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A Utah Accountant On Building Four Stores With His Wife. While Staying Hands-Off

Brian Prete has done taxes for 20 years. Four kids at home. He wanted to put money to work without becoming the operator.

Money To Deploy, No Extra Hours

Brian Prete is a tax accountant in Utah, nearly 20 years in the field. Married, four kids, ages 3 to 12. Skiing and hiking when he is not at work. He had capital to put somewhere. He did not have hours to run another business. Check the P&L, maybe. Not live in the operations.

Cameron Did Not Beat Around The Bush

Brian talked to a few operators first. Cameron told him straight how the process works and how long the ramp takes. That clicked with an accountant. He still had the normal jitters about putting upfront capital into something online. A few months in, the stores are doing what he was told they would do.

Whatsapp Answers In An Hour Or Two

Early onboarding took a bit more of his time while stores seasoned. Since then? Mostly hands-off. He works with Joe and Alex now, started with Jameson. WhatsApp questions get answered same day, often within an hour or two. About four months in: scaling toward four eBay stores plus Poshmark pilots Kyle offered, no extra upfront capital. Month one to month three, orders and profits kept building on the P&Ls. He checks them for fun.

If somebody's in a position where they've got some money they want to put to work that they don't want to necessarily be the one running the show on that.. this has been a great opportunity.

Brian

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