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Northwest Registered Agent: Start Your LLC Today at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/ich Even Realities: Go to https://evenrealities.bio/icedcoffee and use code ICEDCOFFEE for 10% off Even R1 and/or Even Clip when you add them to your Even G2 order ZipRecruiter: Post jobs for free at https://ziprecruiter.com/ICH FanDuel: Join All the Action at https://fanduel.com Follow  @BenMallah  Here! Consulting Here: https://benmallah.com/ *𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗦* 𝗜𝗚: https://www.instagram.com/icedcoffeehour 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗠: https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIcedCoffeeHourClips 𝗫.𝗰𝗼𝗺: https://x.com/TheICHpodcast 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@theicedcoffeehour 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c2uoXBQkOjIiCOf60jJj7 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-iced-coffee-hour/id1515070058 For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: [email protected] Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:57 - $70 Million To Spend And Why The Banks Won't Budge 00:08:46 - Selling The Harley Dealership, Buying A Tesla Dealership 00:13:20 - Sponsor: Northwest Registered Agent 00:14:26 - When It Makes Sense To Just Pay The Tax 00:17:48 - A $10 Million Offer Sight Unseen, And Why He Consults So Cheap 00:23:00 - Diversification And Why His Son Moved Into The Building 00:28:03 - Sponsor: Even Realities & ZipRecruiter 00:31:03 - Big Deals vs Portfolios, And Starting With A Fourplex 00:33:40 - Inside The $31 Million Mansion He's Trying To Sell 00:37:20 - How Much You Need To Buy A $30 Million House 00:40:21 - What The House Costs Yearly, And How Contractors Rip You Off 00:46:11 - The $40,000 Rolls-Royce Repair He Did For $4,000 00:49:06 - Best Sectors Right Now, And Why Owners Beat Management Companies 00:55:36 - Sponsor: FanDuel 00:57:10 - Spotting A Motivated Seller And Lowballing The Deal 00:59:12 - The 16-Story Flood Building And His Fastest Ever Flip 01:02:40 - AI, The 50% Rule, And Why Single Family Doesn't Cash Flow 01:06:30 - Should You Buy A House Right Now? 01:10:17 - Your Banker Comes Before Your Wife 01:15:07 - Where Beginners Start And Climbing The Lending Ladder 01:18:39 - Get Your Real Estate License In College 01:24:14 - Taxes, Politics, And The Clearwater Ferris Wheel 01:29:46 - Is It Easier Than Ever To Get Rich? 01:34:00 - Car Pool Tables And What He Does All Day 01:38:36 - The Boat, His Health, And Graham's Spending Anxiety 01:45:07 - Why He Lets Merrill Manage His Money 01:47:39 - The SpaceX IPO He Missed 01:51:53 - Muni Bonds And Building A War Chest *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan & Jack Selby will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan & Jack Selby are part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Gusto: Try Gusto for FREE for 3 months at https://gusto.com/ICED Upwork: Post your job free at http://upwork.com/COFFEE and connect with top talent to grow your business. Shopify: Stop waiting for permission to build something. Your next revenue stream starts free at https://shopify.com/ich Ethos: Get Your FREE Life Insurance Quote at https://ethos.com/icedcoffee Follow Kevin Xu: https://x.com/kevinxu/ *𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗦* 𝗜𝗚: https://www.instagram.com/icedcoffeehour 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗠: https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIcedCoffeeHourClips 𝗫.𝗰𝗼𝗺: https://x.com/TheICHpodcast 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@theicedcoffeehour 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c2uoXBQkOjIiCOf60jJj7 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-iced-coffee-hour/id1515070058 For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: [email protected] Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:03 - $35K To $10 Million: His Biggest Wins And Losses 00:04:01 - Skill Or Luck? Trading Sentiment And "Vibes" 00:08:35 - The $1.7M Big 5 Trade And Gambling vs Investing 00:13:19 - Sponsor: Gusto 00:14:50 - Who Should Actually Go All In On One Stock 00:18:12 - Red Flags, Pump And Dumps, And When To Sell 00:21:37 - How He Missed The GameStop Squeeze 00:24:01 - Margin, The Mental Toll, And The Crypto Wipeout 00:28:43 - The Trades That Took $35K To $300K 00:30:36 - Sponsor: Upwork & Shopify 00:33:14 - His First Big Loss And Why Earnings Are A Coin Flip 00:36:38 - The Biggest Lies About Trading And Who To Follow On X 00:40:10 - What Separates Him From Everyone Who Loses Money 00:44:50 - Is The AI Buildout A Bubble? Plus His Robotics Plays 00:49:51 - The K-Shaped Economy And Building Your Base 00:52:19 - Sponsor: Ethos 00:53:34 - Your First Few Thousand Dollars And Why He'd Buy Google 01:00:22 - Black Swans, Options, And Jack's Strategy 01:04:52 - Banned From Wall Street Bets 01:07:40 - Why $10 Million Isn't Enough Anymore 01:11:55 - Inside His $11.5M 401k And How Much You Actually Need 01:18:05 - Making $1 Million A Year On X 01:24:51 - Graham Calls Out His Transparency 01:28:45 - The RCAT Loss And Forcing Trades 01:33:17 - The Best Investor Alive And Chris Camilo's Critique 01:38:48 - Comparing Robinhood Accounts *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan & Jack Selby will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan & Jack Selby are part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Northwest Registered Agent: Start Your LLC Today at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/ich Claude: Get started with Claude today at https://claude.ai/icedcoffee ZipRecruiter: Post jobs for free at https://ziprecruiter.com/ICH FanDuel: Join All the Action at https://fanduel.com Follow  @therealmikerowe  Here! Mike Rowe Foundation: https://mikeroweworks.org/ *𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗦* 𝗜𝗚: https://www.instagram.com/icedcoffeehour 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗠: https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIcedCoffeeHourClips 𝗫.