wrong side of
the tracks and you know I just went for
a week and experienced basically
essentially living like a Billionaire's
life and like saw how they lived and it
was totally foreign I'm like I want that
whatever that is I want that what I have
here at home I don't want this I want
that cuz I saw happiness they just
seemed you know it was like yes they
bigger houses and nicer cars and all
that stuff but the the the happiness
that they had was just like I was so
drawn to that so how did this shape your
mentality how did that um you know they
were in finance and so that's what I
that's what I thought I was going to
make my Millions I always thought I was
going to go into the stock stock market
I'm going to become wealthy like them
you know in finance I went I went back
home from that trip I went to Barnes &
Noble whatever little money I had saved
up at the time I bought books on you
know trading stocks for dummies stock
markets for dummies etc etc etc um I
read up on uh you know on the stock
market I as a 13-year-old you know read
as much as I could um that ended up
prompting me to uh start my first
business and I ended up starting my
first business on eBay at the time uh
not too long after like the next summer
I ended up going to Merl Lynch and I
just walked into our local meril Lynch
branch and showed up and I'm like I'd
like a summer in internship I'll work
for free I'll do whatever you want I
want to learn the business um and I'll
I'll do I'll do whatever it takes and
little did I find that that actually
that experience turned me off of Finance
because I always thought I wanted to be
a stock broker and there's a big
difference between being a stock broker
and actually being a money manager and I
realized that stock brokers were
essentially you know used car salesmen
and they weren't doing anything other
than like what they were told from you
know up above of here's what we're
selling and so you go into the local Mir
Lynch office and you know everyone's
just pedaling the same products they're
not actually managing money and like you
know figuring out where we're going to
invest our client's money yes and no to
some extent but really not what I was
looking for like the experience I had
was like you know I went to my uh
cousin's Wall Street trading firm and
they had you know multiple floors and a
and a highrise and all these you know
charts and and on the wall and tickers
and everyone's like you know like a real
trading desk and that's what I I thought
local Meo Lynch was going to be like and
I realized like no that's not this at
all like they're making you know these
guys are making you know $100,000 a year
$200,000 year at the time but they they
weren't doing what I wanted to do and
they didn't have that you know that was
not where I was going so I learned
pretty quickly that like you know
becoming a stock broker was not
necessarily my thing after an internship
at maril Lynch uh for the summer and
then you know really that was you know
from there on I business after business
have had 30 different plus businesses
over the years how did you make your
first million this is before Wix before
Squarespace this was like basically like
almost like geoc City days this was like
way way way back in the day um so I
built a website builder that allowed
people to build out sites and promote
other people's products or Services you
know as an affiliate and generate
commissions and and the model was um
different so I didn't charge for it it
was completely free but in order to get
access and use my website builder you
had to sign up for web hosting through
my affiliate link and that took off and
that basically I you know I I went from
an idea to a business that was you know
making over a million dollars a month in
a very short duration of time and that
totally totally changed my life you know
um so that was that was really the first
big success was that and I knew nothing
about coding
programming I um the first version of of
this website builder was me going and
buying HTML for dummies I was using
Dream Weaver and I was like a hack a
hack HTML programmer at at best I mean
like really really bad I couldn't write
you know scripts or anything to automate
anything and at one point in time I was
either building or editing hundreds of
websites a day by hand and I was making
like a lot of money but I was literally
in front of a computer for like 14 or 15
hours a day copy paste copy paste copy
paste because my website builder my V1
of this website builder was not
automated it was essentially a like a
modern-day Google form where I had a
form and somebody would go and fill out
their form and I'd say what is your
affiliate link what color do you want
your website what do you want your
website to be about blah blah blah blah
BL blah and I would literally then take
that info I mean this was this was back
I had people giving me their web hosting
um logins and their password and their
email passwords and it was very like old
school it was like stuff that like there
was no SSL at the time there was no any
of this stuff at all um and so the first
version for quite some time is was
literally like a form that I had online
which was a website builder but I was
the website builder I was the one
literally taking the information off the
form that was then getting sent to me
and then I was going in and changing the
HTML so it wasn't like if you went in
and updated your form you had to wait
for me to go in and get the information
and go manually update your website for
you that was my V1 of a website builder
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to the video all of a sudden you're
making all that money what did you spend
it on what did you buy well when I was
young I mean when I was young I just
blew it all I mean I you know I was
living the life of somebody who came
from nothing and didn't have good
guidance and had no mentors to like try
to you know guide you of like hey hey
you know you're doing well this is an
opportunity you know these don't come by
every day you're and you should invest
your money you should I didn't do any of
that when I was young but like what did
you do what are some of the stories or
ways you spe yeah I mean you know I I
had the huge mansion with all the cars
and you you know I had more cars than I
could fit in my garage and it's Ferrari
Lamborghini Bentley blah blah blah it
