
How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb Business
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09/20/24 • 60 min
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Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K
(9:53) $7M exit in 2 years
(16:41) Repeating the formula
(20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into Airbnbs
(27:27) Mistakes to avoid
(31:07) Games that are easy to play, but hard to win
(34:56) How to write 20M view threads
(54:58) 2 quotes to live by
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Links:
• Isaac’s Newsletter - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/newsletter
• Live Oak Lake - https://www.liveoaklake.com/
• Isaac on IG - https://www.instagram.com/isaacfrench_/
• Isaac on X - https://x.com/isaacfrench_
• Isaac on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/isaacfrench
• Isaac on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjfrench
• Experiential Hospitality - https://www.experientialhospitality.com/
• Isaac’s site - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/
• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/3j8ymjpp
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe
Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M.
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K
(9:53) $7M exit in 2 years
(16:41) Repeating the formula
(20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into Airbnbs
(27:27) Mistakes to avoid
(31:07) Games that are easy to play, but hard to win
(34:56) How to write 20M view threads
(54:58) 2 quotes to live by
—
Links:
• Isaac’s Newsletter - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/newsletter
• Live Oak Lake - https://www.liveoaklake.com/
• Isaac on IG - https://www.instagram.com/isaacfrench_/
• Isaac on X - https://x.com/isaacfrench_
• Isaac on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/isaacfrench
• Isaac on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjfrench
• Experiential Hospitality - https://www.experientialhospitality.com/
• Isaac’s site - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/
• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/3j8ymjpp
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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• [solicore] - https://www.solidcore.co/
• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/
• HYROX - https://hyrox.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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Show Notes:
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(8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat
(17:03) Elite Meet
(18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank
(21:42) The SEALs turn on John
(25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen
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(44:00) 1 thing to be a better storyteller
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Links:
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• MrBallen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen
• Ballen Studios - https://ballenstudios.com/
• Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org/
• Dyaltov Pass TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/6799049964937809157
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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