I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire

**Sam Parr** (0:00)
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.
This place, how much should you spend on it again?

**Mark O'Brien** (0:44)
$2.8 to buy it, $2 million to build it.

**Sam Parr** (0:47)
That's $4.8 in and you're going to sell it for what did you say, $6.5?

**Mark O'Brien** (0:50)
$6.2.

**Sam Parr** (0:51)
I saw this guy on Instagram the other day. His name is Mark O'Brien. He buys and restores and sells brownstone homes in New York City. I thought it sounded awesome. I thought, I don't want to make my living using screens all the time. I want to figure out how his life is, how his business is, the economics behind it. So I called him up. I'm going to spend the day with him. We're going to 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 want to trade places with him? And at the end of this video, I'm going to give him a Sam store. We're going to look at the economics of his business. Does it make a lot of money? And then we're going to 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.
Oh, I f***ed 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. Okay, so he DM'ed us where to meet him. It's 1145 We're a few minutes away. We're going to walk a couple of blocks. This guy, he looks like the Dos Equis man, like the most interesting man alive. He's got these kind of like movie star good looks. And I don't know too much about him other than he looks awesome. 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 commercial property that he's restoring. I'm excited. I'm a little nervous. I don't want to look stupid because I know nothing about like construction. I'm wearing red wing boots. But the reality 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.
Mark O'Brien, what's up, dude?

**Mark O'Brien** (2:33)
Sam, what's up, my man?

**Sam Parr** (2:34)
Hey, man. All right.

**Mark O'Brien** (2:36)
Nice. Nice to finally meet you.

**Sam Parr** (2:37)
Yes. We're going to start with this place. So where are we now? This is your house?

**Mark O'Brien** (2:41)
Ninety-four Bank Street.
It's a project, but I'm living in it. So look, I usually buy things that have rats in the cellar and holes in the roof and water damage everywhere, mold and problems. But this one, when I walked into it, I was like, this is cute. How much did you pay for it? It's 180 years old.

**Sam Parr** (3:01)
It's 180?

**Mark O'Brien** (3:02)
180 years old. I mean, it's super old.

**Sam Parr** (3:04)
How much did you pay for this place?

**Mark O'Brien** (3:05)
Five-five.

**Sam Parr** (3:05)
How much money are you going to have to invest in it?

**Mark O'Brien** (3:07)
At this stage, closer to six.

**Sam Parr** (3:09)
How much can you sell it for?

**Mark O'Brien** (3:11)
17

**Sam Parr** (3:12)
Can we see it?

**Mark O'Brien** (3:12)
Yeah, let's go in.

**Sam Parr** (3:14)
Hey, really quick, guys. If you're interested in this and if you're interested in that blue-collar lifestyle, which frankly, I am, that's why I'm making this video, and you want to start a business in this space, we have put together this thing called a blue-collar business database. It's a database with hundreds of different business ideas where you could use your hands, you could start immediately, lots of different metrics about why the business is potentially interesting. And so if you're interested in that, click the link below, totally free. All right, now back to the episode.