was all that crap and you know um
private jet and you know like your own
private jet no I didn't have my own
private jet probably I I I didn't make
that much money um but no chart you know
go Charter a jet and you know have a
bunch of friends like Hey we're all
flying down to Miami you know um go on
elaborate trips and you know I just I
blew money like there was no tomorrow
when I was younger I didn't know any
better and you know and and whether good
or bad or indifferent you know I don't
regret it um I wish you know yeah I wish
I probably would have invested it when I
was younger um my mom always told me
like should be investing you should save
your money and you know me I think I'm
smarter than you like you've never made
a lot of money you don't know you don't
know what it's like Mom and I in Hinds
set I'm like yeah Mom was right like I
should have you know invested my money
and saved my money um but but hold on
what but how was it though like how
awesome it was cool yeah I was I was 21
years old I mean I was 21 years old I
was Private with Ferraris and stuff I
mean I was a millionaire I was 21 you
know and so like I literally it's like I
was I was Hood Rich I mean and I can say
Hood Rich because I came from the hood
so like but that's that's how I was
living I mean I was I didn't I didn't
know any better I didn't have guidance I
didn't have I really didn't have anybody
in my life who I could talk to or who I
could look up to to like provide proper
guidance which is I think one of the
reasons why nowadays you see you know
over time you've seen a lot of these
like athletes who you know come from
nothing they'll get a $100 million
contract and then all of a sudden it's
like you know they blew it all it's like
you know you don't know what you don't
know one thing about me that I think
that has allowed me to kind of have the
path that I've I have had
is once I figured
out if I if I built a business and even
if that business was profitable and even
if that business was making me 100,000
200,000 a year you know way back in the
day if I didn't want to do that business
forever I would literally shut the
business down like the next day like I I
I I was I would go cold turkey I went
cold turkey on so many of my businesses
that in hindsight like I'm like oh man I
was an idiot like I should have hired
somebody cuz a lot of these businesses
were sole proprietorships where like it
was a business but it was a oneman
business that I had going where I could
have just hired someone for $50,000 a
year to like keep operating the business
and then I could have you know made
earned the profits above and beyond that
I wasn't I I wasn't
that um I didn't understand business
well enough that like you could even
like go out and like hire people to like
replace you and so there were a lot of
like companies I had early on where they
were successful they were making money
and I was doing very well at the time
for where I was but as soon as I felt
like I don't want to do this for the
rest of my life my exit strategy was
literally like okay I'm going to just
shut it down tomorrow and figure out
what's next and I would live off of the
savings I had and you know I'd usually
have some type of savings and I'd live
off the savings until I figured out what
was the next business but I did that
several times you've done over 30
different businesses to where we are
today can you walk us through at least
some of these different businesses that
you've tried over the years yeah and I
actually I told you I brought it cheat
sheet because a lot of these things I've
just done so many things over the years
I'm like oh I forgot about that I forgot
about that and multiple digital
publishing companies over the years um
we did a lot we had you know think of
like uh ebooks or courses things like
that I mean some some things were you
know mainstream some things were really
random I mean we had products on like
you know pre-written wedding speeches
things on like how to beat a speeding
ticket um natural ways to like stop
snoring uh you know things like you know
we were teaching affiliate marketing
teaching SEO uh
AdWords um you we we probably had north
of 20 different like product Lines
within the business of digital
publishing uh at one point in time I had
you know we had a staff of I want to say
15 writers you know uh in house and this
was this nobody was outsourced it was
all Under One Roof we had like 300
employees and um it was a pretty big
digital publishing company with like
just everything um under the sun we you
know find product experts in different
Industries and you know bring them in
and kind of build build products around
them one company I had which is very
timely today because chat GPT is
obviously like a huge thing now um I had
one of the first like AI companies and
it's not real true AI but I had uh a
company called intell aat which was an
AI chatbot this was like the early mid
2000s so I was a you know a big hosting
affiliate for a while and then
eventually ended up starting my own
hosting company had a couple different
web hosting Brands you know other
businesses so I've had you know search
optim optimization company had multiple
health supplement companies sold every
health supplement Under the Sun you
could possibly think of um had a
business where it was a timeline of your
life uh so my timeline.com a digital
timeline of your life that was another
thing that didn't work uh another
company which was an app company uh
called daily Pick so it's like a you
know just a day a picture of a day uh
app that also didn't work um started RV
share uh along with RV share actually
built out like you know 10 additional um
uh RV related websites in the space um
ultimately when I stepped away from that
that those other websites didn't become
a a focus um so they never really you
know made much of them uh and then you
know now today I have uh Resort style
vacation homes which is the Airbnb
company um there's been a whole bunch of
other things that I didn't list off and
are not on my list um cuz that was maybe
like 15 things but when i' have gone
through and like tallied up everything
I've ever done I mean I owned part of a
nursing home at one point in time um
I've done I've done a lot and I've done
so many different things and and from
time to time like I'll find something in
my email and I'm like Oh my from you
know I'm searching for something I'll
