{"podcast":{"title":"The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast","slug":"the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224","podcast_index_feed_id":7541224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast","website_url":"http://join.smbdealhunter.xyz","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ryVS_4EnnsoNc7YOE4bH5mBUjGvES7GhKayukwR4fuM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGJh/YTEwNmZhZTcyYWJk/OWU0OGM3MDM2Mzcy/MmUxNy5qcGVn.jpg","author":"Helen Guo","episode_count":104,"summary":"Every week, Helen Guo interviews successful acquisition entrepreneurs, independent sponsors, and investors who have acquired businesses. Learn how to buy a business rather than starting one from scratch from those who have done it themselves.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:20:23.718235+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224"},"episode":{"title":"He Stopped Investing In Real Estate, This Is Why…","slug":"he-stopped-investing-in-real-estate-this-is-why","published_at":"2026-06-08T15:59:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/he-stopped-investing-in-real-estate-this-is-why","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/1921dae0","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/1921dae0/45dc3a7d.mp3","summary":"Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Jason breaks down why he walked away from flipping houses to buy a $1.3M landscaping business, how he found his deal in a single month after eight months of getting nowhere on his own, and how the years he spent running purchasing became his biggest edge as an owner. ◼️ Why eight months of searching on his own got him nowhere, and the one thing that changed the month he stopped going it alone ◼️ How he found his deal in a single month once every listing was in one place instead of scattered across a dozen different sites ◼️ The $1.3M business he won in one of the wealthiest counties in Florida, where a single job can run $100K to $500K ◼️ The supplier network from his old purchasing career that's about to cut his materials costs nearly in half ◼️ The growth lever sitting untouched: the previous owner never spent a single dollar on marketing Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/","meta_description":"Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Jason breaks down why he walked away from flipping houses to buy a $1.3M l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1141,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/episodes/he-stopped-investing-in-real-estate-this-is-why/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/he-stopped-investing-in-real-estate-this-is-why.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}