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How He Bought a $1.5M Business in 5 Months at 28

How He Bought a $1.5M Business in 5 Months at 2825 sep1 u 11 min

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In this episode, Reagan breaks down how he bought a $1.5M plumbing company in 5 months without being a plumber, what his first year as an owner really looked like, and how he's growing it toward $2.15M a year.

◼️ The one question that convinced him to buy a $1.5M business instead of building one from zero

◼️ How he owns a plumbing company without a plumber's license, and his backup plan for when the arrangement ends

◼️ How a $379 drain cleaning call can turn into a $35K job

◼️ The $40K he spent on marketing that didn't work, and the lesson he took from it

◼️ The 2 costs he'd subtract from a seller's numbers before making any offer

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