find something from like 10 12 15 years
ago I'm like oh my gosh I totally forgot
that business that I built and it would
be like a real business it had like real
Revenue it have like you know something
that I you know probably maybe had like
$30,000 in revenue and just never really
got enough traction so i' like
ultimately like shut it down but yeah
I've done a whole bunch of different
things over the years uh how do you
identify opportunities to things that
want to do businesses in yeah I mean so
early on I was literally just looking
for like any way to make money I mean I
was young Scrappy I came from nothing I
was just trying to like Escape poverty
so to speak and I I was just looking for
ways to make money I was not look I was
not analyzing businesses you know like
in the early days of like eBay I was
literally just like searching eBay for
like what could I make hm what's
something that like is selling on eBay
that I can make so here's a good here's
a good example of something where like I
was literally just searching eBay for a
business idea on eBay I ended up turning
into a 6figure business so some I saw
someone selling dollar bills with
pictures of celebrities on the dollar
bill on a $1 bill and I'm like oh that's
interesting I'm like couldn't I just get
sticker paper and print out a picture of
a celebrity and cut it out and put it on
a $1 bill and sell it like they're
selling I'm like there has to be
something else to this so I bought the
product on eBay came to me and it was
literally just a $1 bill with a printed
out with a sticker paper and with a
picture of Michael Jordan on it so that
night I became I was in the dollar bill
business and literally I built that
business up to I was making a couple
hundred grand a year selling dollar
bills and I was selling dollar bills on
average for probably like 15 bucks a
piece and the dollar bill business was
very good for a period of time until I
decided I didn't want to be in the
dollar bill business before and I just
kind of at one point in time cut that
cold turkey and moved on to the next
thing but you know I I think just
keeping your eyes open looking for
opportunities like what is something
that someone else is doing that you
could do or what's something that you
know you can improve upon slightly do
you have other stories like the dollar
bill one that worked or didn't work cuz
that that I think that's that stuff also
inspires people to how they're thinking
about opportunities right like people on
eBay are buying and selling things all
right let me look there to see what else
is happening yeah the Airbnb business
which we get you later you rented it out
you did it you built something cool for
your kids it's working all right now I
have 20 of them yeah what other kind of
stories do you have from earlier on yeah
I mean this is this is like very
parallel to the the dollar bill thing
but just I guess another example of of
that is you know I also sold a ton of
window clings at the time um window
clings so basically just like a clear
image with a picture printed on it that
people would put on a window or a car
window or whatever um I didn't know
anything about copyright at the time so
I'm not like this is not something I
would do today but I was a young kid and
um you know I saw somebody selling
window clings online of like different
celebrities or whatever it may be and
I'm like I can just go to the store I
can I can go to Office Max they got
window cing paper I can literally buy
and I can put in the printer and print
out window clings and I did that and I
literally started making a bunch of
money you know probably sold couple
hundred thousand on window clings um and
you know they were you know like I said
they were probably copywritten um which
I probably you know shouldn't have done
and didn't at the time I had no idea I
didn't even know what copyright was you
I think I I got my first like dmca
notice of like hey you can't be it was
Toby Keith I think I saw the Toby Keith
window cling and uh his real name's not
Toby Keith his real name's Toby Corell
and I only know that because I got a
dmca notice from his lawyer saying hey
you're not allowed to sell a Toby Keith
window cling because you don't have the
permission you don't have the the the
you know we have a trademark on this and
then so I stopped selling I'm like oh
sorry I didn't know I literally had no
idea like at the time I was so naive I
didn't even know you weren't allowed to
do that like I was like oh okay I could
just print this out on my printer and
sell it like I didn't know there was
this thing such as copyrights or
trademarks or anything and you find that
out and you stop doing it what was a
story or experience that was one of the
lower moments during these early years I
had a business partner who was my best
friend like absolute best friend
and we lived together in the same
building hung out together every day and
um he like left the country and left
with all of our money and um yeah it was
it was that was that was tough that was
really tough really tough because we
were doing very well at the time and
um one day he left the country and
didn't come back and there was there was
there was a whole story on how he got
the money and he basically before he
left kind of pitched me on this oh I got
this great investment for us it's
guaranteed etc etc I need you to wire
money and I you know did so and
um yeah it uh unfortunately he didn't
come back and we weren't business
partners anymore um so that was that was
a really really low point in my life but
I was more distraught more so than the
money was the friendship that I I lost
and like the emotional impact that had
of like I had somebody who I thought was
like my best friend who like I hung out
with every single day we were in we had
an office together we were with each
other every day we hung out at night you
know we hang out on the weekends we took
trips together um so yeah that that was
that was definitely definitely a low
point you made a lot of money doing
affiliate marketing I believe and like
internet marketing kind of company
direct marketing which there's always
like I would say gry Zone with those so
some of those companies I'm proud of and
some of those companies I'm not proud of
um you know it's like I yeah I I look
back you know I had before I did RV
share I had a business that was you know
