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From a Cargo Van to Two Iconic National Brands Serving Property Managers and Residents
Description
Savvy property management entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for new ways to expand their services and better serve their clients and residents.
In this episode, property management growth experts Jason and Sarah Hull chat with Nick Friedman, founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Trash Butler.
You'll Learn[02:08] Becoming an entrepreneur
[09:14] Daily trash removal for multifamily communities
[16:45] A butler service for trash? How does it work?
[19:47] Vetting team members
[27:50] Junk removal services for property managers
Tweetables"Property managers are that front-line resource for all things community."
"We've got to have urgency of effort, patience for the results."
"Culture drives behavior. Behavior drives results."
"Execution is a differentiator if you can out-execute everybody else."
Resources Transcript[00:00:00] Nick: I have come to realize, because we're in a blue collar industry ourselves, moving furniture and picking up trash at residents' doorsteps. Execution is a differentiator if you can out execute everybody else.
[00:00:14] Jason: All right. Welcome DoorGrowers to the DoorGrow show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives, and you are interested in growing a business and life, and you're open to doing things a bit differently then you are a DoorGrower. DoorGrower property managers, love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges and freedom that property management brings.
[00:00:39] Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. You think they're crazy for not, because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses.
[00:00:56] We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. We're your hosts, property management growth experts, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow and Sarah Hull, the co owner and COO of DoorGrow.
[00:01:12] Now let's get into the show. All right. And our guest today is Nick Friedman. Did I say your name right?
[00:01:20] You got it right.
[00:01:21] Cool. And Nick has two different businesses. And why don't you introduce the two businesses and then I'd love to get into your background of how you got into entrepreneurship.
[00:01:30] Nick: Absolutely. So two businesses that are relevant to property management, one is a doorstep amenity for apartment complexes called Trash Butler. It helps increase revenue and net operating income for the communities while also providing an amenity for the residents and that kind of incubated out of our first company that we launched, which is a company called College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving. I'm a little more widely known for that business that I started back in college. It's a moving and bulk removal service that now has over 300 franchises across the U.S. So it's been