My man Michael Girdley coming in for the hostile takeover

I can't get behind the idea of using your personal name for your business

To me, it's self-indulgent and the opposite of team building

Brokers can learn from this as well

The impact of reducing your prices, maybe more significant than you think

I didn't want to put a roof on one of my buildings

I paid 950k. New roof would have been 100k. A buyer comes along offers me 1.6 and I take it.

He puts a new roof on and a year later turns down an offer for $3MM+

All because I didn't want to invest another $100k and wanted…

Sometimes this business doesn’t make any sense

I've been anon and i've been public

Being anon was so much easier. Just let it fly

Public. You're taken more serious and have to really throttle back

Double edged sword

No fancy letterhead. No website. Just an 8.5 x 11 piece of yellow paper with a hand written note

This is exactly what the letter looked like that changed my life forever

If you’re too busy to look up from your phone during the eclipse. Here you go

I FINALLY figured out my purpose being here

I do my best thinking when I cut grass. I jump on the zero turn. Spend hours listening to music and get my head right

Excited about social media again

You'll meet your spouse when you least expect it

You'll get into your next business with a small idea that blows up

My late friend started with a Cigarette vending machine
like this. It was just a side hustle. Next thing I know he has vending machines everywhere. Flying…

What's become very obvious to me

Most store owners have no idea what they are doing. No training required

Payroll
Lease Terms
Basic Marketing
EPA compliance
Margins and Markups etc...

You can walk into a gas station. Hand the owner a brown bag of money and be in business the…

I attract two kinds of employees

The ones who are coming for money. I show them proof of what they can make

The ones who are looking for culture. I point to our turnover

There's not thing left to talk about but what day they would like to start

Which one do I take?

Brokers listing a property for me and here's the price ranges I was given

Price does not sell gas.

This is what sell gas 👇

What is the value of a gas station?