I would call it an internet marketing
business it was a health supplement
company but basically we were just
pedalling whatever was like the hottest
latest craze that Dr Oz was pitching you
know on TV I was like oh this is the
miracle weight loss pill or whatever and
you know that that business I mean
scaled that up literally from like zero
to like $300,000 a day in sales in like
a couple a day in in like two weeks um
and that was we we just we were tied in
with a lot of traffic sources and we had
a lot we it was really driven off of
Affiliates we did almost none of our own
media buying for it so that $300,000 a
day it was all Affiliates that's a
business that I ultimately I ended up
walking away from I was making a whole
bunch of money and um I gave my Equity
back to my partners and I just said I
don't want to do this anymore I don't
feel good about it I don't believe in
the products I don't believe in the
marketing I I'm not proud of this like I
literally lose sleep at night like
thinking like I'm just like basically I
felt like a snake oil salesman of like
just selling you know Placebo pills and
I'm like I don't like this this is this
this is this is not good I was you know
personally making you know
300,250 $300,000 a month and that was my
personal cut take-home that I just gave
back to my partners I was like you you
guys can have this um I just I didn't I
didn't want to do it anymore and that
actually was a big pivotal moment in my
life because that
was when I stepped away and started RV
share and had I not done that I might
not have started RV share when you were
doing RV share did you give up and sell
everything before share and you said I'm
only doing one like what what is that so
how does that relate to RV yeah yeah
yeah so I mean when I buil RV share it
was literally right after the supplement
business like I decided so I got one of
the best pieces of advice that I've ever
received and this is another piece of
advice that has kind of changed my life
um a friend of mine Perry Belcher he
said to me look at what you're doing and
see are there any old happy Rich guys
who are doing what you are doing or did
what you were doing and at the time you
know I was selling Health supplements
that I did not believe in you know I
mean they were fine for people to take
they were probably more Placebo than
anything it was you know whatever Dr
Oz's latest diet pill was um you know
but I didn't believe in it I personally
just did not believe in what it was
prior to RV share I had a lot of
different businesses running
simultaneously at the same time so I was
definitely very dist distracted and
scatterbrain and I had the you know the
shiny coin syndrome big time
um when I built arv share I I just made
a commitment that like I'm not doing
that again I'm this is I'm all in on
this like this this is this is what I'm
doing and then I I did I was selling
things so to fund that business I owned
some long-term traditional rentals okay
nothing remotely to this scale homes
that I had bought for $30,000 to $50,000
okay nowhere near on on this level and
um I was building RV share off my
savings and basically you know I as the
the business was not generating Revenue
nearly as quickly as I thought it would
and so I bootstrapped that business off
of my savings and that required for me
to make payroll and continue building
that business roughly how much you sell
RV share for and then why did you decide
to sell why I decided was I was burnt
out at the time um um just had my second
child you know I I had just my mom had
just passed away just lost her I was
working seven days a week working like
crazy um we had a couple different
opportunities we were we were looking at
you know I wanted to buy my time back at
that point in time and it was going to
also allow me to get a meaningful amount
of money that you know if I invested it
and was wise with it would be you know
would allow me to not work for for the
rest My Life um as far as how much you
know we sold for I mean I think it's
public we had two different rounds um
where the majority was secondary um uh
fundraising rounds um the most recent
one was with KKR at a little bit more
than 100 million um but that doesn't
mean I personally put $1 million in my
you know bank account um so we had you
know at at that point I was not a
majority uh shareholder in in the
business business uh you know I had sold
a majority uh stake to trading partners
other private Equity Firm prior to that
I'm still an equity holder in the
business today so I still have Equity um
so I've had two bites at the Apple so
far probably hopefully a third bite um
and who knows depending on how things go
the third bite could be just as big or
bigger than the first two bites it's
cool because you know my partners became
millionaires um and so that was really
cool and fulfilling just you know like
Not only was I able to you know do well
financially but you know they were able
to do well financially from it we built
a lot of jobs you know built a good
company um I was able to do well and
make enough money that you know like I
said not I don't have to I don't have to
worry if you know about my electric bill
and I don't have to worry about bills
anymore and think about those things so
that's that's nice what did you learn
from starting and failing with these 30
different businesses it's not failure
it's just learning you know it it's
really only failure if you quit and I
think just having to be persistent um
having to grind it out uh you don't have
to be the smartest I mean I dropped out
of high school um I would say I'm
probably of like average intelligence um
I'm around a lot of like really smart
people these days who are like really a
lot smarter than I am and like um can be
quite intimidating intellectually and so
like I think that one thing I've learned
is like you don't need to be a genius
you just need to put in a ton of action
and just keep plowing forward and
pushing forward and you will learn and
learn and learn and it'll compound and
your learning will compound as long as
every single day you are giving it your
all and pushing forward to the next next
step too many people just get too
discouraged and they just don't give it
their all or they give it their all for
a short duration of time and they don't
see immediate feedback that feedback
loop the feedback loop is not always
immediate you know you got to keep
