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Touring Our Texas Empire: The Buildings That Built Our Success

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0:00we're always waiting for the next guy to

0:01come and sign their contract in the

0:02refinery and rent our building but until

0:04it leaks guess what it's just ugly it's

0:06time for his [ __ ] massage why we

0:08rehabed it's unbelievable guess what

0:10that's what it takes to run America and

0:11run the world so we own this building

0:13this is a building that's leased to a

0:15gas company this would looked like it

0:16was going to fall down when we bought it

0:17this another building that this guy

0:19owned this for how many years 60 years

0:21this is a crazy ugly building and we got

0:23it cleaned up and leased out and got a

0:26good lease on it and so again there's

0:27the refineries right there there's just

0:29our ugly buildings if they get a

0:30contract there they have to be within 10

0:32minutes of one of these plants here so

0:34we went around and bought up all the

0:35properties around the plant we honestly

0:37wish we would have had someone to ask

0:38help for like how to figure this out but

0:40we didn't we didn't ask anybody we just

0:42did it trial and air and we messed up a

0:44lot and all those mess ups cost money

0:46but we didn't have a mentor to say hey

0:48uh what do you think of this how should

0:49we do this how do we negotiate that how

0:51do we know how to charge they said how

0:53much is it to rent and we'd throw a

0:54number out there and and if they said

0:56yes our eyes got big and we high-fived

0:58when they left we building also the

1:00diesa building they do drug testing for

1:02the refineries that's one of our tenants

1:04they've been there for about 10 years

1:06now if they ever leave then in the next

1:07company that comes in will take the same

1:09building so they always stay rented cuz

1:11this drug testing facility leaves they

1:13need a drug testing facility in the area

1:14so then the next guy who gets the

1:16contract we'll be leasing our building

1:17but if they leave tomorrow we don't

1:18panic cuz guess what those plants need a

1:20drug testing facility and we have a

1:22facility that works perfect so another

1:24one will move into the same spot they're

1:25always leased we're always waiting for

1:27the next guy to come and sign their

1:28contract in the refinery rent our

1:30building all right check it out when

1:31you're watching these videos we know

1:32that you guys have questions that aren't

1:34answered might be about business might

1:35be about real estate well guess what we

1:37can answer all those questions that

1:38aren't getting answered in this video so

1:39shoot us a text at 928 605 4335 cuz

1:43there's questions that need to be

1:44answered and this dude and I will answer

1:46those questions for you 928 605 4335

1:50shoot us a text this gas station here

1:52this is uh one piece of property that we

1:54bought a building over there and this

1:55property just happened to be attached to

1:56it so we weren't going to do anything

1:58with it and one of these convenience

1:59stores came up to us I think we sold

2:00this for more than we bought the whole

2:02other piece of property for but we used

2:03to own the property right there again

2:05right here's the front gate right in

2:07front of you D chemical is right here

2:09and I love the fact that people hate

2:10chemicals and oil and stuff I love that

2:12that it bothers people cuz we make money

2:15off of it and you live off of it you

2:16people that hate it but guess what

2:18that's what it takes to run America and

2:19Run the World this's a building here

2:21amspec is an independent inspector they

2:23inspect chemicals and oil and make sure

2:25that it is what they say it is when

2:26they're selling it they needed another

2:28building so we built another building in

2:29the back for them if you seen this

2:31building when we bought it you would say

2:32you need to tear it down right and now

2:34look at it this here is mistrust they do

2:36Welling inspections in the refineries

2:38and they've been there for probably 12

2:40to 14 years you guys own that building

2:42yes we do we've tried to buy this

2:44building and we didn't get that one we

2:45missed out on it but we're going to keep

2:47trying there's another building we just

2:48leased it Marathon was leasing this

2:50building from us and they didn't need to

2:51store what they were storing there

2:53anymore we just got it back tenant

2:54wanted it painted that color that's in

2:56there now and they're doing a

2:57fabrication shop in there we fought get

3:00this building we missed out on this one

3:02again we'll keep trying to buy it

3:03another ugly building however this

3:04company here ran out of space here and

3:06they're leasing space from our Trucking

3:08facility now oh really yes this building

3:11here was so bad we call it the rust

3:12bucket why we rehabbed it's unbelievable

3:14so here's a property right here we've

3:16been trying to get this one for years

3:17and years and we thought we had a deal

3:19on it and we got down to the end and it

3:21didn't play out it just fell apart but

3:23I'll bet you we end up owning it some

3:24someday we will own this piece of

3:25property this is the type of buildings

3:27we buy everyone hates it it's ugly in

3:29town but we get done with it there's

3:30going to be a national tenant at least

3:32in that building from us someday yep

3:34again right in front of us guess what

3:35that is refineries right around the

3:36corner here we call it the owl building

3:38because Dino knew there was this giant

3:40owl that lived in it so he takes me in

3:42there one day I walk in the owl flies

3:43out about knocks me over we missed out

3:45on this damn place right here this was a

3:47smoking deal it was a storage complex

3:50you got this one and another one for a

3:51million dollars we were still new to

3:53storage like trying to figure out is

3:54that worth it or not I don't know [ __ ]

