Ryan has started many companies as well as bought many businesses too. He has varied experience in acquisitions and some unique perspectives on how to operate, particularly in regards to systems, scaling and holding companies.

He joins Dan to talk about his entrepreneurial journey into business acquisitions, how he structures his deals as well as why keeping things simple in business and acquisitions is how he has sustained success.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Ryan launched his very first businesses from his college dorm room! He knew if he wanted to make real money, he needed to follow an entrepreneurial path so that is what he did.
• Those who love systems can sometimes overcomplicate things, especially in business.
• By 2006 Ryan was in quite a lot of debt in his business and although the business was profitable he realised that he didn’t truly understand how the business worked. He decided he needed to simplify the business and if he couldn’t figure out the process on a napkin he was going to quit.
• Ryan decided to learn marketing so that he could then market the businesses he acquired effectively.
• If you want to do acquisitions, hang out with business owners and regularly make it known that you are buying companies.
• Starting a business is difficult and risky, this is why Ryan always tries to see if he can buy his way into a market first.
• Ryan believes acquiring ‘middle’ entrepreneurial businesses is one of the biggest opportunities in today’s market.

BEST MOMENTS 

“I’ve always been passionate about systems”

“Many of my earliest businesses were acquisitions”

“Sometimes there is magic to getting pushed back against the wall”

“Sell the eggs not the goose”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don’t have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that’s not producing income and simply don’t have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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Joel Erway joins Dan today to talk all about his unique IP, the power offer and how this could work for other business owners and deal finders.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It was after transitioning into the digital marketing, that Joel took his experiences of sales presentations to aid him in selling online sales and webinars.
• After gaining many clients and wanting to move into selling coaching courses, Joel began to invest in his own education. He wanted to learn what other sales avenues were available and what could potentially work better for this product.
• Just 70% of your market are actually likely to buy from you and what many people do is focus on this whole 70%. But this is too much, you need to make your focus smaller to make more effective sales.
• Joel began to focus on just the top 10% of potential customers, combining this with creating an irresistible offer is how the power offer was created.
• Simplifying everything down, from content to offer creation, to create a specific targeted outcome has been the key to Joel’s success.
• Joel firstly finds his audience, he asks them if they want the result he is offering. If they say yes then that means they will want to know how to achieve this result and that’s where his mini-webinar comes in.
• This process isn’t the most scaleable but it is very clear and it works. When looking for acquisition, you don’t want 1000 leads, you just want a few strong ones.

BEST MOMENTS 

“[Traditional] Webinars are notoriously heavy, they take a lot of work to build, a lot of market research”

“Why can’t I just target that top 10%”

“Do less marketing, make more offers, the more offers you make the less cost per acquisition”

“If they value their time more than their money and their willing to pay more to save time then the last thing they are wanting to do is spend more time going through a sales process”

“Tried and failed is the key to finding that avatar that is close to working with you”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don’t have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that’s not producing income and simply don’t have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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Business and marketing expert Jay Abraham joins Dan on this insightful episode. Jay has consulted for some of the largest companies and entrepreneurs in the world and helped generate growth of billions of dollars so has a wealth of experience! He shares some of his expertise along with advice in this episode and also talks about the power of collaboration and research in making successful acquisitions. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Think about what services you can offer to those who will be benefiting from your completed acquisition. Think about what is high value to the clients but is also high profit to you.
  
  
• Jay’s go to leveraging strategy would be to focus on what it takes to get the qualitative interest of the client market. What is the most compelling way to get their attention to start a buying relationship with you?
  
  
• Look at your competitors, who has the best access and credibility to your prospective and ideal client? See if you can replicate what they are doing or even collaborate with them.
  
  
• Frequently smaller businesses have a better relationship with customers and clients. They have the capacity to do so, so they can often be a great partner. Don’t dismiss collaboration because they are smaller if they have the better relationship.
  
  
• When looking at acquisition opportunities, Jay tries to find companies that are what he calls ‘successfully stuck’ which means they have a good product and history but they need help getting the best out of all areas of their company. He helps companies reach their full potential. 

BEST MOMENTS 

“What’s the most compelling way that you can really get their qualitative attention?”

 “It’s very easy to be successfully stuck and making pretty good money”

“You sound like a very quality man trying to do great things”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don’t have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that’s not producing income and simply don’t have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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Dan is joined by lawyer, account and tax strategist Roland Frasier. Roland is renowned as a ‘deal artist' and is a serial entrepreneur who has bought and sold multiple businesses. They discuss how to source almost-risk free deals, Roland's unique strategies and why networking is one of the most important things you can do to build your deal-sourcing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Early on in Roland's career he was working in real estate and this is where he began making deals. He has gained a lot of experience and has ‘been in the game' for around 40 years!
• Roland does a lot of work directly with vendors, he says the key is to look at the direction companies/private equity is going and work towards that. You need to have a deal sourcing programme in place, whether that's via masterminds or other ways to build your relationships and network so that people come to you first.
• The biggest mistake Roland has found when people are exiting their business, is that they don't get support and help with the process. He also says you should be planning an exit 2-3 years before you actually want to leave.
• Leverage deals are something Roland is very passionate about. He likes the amount of opportunity they present, the large number of buyers there are as well as how well they scale.
• As long as you do the right due-diligence, you shouldn't lose money in a deal. You are buying a company that is already making money.

