The Personal Finance Podcast

Why Franchises Might Be the Best Kept Wealth Building Secret with Alex Smereczniak

The Personal Finance Podcast

Show Notes

67% of Americans say they want to own a business. Only 6% ever do it, and the gap is almost never a lack of money. Alex Smereczniak has data on thousands of franchises, and he breaks down the path that lets you start a business on step three instead of step one.

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What You'll Learn in This Episode

What you are actually buying with a franchise fee, and what the royalty keeps paying for

How much cash you really need to start, from $5K side hustles to $5M builds

Why lenders and the SBA prefer franchises, plus the retirement rollover most people have never heard of

Which categories are quietly booming right now, and which trendy ones Alex is skeptical of

The real-estate move that let one owner sell 30 Burger Kings and still collect checks

How to structure a deal with an operating partner, and the equity threshold to stay under

The path from one location to a portfolio doing hundreds of millions in revenue

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Episode/s Mentioned

5 Side-Hustles That Can Turn into a Full time Income! https://youtu.be/bEIzgYWLi1I

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn into a Full time Income! Part 2 https://youtu.be/10C4zt9w8NQ

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn into a Full Time Income! (Part 3) https://youtu.be/jEkKQZVYLSg

5 Side Hustles That Can Turn Into a Full Time Income (Part 4) https://youtu.be/DPQwY_U3lKY

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