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MI287: Online Cash Flow to Physical Assets w/ Connor Gross

Aug 22, 2023

Entrepreneur Connor Gross shares strategies for generating cash flow with online businesses and investing in physical assets like real estate. Topics include the current state of self-storage deals, the importance of unlevered yield on cost, the impact of interest rates on real estate portfolios, the e-comm business model, starting an e-comm business, and getting the first customers. They also discuss strategies for buying and improving self-storage facilities, understanding e-commerce as a business model, entering a market with little competition, and the power of compound efforts.

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Quick takeaways

Identifying and improving run-down self-storage properties can lead to substantial returns in real estate investments.

Successful e-commerce businesses require effective management of supply chain operations, shipping logistics, and customer service.

Focusing on high gross margins, understanding customer acquisition costs, and targeting customers with disposable income are crucial for success in e-commerce.

Deep dives

Generating Cashflow with Online Businesses and Investing in Real Estate

The podcast episode discusses the strategy of generating cashflow with online businesses and investing that money in physical assets, such as real estate. The guest, Connor Gross, shares his personal experience as a successful entrepreneur in e-commerce and real estate. He talks about his focus on self-storage investments and the importance of compounding income with real estate. The episode highlights the potential of this approach for creating financial freedom.

Introduction

3min

Strategies for Buying and Improving Self-Storage Facilities

11min

Understanding E-commerce: Exploring the Business Model

16min

Show Sponsors and Break

3min

Entering a Market with Little Competition

11min

Timing, SEO, and Sponsor Ads

4min

The Power of Compound Efforts

20min

Robert Leonard brings back his friend Connor Gross to talk about generating cash flow with online businesses and putting that in physical assets, like real estate.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

06:12 - The current state of self-storage deals.

09:57 - What unlevered yield on cost is, and why it’s important.

11:35 - How interest rates are impacting real estate portfolios.

14:05 - What the e-comm business model is.

15:40 - What products to look for when starting in e-comm.

41:10 - How to get your first customers in an e-comm business.

And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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Buy Then Build by Walker Deibel.
The EXITPreneur’s Playbook by Joe Valley.

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