Could you escape one of America’s toughest neighborhoods to become a self-made millionaire, with the cards stacked against you? Today’s guest is a second-generation American, raised in the streets of Oakland, California—at the time, one of the country’s most dangerous cities. After the traumatic loss of his father, Brian Tran fulfilled his dad’s wish by finishing college, but struggling on a W-2 salary wasn’t in the cards.

Fast forward over a decade, Brian owns nine successful businesses and a sizable real estate portfolio, making him a millionaire in the process. This wasn’t supposed to happen—especially not to Brian. But, unlike most people who buy a rental property or two and struggle to reach true financial freedom, Brian did something different.

Today, he’s detailing the exact mental map every real estate investor (or business owner) needs to follow before scaling a real estate business. Brian had it put to the test, spending a month in the hospital, all while his businesses paid him out like clockwork. Think you can’t get ahead with today’s interest rates? Think AI will take your job? Feel like your circle is thinking too small?

This episode will get you on the path to becoming a self-made millionaire if you follow Brian’s formula.

Insights from today’s episode:

If you can do this for five years, you could be wealthy for the rest of your life
The “cheat code” for investing that Brian uses before buying a new business
Why you must run your business (even your rental properties) like a business from the start
Yearly goals? Why Brian says they won’t work and what to try that’s even better
Why you’re so stressed, and the only way you can make it stop affecting your day
The #1 actual barrier to success that most Americans are too afraid to hear

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39. Once I Figured Out This Formula, I Built 9 Businesses (That Run Themselves) w/Brian Tran