𝗰𝗼𝗺: https://x.com/TheICHpodcast 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@theicedcoffeehour 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c2uoXBQkOjIiCOf60jJj7 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-iced-coffee-hour/id1515070058 For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: [email protected] Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:30 - The Secret Millionaires Of Dirty Jobs 00:08:10 - The Myth Of The "Average American" 00:12:38 - Spending Problem vs Earning Problem 00:15:16 - Sponsor: Northwest Registered Agent 00:16:21 - Why We Stopped Respecting Dirty Jobs 00:18:24 - The Worst Smell Ever & Why Smell Is So Powerful 00:22:22 - The 7 Million Men Who Won't Work 00:25:53 - The Comfort Crisis: Why Easy Is The Enemy 00:29:48 - Curiosity, Humility & Getting Into Entertainment 00:32:25 - QVC: How To Sell Anything (The Pencil Method) 00:35:35 - Sponsor: Claude 00:36:59 - Sponsor: ZipRecruiter 00:38:01 - Paid To Be Likable, Not To Sell 00:43:00 - The Nun Doll Incident That Got Him Fired 00:51:52 - Fired Three Times & Saved By The Viewers 00:55:57 - How Dirty Jobs Got Made (Authority vs Authenticity) 00:59:34 - Sponsor: FanDuel 01:01:01 - The Future Of The Trades, AI & Underwater Welding 01:06:18 - What Government Should Do (& The Pentagon's $10M) 01:09:38 - China, Shipbuilding & The 480,000 Unfilled Jobs 01:14:15 - Fewer Philosophers, More Welders? 01:18:24 - Skills Every Man Should Know & The Fence Post Story 01:24:04 - How Mike Lost His Entire Nest Egg In A Broker Scandal 01:30:28 - Getting The Money Back & Index Fund Religion 01:34:07 - How Dirty Jobs Actually Made Him Money 01:43:46 - Index Funds, Dry Powder & "The Guy Who Does The Thing" 01:50:19 - Why Mike Owns Almost Nothing 01:54:56 - Authenticity & Who You Really Work For 01:58:32 - The Sweat Pledge & Advice For Lost Young Men 02:03:54 - If You're Broke At 25-40, Whose Fault Is It? 02:07:06 - The Bill Maher / Glenn Beck Backlash & Manufactured Division 02:15:45 - His Mom's First Best-Seller At Age 80 02:21:06 - Moms With Crushes & Pitching Dirty Jobs At 42 02:26:46 - The One Job Mike Refused To Do 02:29:28 - Podcast Origins & The "Not So Dirty Jobs" Idea 02:38:19 - AI, Deepfakes & The Age Of The Authenticator *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan & Jack Selby will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan & Jack Selby are part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Northwest Registered Agent: Start Your LLC Today at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/ich NetSuite: Try NetSuite Next For FREE at https://netsuite.ai/ICED Superhuman: Get AI tools you'll actually use at https://superhuman.com Shopify: Stop waiting for permission to build something. Your next revenue stream starts free at https://shopify.com/ich Follow  @RecklessBen  Here! Support his GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan-recover-his-lego-collection *𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗦* 𝗜𝗚: https://www.instagram.com/icedcoffeehour 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞: https://www.instagram.com/jlsselby 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗠: https://www.instagram.com/gpstephan 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIcedCoffeeHourClips 𝗫.𝗰𝗼𝗺: https://x.com/TheICHpodcast 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@theicedcoffeehour 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c2uoXBQkOjIiCOf60jJj7 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-iced-coffee-hour/id1515070058 For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to: [email protected] Apply for The Index Membership: https://entertheindex.com/ For Podcast Inquiries, please DM @icedcoffeehour on Instagram! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:52 - What The Lego Story Is REALLY About 00:07:13 - How Ben Found The Lego Story 00:11:44 - How $200,000 Of Lego Went Missing 00:16:26 - Sponsor: Northwest Registered Agent 00:17:43 - Misconceptions & How It Escalated To Six Charges 00:22:52 - Playing Devil's Advocate: Is This Stalking? 00:27:14 - Arrests, Police Lies & Holding Cops Accountable 00:33:45 - Sponsor: NetSuite 00:35:09 - Sponsor: Superhuman 00:36:20 - Why The Police Sided With The Corporation 00:40:44 - Did Ben Take It Too Far? 00:45:16 - Bricks & Minifigs' Strongest Argument 00:49:01 - Passion Over Skill & Ben's Broke YouTuber Years 00:55:03 - "The Lawsuits Are Fun" & Investigating Government Fraud 00:59:08 - Sponsor: Shopify 01:00:34 - Jail, Bail & Owning Nothing 01:04:19 - Traveling The World & Living On The Beach 01:07:22 - Breaking His Neck & The Panic Attack That Changed Everything 01:11:56 - Money, Relationships & What Women Actually Want 01:17:30 - Why You Don't Need Money To Be Happy 01:22:00 - Where The $500K GoFundMe Is Going 01:26:55 - Who's REALLY Behind All Of This? 01:31:09 - The Chicken Dance Settlement Offer 01:35:24 - How This Ends & The Biggest Lies Being Told 01:40:59 - Advice: Try Harder Than Everyone Else 01:43:52 - Infiltrating Scientology 01:49:08 - Reacting To Bricks & Minifigs' Official Statement 01:55:12 - Final Lessons & The $5,000 Contract Prank *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan & Jack Selby will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan & Jack Selby are part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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