Selling Index Funds to Buy a Business: What You’re Really Trading
Why some investors sell index funds for a cash-flowing business, the four prices they pay, and five questions to answer before selling a single share.
Before You Sell a Rental to Fund a Business, Run This Tax Worksheet
I sold a rental and moved the money. If you want to sell one to start a business, here is the tax worksheet to fill in first, and why a 1031 won’t help.
The Ice Cream Machine and the Trouble With Empty Niches
Frozen vending has little competition for real reasons. The math on one ice cream bar, and the three questions I ask before chasing any empty niche.
I Made 50-75 Cold Calls a Day. Here’s the Sales Reading List I Wish I’d Had
The seven sales and cold-calling books I’d read, in order: rapport, rejection, volume, then the conversation and the offer. What to practice after each.
The Cheapest Income Is the Next Machine at a Stop You Already Visit
Why adding an ATM to a vending stop you already service beats adding a new stop, with the per-hour math, which venues fit both, and what to avoid.
Renting a Corner of Someone Else’s Car Wash
You don’t have to own a car wash to earn from its traffic. The honest vacuum-island math, why towels beat snacks, and what seasonality teaches.
The Cash Inside an ATM Earns Nothing. Whose Cash Should It Be?
An ATM’s float is idle cash with a job to do. How I’d weigh self-loading your own money against renting a provider’s, counting dollars, hours and nerves.
The Real Estate Books I’d Read Before Buying Another Rental (Math Book First)
After a $7,000 HVAC bill and three months of vacancy, here’s the order I’d read real estate books in now, starting with the cash-flow math. Not advice.
One Relationship, Many Buildings: Why I’d Pitch Property Management Companies First
One property management company can run dozens of buildings. Here’s how to map who manages what, find the regional who signs, and earn the introduction.
The Boring ATM Rules That Quietly Protect Your Income
ATM rules ranked by how fast they can shut off your income: TR-31 encryption, EMV liability, the fee screen, ADA reach and speech, and state filings.