BEST MOMENTS 

“Getting plugged in early and that happens through networking more than anything else”

“I am a big fan of events, but I like people. I consider myself a hybrid-introvert”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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Dan is interviewed by Jerry from Commercial Property Investors. They talk all things investing and acquisitions. This is an episode full of tips and knowledge about how to make a successful deal. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Dan has had his fair share of difficulties in making deals. One of the biggest issues he had was actually with his bank who stopped one of his deals. However, he learnt a lot from this experience; about leverage, bankers and risk.
• Identify the risks in every deal, Identify it, risk assess it and insure against it. If you can foresee all risks and issues then you are prepared for any eventuality in a deal.
• There are deals out there that are quick wins, you just need to look at buying businesses that are profitable that are also asset rich.
• Looking ahead, where you expect things to be, is how you can make better deals. You reverse engineer the process to ensure you are making deals that will work in 2, 5, 10 years time. Research and knowledge of the area you are buying in in terms of industry and location is key.

BEST MOMENTS 

“You've always got to make the best of a bad situation”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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In this episode, Dan is interviewed by Julie Whitmore from Your Property Network. He talks to Julie about his business model that he uses to build success time and time again for failing business acquisitions. Listen in to hear Dan talk about why focusing on businesses in decline for your acquisitions can be a great way to diversify your portfolio, create long-term financial gain and actually decrease various risk-factors. He delves deep into which things to focus on when doing your due diligence and research and how to ensure the right choice of acquisition. He also talks about real-life acquisitions he has done providing a case study to give context for his methods.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• One of core things Dan looks for with business acquisitions is for an opportunity for alternative use or different demand in a failing business. As this is a great way to buy a business and successfully turn it around.
• Buying a failing business that also owns its own commercial real estate is a very good opportunity. You just need to ensure that you have the right education and have run all the right numbers to make the best deal.
• When considering commercial conversion into residential, it's worth bearing in mind the difficulties we have faced in the past two years with the pandemic. Making studio apartments for example, is less risky than a HMO.
• Dan's method is sector specific, it's about failing businesses. It can be applied anywhere, regardless of location.
• When buying a failing business, a lease option with an MBO can give you room to put the longer-term plan into place.
• Long-term thinking is a big part of Dan's methods success. It decreases the risk of the project as well as providing a cumulative capital gain across the years.
• It possible to pay for a planning officer to work on your major application, this is especially helpful at the moment because planning departments are so behind because of the pandemic. This saves you a lot of frustration and will allow things to happen and move forward much quicker.
• The simple act of buying failing businesses with owned commercial property is that when you separate them, you're forcing capital appreciation which means you are de-risking the whole project.

BEST MOMENTS 

“You don't just jump into these things, you have to do research”

“Never do a Kevin Costner and build and hope the demand comes, ensure the demand is there first”

“When I look at things, I try and look at things with Japanese-long term thinking”

“It's a planning game”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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This episode is the first in a series of talking with Sebastian all about acquisitions. Dan and Sebastian talk about how Sebastian structures his deals, how he finds them, what has been most successful for him in the past as well as who inspires him for the future.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Sebastian's first experience of acquisition was quite negative, he took over a company but was unable to save them and the company went under. But, if this hadn't had happened he wouldn't have decided to move to the UK and completed the many successful deals he has now.
• Sebastian tries to be creative in how he raises finance and structures deals, this allows him to make more appealing packages that work financially, both for himself and his investors.
• One of the main criteria that Sebastian looks for in a deal is that it is asset heavy. By that he means at least 50% of the value is held in assets such as real estate.
• Direct mail may be seen as old school to some but this is what Dan has found is most successful in finding deals.
• Having a good team around you is imperative in continually making successful deals. Sebastian ensures he has the right people in the right roles to help him make his deals a success.
• When you are first starting out, you need to find someone to help you. For your first deal to be a success you want to ensure you have the right person helping you along the way. There are varying ways to do this, Sebastian helps his clients by charging a set fee and a % equity in a successful deal. He doesn't care who the person is or where they come from, he just needs to know that they have what it takes.
• Acquisition is a people business. You need to know how to work with people and then solve problems for them creatively.
• You don't need to know the space or industry you are investing in but you do need to ensure you have experts in that field to support you.

