Money

An Ice Vending Kiosk vs. a Rental Property: Same Money, Different Headaches

A $90,000 ice vending kiosk out-earns a rental house on cash flow. But it depreciates and sits on someone else's…

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A Pizza Vending Machine Is a Tiny Restaurant. Price It Like One.

Turnkey pizza vending machines cost $75,000 to $110,000. I compare that to an index fund over ten years, and show…

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Payback Period Is the Vending Number I Trust Most. Here Are the Four Ways It Lies.

Claw machines to ice kiosks lined up by payback, plus the four ways the payback number misleads you and the…

1 month ago

A Machine That Only Sells Drinks, and the Case for Doing One Narrow Thing

A $4,999 drinks-first AI cooler and when narrow beats general: match your offer to demand that already exists, then win…

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One Great Machine or Two Good Ones? The Capital Question Behind AI Vending

An AI cooler and a used combo can tie on percentage return and still differ by thousands a year. Why…

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A Laundromat Is a Lease With Washing Machines Attached

Starting a laundromat is three bets at once: the lease, the machines and the neighborhood. The honest math, and my…

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A Landlord’s Case for the Lobby Vending Machine (It’s Not About the Commission)

Vacancy was one of the costliest things we faced as landlords. Why a free lobby machine is a retention bet,…

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If I Started Vending Again, Would My First Machine Be an AI Smart Cooler?

What a year of traditional vending machines taught me, what an AI smart cooler would and wouldn't fix, and the…

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Ice Cream at 10pm: Why Niche Businesses Pay Better and Break Harder

A $5,399 AI freezer machine is a clean lesson in niche businesses: less competition, better pricing, and a narrower, more…

1 month ago

I Like Bitcoin. I Still Wouldn’t Own a Bitcoin ATM.

Three states banned crypto kiosks in 2026. Why I'd run a cash ATM or host a kiosk instead of owning…

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