putting that work in and sometimes that
feedback loop is not going to hit hit
you for a while and I think the thing
I've learned is really like you can
really do anything I mean you you can do
anything I I have I have a buddy who
started um one of my groomsmen who
started a company called made in space
and they put a 3D printer on the
International Space Station and I
remember he and I we were kind of like
coach at the time he started that
company I was starting RV share and we
were like each other's coaches and we
would have a weekly call with each other
kind of like Consulting on each other's
businesses and what what's going on just
G giving each other guidance and
feedback and I remember him telling me
he's like I know nothing about space I
know nothing about engineering I know
nothing about any of that but I can find
people who do you know and even though I
don't know any of this like I can find
people who who do know how to do this
and like the vision is this and I can
still make that happen even though I
don't I don't know that and I think that
that's one thing is most people think
that they need to know everything before
they do anything and I think that's
totally opposite you need to know
nothing you just need to do a lot and
you'll figure a lot along the way how do
you know when to push through something
versus just maybe like all right this is
enough and I should to something else
yeah so I mean I think for me RV share
was a good example of that where um like
I was saying it took a lot longer and a
lot more uh money to get that off the
ground but I I saw some positive
feedback loop so even though I wasn't
making money for the longest time with
that business it wasn't generating any
Revenue we started to see we were
getting some traffic we were getting
listings we were getting people
transacting through the site even though
we weren't in the beginning we weren't
actually party to that transaction
people were just we were connecting them
almost like Craigslist we were
connecting them directly and we would
ask people hey did you rent you know and
we we would get feedback yes we rent it
so like we knew like okay great well
there's transactions happening even
though we're not making money here this
is still going in the right direction
and so I mean I think you you know you
do need some type of positive feedback
loop but at the same time you need to be
willing to have delayed gratification so
it's kind of like you know you need you
need to kind of it's more of a I guess a
an art than a science um to figure it
out on a situational basis one thing I
wish I would have known earlier on in my
career and one thing I would kind of go
back and tell a younger version of
myself is make sure you're playing the
right game and one thing I've learned is
it doesn't matter like what you do if
you're going to go and build a business
it could be a small business or it could
be a massive business it's going to take
about the same amount of effort and
energy to become super successful at
anything
and if you're playing the right game
your outcome can be exponentially better
than if you're playing the wrong game
you know if if your goal is basically
just just to open One restaurant and you
know that's you're very limited in like
what your upside is versus you know if
you want to go and build a software
company then obviously you know you
could have you can build a billion
dollar business both of those the owner
of the restaurant and the owner of the
software company they're both going to
work really hard they're both going to
put all of their energy all of their
effort into their business to make it as
successful as they can but they're going
to have very different outcomes you know
if once if they're both successful you
know one is going to have lifechanging
you know amount of you know income and
they're going to probably become very
very wealthy from it and it could be
even generational wealth and the other
one they may they might have worked
thems into you know a successful job
that maybe allows them to pay for the
pay for pay the bills but it doesn't
have the same type of outcome and I
think that like if I were to look back
at my life and teach my my earlier
younger version of myself something
is don't do things that re that have a
longer time Horizon I was really focused
on things that would make money tomorrow
like what is something I can do today
that'll make money tomorrow and and I
wasn't really willing to like put in the
work to see the return more long term
and I think I shortcut it myself on
quite a few things and I think there was
a few businesses I built that if I would
have stuck with it longer they would
have become very very successful um so
that's one thing is just kind of like
have a longer time Horizon and really
look at in like a fiveyear chunk like if
I'm going to go and build something I'm
investing five years of time into this
and I have to be able to you know expect
that I'm probably not going to have like
a massive Payday for five years you know
um and then you know the other the other
thing is really just making like I said
making sure you're picking the right
game I've see so many
people going into business and wanting
to do something and they say like they
want a lifestyle to teer but the
business they're going into if they're
the most successful at that business
their lifestyle is only going to be here
and the the the game they're playing
doesn't match with the lifestyle they're
trying to achieve how did it feel to
finally make it you have the money
eventually you're not homeless like were
you happy did it give you the happiness
you wanted uh I had a feel to make it
yeah I mean I think you find out I think
a lot of people find this out like you
know you you put in all this hard work
and you think like oh I'm GNA make it
I'm gonna make it and then go sit on the
beach and life will be great and that
it's like that for a little while I've
always I've always been happy so like
money has I think allowed me to like do
more things and you know um have more
experience es and help more people and
do things like that so that's great I
mean that's that's great about the quote
money um but I would say for me like
literally the biggest thing for me as
far as like when I made it had nothing
to do with money had 100% to do with
time I own my time I own mying time and
