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E108: Leveraging Businesses Out of Necessity with Dan Butler


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Dan Butler is the founder of 6AM Core Collective, a group of companies that specializes in real estate, property management, and finance, providing end-to-end solutions for real estate investors. With customers at the core of their organization, they have built a business ecosystem, leveraging business after business so they can help real estate investors flourish and succeed.

Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:

  • Dan’s first memory of selling
  • How he created a business at 12 years old
  • The power of having a vision
  • Leveraging his business to catapult to more businesses
  • Adopting the buy and hold strategy
  • Why you need to educate yourself constantly
  • The beauty of hiring your own virtual employee
  • Episode Highlights:

    A Businessman at 12 Years Old

    Dan started a lawn care business at 12 years old. By 15, he was already hiring people. He leveraged equipment and people to make the job faster. This led to his first partnership with a friend who did the same business, and they went from 20 yards to 50 yards. His partner moved on, leaving him with the business so he was able to catapult from there.

    Throughout high school, Dan met a guy that introduced him to the real estate world. Following college, he found a way to buy real estate in Memphis, Tennessee. And after reading the book Nothing Down for the 90s by Robert Allen, Dan decided to figure out how to do no money down to buy real estate.

    To this day, there have been very little dollars down on any real estate they've ever bought. One of their core things is not putting money out of pocket in real estate.

    Go Big or Go Home

    You have to have a vision. Dan laid out his vision of having 300 rental properties by the time he was 48 years old. He was focused on that single vision, without getting distracted about all the other things he could have gotten involved with.

    Leveraging a Business to Catapult Into More Businesses

    Leverage other people and other systems because you couldn’t do it all on your own. Along with his partner, Dan started a property management company. Out of that, a brokerage firm was born. Then they’ve created a maintenance company, then a lending company, and then a virtual assistant company – out of necessity.

    Having a Virtual Employee is a Game-Changer

    Especially as you grow and evolve, more and more people are requiring your time. And aways answering emails is not the best use of your time, especially for entrepreneurs and business owners. So having someone that can manage the day for you and manage your emails is very important.

    Resources Mentioned:

    https://www.6amcc.com/

    https://www.crestcore.com/

    Nothing Down for the 90s by Robert Allen

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