3:55it was worth $2 million bought this from

3:57Ron fresh hour he was a coach and Shop

4:00teacher in Texas City High School he had

4:02something to do with inventing the 50

4:04caliber rifle there was a bunch of rifle

4:05barrels in here Machining tools it was a

4:08lifetime full of equipment and when he

4:11passed away we ended up buying this

4:12property and rehabbing it and today

4:14Viking fabrication company is leasing

4:15this from us this is a crane company

4:17this is their corporate headquarters

4:19they lease this building from us we have

4:21this building here and like we said our

4:23buildings are ugly this here you see the

4:25roof up there it's Rusty ugly the

4:27refineries they get chemicals the salt

4:29water or whatever and the roof looks

4:31terrible but it won't leak we want it to

4:33leak so we can repl the roof but but

4:35until it leaks guess what it's just ugly

4:37it's just ugly they lease from us and

4:38they do work in the refineries we got

4:40Total Safety National tenant so we rehab

4:43it stuckle the front for them and

4:45they're happy Crane Company needed more

4:47space he just leased this here building

4:49from us and they got a shop to repair

4:51their cranes there's lay down yard right

4:53here that releasing to them also and

4:55then we're back at the refineries again

4:57the end of the street we have a niche

4:59and we started out with just one or two

5:01buildings and then there was some

5:02explosion happened in the refineries

5:05here OSHA said all non-essential

5:07employees need to be outside the

5:08refinery so all the companies that were

5:10inside the refineries had to get

5:11addresses outside of the gate and at

5:13that time we were able to start buying

5:15up these buildings and we kept buying

5:17these buildings for so cheap and then we

5:19could lease them out for so much we just

5:20started looking around like doesn't

5:22anybody else see this opportunity but

5:23guess what nobody came we never had any

5:26competition we own the most industrial

5:27properties here in Texas City and the

5:29most industrial properties in Freeport

5:31and now we've started in Bay City Texas

5:34our thing is to get it cash flowing in

5:3590 days you got to buy right and and the

5:38thing is that we don't pay retail for

5:40anything we buy the the projects that

5:41need to be rehabed you know that ugly

5:44building that we talked about a little

5:45bit ago there's people slamming us we

5:47did a Tik Tok on it and they're can't

5:49believe you're taking advantage of those

5:50people cuz we are offering half of what

5:52they wanted but just because someone has

5:53a Chevy truck and they want 200,000 for

5:55it and you offer them 75,000 you're not

5:58screwing them it started out wrong in

6:00the beginning that's all we're paying

6:01what it's worth yeah because people

6:03don't know how much it costs to to rehab

6:05a building it costs a lot of money we've

6:06been doing this for so long and I'm

6:08wrong every single time on the budget

6:10every time it costs twice as much as I

6:12think and takes twice as long once you

6:14get in there and you say hey we're just

6:15going to do this but when you fix one

6:16thing it makes the other things look

6:18twice as bad as they did when you first

6:19looked at them and it just grows pretty

6:21soon you got a nice product when you're

6:22done and you got good leases and they're

6:24great companies you got people that are

6:26proud or happy to be there and you can

6:28charge more and what has allowed us to

6:30buy all this real estate is having

6:31successful businesses so behind this

6:34scene what we're showing you right now

6:35also we have businesses that make money

6:37you could do this if you're a W2

6:39employee also you can do what we're

6:40doing but we choose to work for

6:42ourselves so we have to have

6:43money-making businesses to pay for the

6:45real estate we got a lot of property we

6:46take the money we put it back in the

6:48property anytime we get some money we're

6:49buying another building we're not trying

6:50to build our bank account or it looks

6:52giant it's cash flow and just keep

6:54having money come in and live within our

6:56means that's it you want to go do the

6:58carpet center and talked about how you

6:59raised it um I got to go back it's time

7:00for my massage here did you hear what he

7:02just said it's time for his [ __ ]

7:04massage this is the type of [ __ ] I got

7:06to put up with we're here to make money

7:07how is a massage how you get in the

7:09massage if I'm not relaxed and and in

7:11the Zen mode then you and I are going to

7:14fight you know what gets me in the Zen

7:15Moon money yep I'm not doing no goddamn

7:17massage you see who needs one out of

7:19this group

7:24[Music]

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