BEST MOMENTS 

“You only learn through getting scars”

“I tend to think in terms that I need to make 200k out of this deal”

“Everybody wants a down payment…every deal you put down money doesn't mean its your own money”

“It's a people business and after that it's all about creative solutions to problems”

ABOUT THE GUEST

Sebastian Amieva
www.sebastianamieva.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

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In this episode, Dan Taylor speaks with Paul Davis from Nimbus Maps. They discuss the five top ways you can protect your property investments in 2022. They also discuss their own journeys into property including the many lessons they have learnt along the way.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Diversification: Simplify your investing. Choose multiple streams to invest in and diversify, but not so much that it become overcomplicated, convoluted and difficult.
2. You need to ensure you are in profit from day one. This de-risks everything, for investors and for you.
3. Know Your Tenants: What information do you need to know and how do you find it out? If you can really understand your tenants and fix any issues they have from the ground up you know what to offer and what issues you may come across in the future too. Know who you are dealing with an how you can deliver for them.
4. Your Local Market. You need to truly understand know your local market, especially in an investment you intend on having for the long term.
5. Protecting Your Assets: What are the best ways you can continue to protect your assets going forward, which way is the market going, what demand is there going to be in the future and what will provide you the most profit as well as security on your assets in the future.
   
   

BEST MOMENTS 

“You need to book in your profit day 1, keep this in your conscious mind”

“The only value that is true, is what two people agree on if you're going to sell it”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

CONTACT METHOD

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“If you want to do anything in life today, it's all about raising money”

In his episode, Dan speaks with Anric Blatt who has been in business for over 30 years; including founding, starting and scaling multiple hedge funds across the world. Anric has had an incredible journey to where he is today and he shares this, including aspects of his childhood, his success in business and what his plans are for the future.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Anric has always been an entrepreneur. He started building business in school and college and never stopped.
• Investing should be simple. Anric never invests in anything he can't calculate ‘on the back of a napkin'! He likes to work with smaller operations with people who are specialised in what they are doing.
• Going digital is the way to get investors now, people don't go ‘looking for investments' like they used to. It's your job to sell to them digitally rather than waiting for them to look for you. If people do not adapt and work with technology then they will fail.
  
  
  

BEST MOMENTS 

“I love specialists in that space”

“I'm interviewing you as much as you're interviewing me”

“It's digital or die”

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

CONTACT METHOD

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“You can transform your life with one acquisition”

Following on from Dan being interviewed by Ellie in episode 13, Dan now welcomes Ellie onto the AOA Podcast! Ellie is a property investor, podcaster and entrepreneur.

They talk about good advice, learning experiences and Ellie's own journey in property!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Ellie's first investment in property didn't go to plan but it is how she learnt a lot of lessons and although it didn't feel like it at the time the experience was priceless.
  
  
• No one can predict the future but the safest way to invest is to do your due diligence and don't expect everything to be the ‘best case scenario'. You have to be a realist and not allow yourself to be sold a dream.
  
  
• you don't have to be an expert or a specialist in everything. you can build a team for that and surround yourself with people who know their stuff and can support you in making good decisions.
  
  
• The content you put out on your social media matters in ways you may not realise. If you are posting about HMOs for example, those are the clients and investors you will attract. Make sure your content matches who you want to attract.
  
  
• Working and investing in property is not plain sailing. People in the space want to see the good, the bad and the ugly. They will resonate with you when you share your difficulties. Showing how you deal with issues and problems also reassures those that are already on-board with you and attracts those who may want to invest in the future.

• Relationships in business are the highest rate of currency. Not just because of the support and education you get from those further along in their journeys than you, but also because it makes you strive for more. You get to see what it takes to scale up and what is truly possible.
  
  
  

BEST MOMENTS 

“Get rich quick...There's no such thing, get rich slowly”

“We didn't know what we were doing, we didn't surround ourselves with specialists”

“When you share the lows as well as the highs people resonate with that”

ABOUT THE GUEST

Ellie Mckay

ABOUT THE HOST

Dan Taylor

Dan has completed over 36 transactions with a value in the tens of millions, though more importantly, he has added significant value by combining creative commercial property strategies and business buying strategies.

Working with existing property investors and SSAS Pension owners. Dan helps accelerate your income, grow your wealth and reclaim your time to live life on your terms.

Dan believes acquisitions are simply the fastest route to create cash flow and generational wealth.

Dan loves to help investors create cash flow and grow their wealth by investing with him.

Dan and his team do the deals so you don't have to.

Do you have a SSAS Pension or cash that's not producing income and simply don't have the time to do it yourself, then get in touch and if you qualify you may be able to invest with us acquiring businesses and commercial property.

CONTACT METHOD

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