Solar Salesman explains that he is in fact a temporarily embarassed millionaire as he's 30'000 in the red the last few months with less than 5k left in his bank account

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SquQo0v6xKQ

I was doing some other stuff while listening so even odds I've gotten stuff wrong.

Christian Harrison 24 years old Denver, Colorado

Career:

  • Runs a "door to door sales team for residential solar systems"

  • 179'000 last year, "a down year"

  • Best year 208'000, moved to a new city from Atalanta, business slower than he expected so far

    • Was doing security systems, moved to Solar? Same company, different department

    • Solar is 2-3 month sales cycle (time from sale to payment), while security was a couple weeks

    • 60-70k sales currently in pipeline, about to start busy season (summer is best for solar apparently?)

  • "Are you in a pyramid scheme that's actually generating you money?"

  • Owns a rental property

    • $2500 mortgage

    • $700 rent

    • Had bought to live in initially

  • Paying his rent with his business account :marseykingcrown:

  • Works 50-60 hours a week

Debt -

  • Personal Loan to do a "private equity investment" early last year

    • 19'200 remaining of $25000

    • $756 minimum monthly payment

    • "Medical device company" (Valuation has doubled since investment)

    • 7% interest

    • Planned to pay it off before the end of last year, hasn't yet :marseypoor:

  • Bought a car after moving :marseyxd:

    • another guy with a dumb 4Runner purchase :marseylaughpoundfist:

    • $657 monthly payment

    • 31'500 remaining

    • 7% interest rate

  • Credit Cards

    • Last month was first time ever he hadn't fully paid off his cards, rationalizes eating interest as worth maintaining his current lifestyle

    • Capitol One

      • Paid $7'733 (fully paid off?)
    • Spark Business Cash

      • Business Credit Card

      • 8'000, not paid off?

Expenses -

  • He ballparks his spending $8'800

  • Lots of eating out, sometimes 4 times per day

    • Chipotle, IHOP, Wendy's, Starbucks, gas, gas station snack (every day :marseychonker2:)
  • 5k airbnb one time (not a common one allegedly)

  • "I know I shouldn't pay interest, but I don't want to decrease my lifestyle"

  • lot of uber eats and recurring payments

  • Two bedroom 1900 sqft penthouse in Denver, video included, looks very nice Timestamp

    • $3900 rent, $200 utilities
  • Budget Timestamp

  • 19'400 incoming tax liability he didn't set liability aside for

  • $11'000 in student loans, currently interest free but starting soon

    • around $150 monthly payment

Savings -

  • Account was 40k in October, now 6k

  • Allied High Yield

    • $2'000

    • Was 18'000 a couple years ago

    • Was his emergency fund

  • Investments

    • Fidelity Roth IRA

      • $47'000 :marseycapitalistmanlet:

      • Index fund and S&P

    • $17'000 in crypto

      • Ate $195 fees while selling his crypto during the talk from based Coinbase :chadjew:
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Dude has $24k sitting in a brokerage account but is paying interest on credit cards and a personal loan. I'm surprised Caleb didn't pick up on that. Also is deducting all his meals & rent as business expenses.

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Frick vivint

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