that is the biggest thing like if you
own your time and you own your calendar
and you own your schedule like it if you
own your time and you're making 100
Grand a year
you have a better life than a guy who's
making $5 million a year but doesn't own
his time how much money did you have
when you finally felt time Rich it
wasn't about a certain dollar amount it
was about passive income and so what
happened was when I exited RV
share I made enough money that I could
just put that Capital into passive 100%
passive Investments that I'd be set for
life okay now my lifestyle might not
have been what I wanted it I wouldn't
have been able to Charter a private jet
and purely off the passive income alone
but I would have all my bills would pay
and nice house have you know every
really good lifestyle um I had two level
I would say I had two levels of time
Freedom the first in Financial Freedom
and just like just fre that feeling of
fre Freedom one was right when I exited
RV share and there was like a lump sum
of money okay but I didn't touch that
money I didn't go out out I didn't buy
things with it I I I bought two things I
spent money I invested almost all of it
except for two things uh we bought my
wife a fancy coffee maker for like6 or
$700 and we went on a trip I took my
wife my kids and my wife's parents and
we went to Europe for the
summer outside of that I didn't touch
any of the principle I invested 100% of
it and that so that is when my lifestyle
like started improving as far as like me
being more comfortable to spend money
was actually once my passive income
started kicking in from Investments and
so once that money started kicking in
then I was more comfortable with like
okay then you know fly nicer then you
know go to nicer restaurants then go to
nicer vacations it was really kind of at
that point in time where I I started to
become a lot more comfortable with
spending money because I I was fortunate
making a lot of money when I was younger
but blowing it all and I knew that like
the amount of money I made was enough
money that if I was a good Steward of
this capital I could be set for life but
it was also the same amount of money
that I could I could go blow it pretty
quickly as well and so you have I mean
it's like Mike Tyson made $500 million
and blew all of it like I didn't make
anywhere near $500 million but I made
enough that was like if I was a good
Steward of that capital I would never
have to work again and I could do
whatever I want it really for the for
for the most part I couldn't buy a yacht
or a jet but like you know I could live
great live a great life what do you
think the business opportunities are
today can I start an airb luxury
business what are the areas you're like
if you were starting business today
you're like oh these are categories I'm
interested in or I think there's you can
make a million dollars of more doing it
Airbnb is not going anywhere I don't
think
that there's opportunity there today
there's going to be opportunity there
tomorrow there was opportunity five
years ago I I I think that this is here
for the long term people are always
going to want to rent uh a vacation home
um you know if you're traveling with a
large group you know not everybody but
like a lots of times it's just more
optimal if you're traveling with a large
group versus staying in a hotel um so I
think that that opportunity is here
today it'll always be here I don't see
it really disappearing I think the
opportunity within that space is really
just comes down to like building
something unique building something
different um really standing out from
the crowd and not just being another me
too
um yeah I in in general as far as like
other opportunities if I if I were to go
back in time today and I was 20 years
old um I would be spending a lot of time
on trying to learn about AI uh which
obviously is the big craze today but I
think it's that's a it's a very real
thing that's going to have meaningful
impacts um you know over the next 5 10
15 20 years
uh and then I I'm I'm super bullish on
YouTube I am so bullish on on on YouTube
um and maybe it's just because I know a
couple people who have you know kind of
built up uh a nice little business and
nice life for themselves off in YouTube
um but just being a content creator and
kind of building your own platform today
and around any subject matter and it
doesn't even really matter I think I
think that if you can become like the
top 1% in any topic man you can build a
great business for yourself and a great
life can you tell us your investment
thesis for your Airbnb because it's not
I think what's interesting with the
Airbnb thing that you're doing versus
everyone else is everyone knows about it
but you're playing a game that seems
different and that you're winning so how
did you first identify the opportunity
and then I think the other thing that's
interesting about your strategy is that
you didn't just do it once you've done
it now almost 20 times tell us about a
little about those two two things I have
a more artistic strategy than than a um
mathematical strategy with this business
um I'm probably totally opposite from
most Real Estate Investors uh most
people I know are looking at
spreadsheets and doing Prof foras and
I'm doing back of the napkin um here's
how much it's going to cost here's how
much I think you know uh can rent I can
rent the place for here's how much the
improvements are going to cost
um I think for me it really just comes
down to like building cool
experiences and I feel like if I build a
cool experience and if I stick within
somewhat of a range of a
budget that the return will be good and
that's kind of how I've approached it
it's it's probably not the best way to
approach it but for me it's worked well
the first one you added like the pickle
ball cord you added like shuffle board
outdoor uh bowling and it worked really
well I think what a lot of in investors
do is like oh this is cool I'm making
money great mhm what's your thought
process then you're like no I'm going to
get 20 of these my thesis on that
property was buy a property that's a
little bit outside of town for a small
fraction of what it would cost in town
add the add the special amenities and I
should be able to get returns comparable
or better than the properties in town
that cost three times as much and that
played out um and yeah so I mean it made
