I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire

Hey, everyone. This is a very special episode. It's meant for YouTube, so I know you're listening to this right now on, like, Spotify or Apple Podcasts, whatever, but go to YouTube right now and watch it. This episode is where I go with a guy named Mark, who I found on Instagram, and he restores brownstones. And I asked him everything about his financials, how the business works, but it was a very visual thing, so we decided to make it a video. So again, go to YouTube, or you could just listen to it right now. You're probably at the gym or on your way to work. But hope you guys enjoy this episode. Let us know in the comments if you want more of this type of stuff, and I hope you like it.

I feel like I could rule the world. I know I could be what I want to. Uh. I put my all in it, like no days off. On the road less traveled, never looking back.

This place, how much did you spend on it again?

2.8 to buy it, two million to build it.

So that's 4.8 in, and you're gonna sell it for, what did you say? Six and a half?

Six- 6.2.

I saw this guy on Instagram the other day. His name's Mark O'Brien. He buys and restores and sells brownstone homes in New York City. I thought it sounded awesome, and I thought, "I don't wanna make my living using screens all the time. I wanna figure out how his life is, how his business is, the economics behind it." And so I called him up. I'm gonna spend the day with him, and we're gonna figure out all the numbers and if this is actually something cool to do. Is his business actually any good? Is his lifestyle any good? Do I wanna trade places with him? And at the end of this video, I'm gonna give him a Sam score. We're gonna look at the economics of his business. Does it make a lot of money? And then we're gonna have a lifestyle category, where we ask ourselves is this actually something that you feel pride in? Is it a good lifestyle? So let's get to it. [horn honks] Oh, I [censored] up. I messed up. I can't even figure out how to use Apple Maps to get to where he lives, let alone build a freaking brownstone. All right, so let's go this way. [laughs] Okay. So he DM'd us where to meet him. It's 11:45. We're a few minutes away. We're gonna walk a couple blocks. This guy, he looks like the Dos Equis man, like the most interesting man alive. He's got these kinda like movie star good looks, and I don't know too much about him other than he looks awesome [laughs] and he has a cool job. And so where we're meeting is at his apartment, and then we're going to go to a town home that he's currently restoring, as well as a, uh, commercial, uh, property that he's restoring. I'm excited, but I'm a little nervous. I don't wanna look stupid, because I know nothing about, like, construction. I'm wearing Red Wing boots, but the reality is is I'm cosplaying. I'm a yuppie guy who's trying to dress like a blue-collar guy, so, like, hopefully, he doesn't call me out on that, but it's the truth. [laughs] Mark O'Brien. What's up, dude?

Sam, what's up, my man?

Hey, man.

How are you?

All right. So-

Nice, nice to finally meet you. Yeah.

Yes. We're gonna start with this place. So where are we now? This is your house?

94 Bank Street. It's, it's, uh... It's a