a lot of sense I'm like okay well let's
keep keep doing this not all the prop
were that exact strategy of buy outside
of town add amenities and get in town
returns but people started doing the
same thing and that's when we really
transitioned to like these more large
estate properties that we're at today
that are a lot harder to duplicate you
know that's I I I want I wanted
properties that were not just going to
perform well when I bought them in a
year or two years 3 years later I wanted
properties that were going to perform
well 5 10 15 20 years later because even
if you went 10 15 20 years down the road
like you don't have a whole lot of them
like places like this this is 15 acres
in Southern California you know there's
not a whole lot of even land available
of this size to be able to like do
something like this and so you really
like unique assets is really where I've
transitioned to today of like how can we
buy or build something
that no one else either can or will do
can we walk through the economics uh of
this you know this airb I think people
would be curious like how much does it
cost to buy how much it cost for
amenities what do you target your
returns at does it cost to run just at a
high level yeah I mean at at the highest
level the metric that I focus on is the
unlevered yield so assuming you bought a
property let's just say let's just take
this one let's take this property for
example so this property let's just say
you know around 2 and half million
quisition uh r a million and a half in
um upgrades so total Capital into the
property 4 million assume there's no uh
mortgage on that whether there is or not
I don't I just kind of make the
Assumption for the calculations and like
the way I look at it is if there's no
mortgage on your property which that's
not the case but that's for my
calculations and then I want to see a
10% return so if there was $4 million
into this property I want to see a net
income on an annual basis of $400,000 so
and that's that's really
you know across the board on all of our
properties that's that's the number
that's been the Baseline now
today's that's not that's not where I
would Baseline them today that number
would actually be a lot higher today
because the cost of capital today is a
lot is a lot more and interest rates are
a lot higher sounds like they're
generating based on my envelope back of
the envelope calculation million dollars
a month profit for yourself or some
ballpark of that but the craziest part
is not even that how I I think you work
how much a week on this business my
involvement is is a half an hour a week
to an hour a week call and that's it and
so this business is really for me it's a
it's a passive business um it's not a
passive business at all but for me it's
a passive business because I've set the
the business up and built the business
in that way that I have awesome people
who are able to not only you know
operate the business but help the
business grow improve processes
procedures and really optimize the
business um without my
what advice do you have for people
watching who just getting started and
they want to make their first million if
it was easy enough to tell anybody hey
here's exactly what you need to do to go
get your first million everybody would
be a freaking millionaire it's not like
that like for for people who are looking
for like the blueprint of like what is
the ABC all the way to Z Blueprint of
like how do I get to 1 million it
doesn't exist because if that actually
existed like everyone would just go and
do that exact exact formula like you got
to the world is dynamic things change
you got to learn along the way and I
think that you
know the person who you're going to
learn from like if I if I wanted to
learn from you or I want let's just say
I wanted to you know learn to be a real
estate developer and that was my thing
I'm going to go out and I'm going to
contact all the most successful real
estate developers in my area who I could
go like and physically be with them and
work with them not just you know
remotely some positions it is
appropriate to work remote but this
position I'd want to I want to actually
be with them so how can I go and and
essentially Shadow them and help them
and work work with them and do whatever
they need me to do I'm going to get an
education that you could not purchase
anywhere else because it's like you're
seeing the inner workings behind the
scenes of a of a successful business or
a successful person and what they're
actually doing and you know you and I
can sit here and talk about things today
and like you know I can reminisce on
like oh yeah I did X Y or Z you know
back when we were building this and we
did ab and C but it's very very
different from actually being there on
the ground like right next to somebody
when they're actually doing it and I
think that's the biggest thing is you
need to be with someone when they're
actually doing it and like help them in
whatever form of fashion you can so you
can just soak in as much as you can from
whatever they're doing you know and
for the people that I know who've done
that there's not a lot of people who've
who've who've taken that approach in
life to try to like use this cheat code
that's available to literally everybody
but the ones that I do have that I know
who have done that have done extremely
well you know I have a friend who he did
this and um he started with nothing and
now he's worth like $400 million and
that's all you know he he's he's of
average intellect um super nice guy um I
mean he's smart but he's not like a
rocket scientist or anything like that
he's just like you and I and um he he
went out and he sought out somebody who
was much further down the career pathway
than he was and far more successful
financially and when he showed up and he
said hey I want to work for you for free
I'll do whatever you want I want but the
thing is I want to learn from you and I
want to work directly with you and I
want you to give me as many difficult
hard tasks to that I can that I can
solve for you as possible I will do
whatever you want I'm going to be your
best worker and you're not going to have
to pay me a dime the only thing I want
in return is I want to learn from you
cuz it's one day I want to be where
you're at and the guy said
no and so he came back to him the next
next week and said the same thing and he
said no and he came back to him the next
week and he said this the same thing he
took four tries he he got told no by the
same person four different times where
he went to him he said hey I'm going to
work for you for free I'll do whatever
you want the guy's like no sorry kid not
interested after the fourth try finally
the guy was like okay you're persistent
you're persistent I I'll give you a shot
here come help me out with X X Y and Z
and then little did he know or little
did what came to fruition from that was
with then less than a year he was doing
a deal that this guy didn't want to do
he's like this is a too small of a deal
for me but hey kid you may want to do
this deal and that was his first deal
and that's what set him off on his path
to success was having those inroads with
the right person being the right place
at the right time and understanding not
only like access to the deal but what do
you do with the deal and having the
mentor and having the guidance and now
having somebody who like understands it
but it's like too small of a deal for
him and he passed it along to to to him
so I think just proximity putting
yourself in proximity it's it's all
proximity it's it's all people
everything's people and business and
proximity is hugely important you know
it's like putting yourself in the
proximity and being able to learn from
the people you know who've done what you
want to do and just go and offer to work
for them and and and show value like you
can't like you know I'm sure someone's
going to watch this and and hit us up
actually someone hit me up and make it
through yes if they make it through
that's awesome but don't just like you
know don't send a message and be like
hey can I work for you for free I'll do
whatever you want like you got to stand
out because like now that we're talking
about this if you know who I don't know
how many people will watch this video
but it'll be a bunch and you know
there's going to be a bunch of people
will probably shoot you a message or
shoot me a message and just with nothing
more than like you know hey uh can I
work for you for free and like that's
not showing any real initiative like
you've got to go above and beyond and
really like you know if you're trying to
reach somebody who has any type of like
serious inbound um you got to go above
and beyond but but in general like you
and I are probably not the best people
like I'm sure yeah you want to I do too
like if there's you know the right
person out there who could be who you
could guide and mentor and who
ultimately ends up being a huge asset
for you and they're able to learn a lot
it helps Excel their career like that's
amazing but I feel like you know if
people are going to do this they should
they should go after people that are not
popular they're not famous go after
those people you're going to be much
more likely to get a yes you're going to
be much more likely you know you if if
you're interested in a certain business
you know go find the most successful
business owners in your area in that
particular Niche not the most successful
person who is you know on a magazine or
on TV or you know on uh has has a big
big YouTube following or has a massive
podcast find the people who are more
under the radar but super successful and
go ask them those are the people who
you're probably going to be more likely
to get a yes from
what regrets do you have from your
career and was the money worth
it so I don't I don't really have any
regrets business-wise um I mean I I've
had a lot of failures um there's a lot
of things I I've done that I wouldn't do
again but I B business-wise specifically
I've learned a lot from everything I've
done whether it was good or bad whether
the outcome was positive or negative I
feel like I've been able to have a
Learning lesson from everything
throughout my journey so I don't really
have any regrets business-wise um I
really only have one regret in life and
that was just not being able to spend
more time with my mom you know at the
end of her
life
um that's that's really the only regret
I have ever and I tried to spend as much
time with her as I
could but towards the end she became
pretty negative and I would leave you
know hanging out with her and I just
feel really bad cuz there was so much
negativity and in hindsight I wish I
would have realized like none of that
negativity was about me it was about her
being scared she didn't she was scared
she she didn't have much time left and
she didn't know how to communicate it
and it just came out in a really
negative way and
um I wish I could have gone back in time
and real realized like all this
negativity is not about me she's just
she's she's scared and she doesn't know
how to communicate
and I wish I wouldn't have taken it so
personal what's most important in life
for you that family family and friends
and it's amazing because you're building
these airbnbs that are really family
oriented you've got jungle gyms and
playgrounds and like a kid's Paradise
yeah yeah I mean you know the the vision
Behind These you know it's basically
what I want to take my family to these
properties would I want to share these
properties with friends would I want to
share these you know have experiences at
these properties um that's that's how I
build them out kind of with that vision
in mind so I think that that's kind of
what I was thinking earlier that is the
final life cheat code yeah which is you
know as much as we can have a lot of
money and I think one thing to maybe we
take for Grant is how much grind and
suffering there was early on and how
many reps and practice we all have to
get in in business I feel like my 20s
were pretty sad time me where I was
trying a lot of things feeling
frustrated a lot of time feeling doubted
getting fired a lot but it was like
ultimately okay well how do what's the
cheat code of life and it's like all
right how do I really enjoy this life
and Building Things ideally maybe you
want for yourself and also doing it with
the people family and friends that
matter to you yeah absolutely absolutely
yeah and if I mean if you if you can
build I've been fortunate to be able to
you know like what what we're doing now
with the Airbnb is is just building
something for myself and sharing it with
others and ultimately it's a win-win
situation all around if you like hearing
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