The Remote Local Podcast: Financial & Location Freedom Neel Parekh

In this episode Neel and sits down with Chris Schwab of Think Maids (remote cleaning business) and Inova Local (a virtual assistant company).

Chris originally wanted to get to Japan to be with his long-distance girlfriend and realized starting a business was the only way he could do that. That paved the way for everything else.

Neel and Chris discuss:

- the cleaning "revenue valley of despair" in which you are bringing in a lot of revenue but are not yet profitable enough to hire full-time help

- the importance of staying balance once you've made the jump to your remote life: don't get comfortable or your business will go stagnant

- how he and his team connect marketing and sales through specific and personalized funnels.

If you enjoy this episode, you can get even more from Chris in his Local Business MBA course.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel speaks with Ben Davis of The Gents Place (which he describes as speakeasy meets barber shop meets country club) and Rascal Man about his journey from the corporate life to being a remote local business franchisor.

Neel and Ben discuss:

- how he chose what kind of business to start, which included asking "where could I work 80 a week and still love it."

- why someone would choose a $600 annual membership to The Gents Place instead of just paying $30 each time he needs a haircut.

- Operation Gentlemen, a nonprofit that helps homeless veterans eat and re-enter and new veterans enter the workforce

If you enjoy this episode, you can get even more from Ben on his Untrapped Entrepreneur podcast.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel chats with Brian Leubben, host of the Action Academy Podcast and author of the forthcoming book From Passive to Passionate: How to Quit Your Job, Grow Your Wealth, & Turn Your Passions into Profits.

Neel and Brian discuss:

- his entrepreneurial path which started as a college DJ, then to corporate sales, then to creating a Vivid Vision for this future.

- how "house hacking" brought him $4k a month in passive income, until he discovered affiliate income, which added another $12-19k a month.

- why Brian believes that information should be as available and free as possible. He's all about helping with the execution.

That execution happens over in his exclusive mastermind. You can learn more here.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel chats with Seonaid Beckwith of Perfect English Grammar, a very popular website that helps non-native English speakers improve to whatever level they want, for personal or professional reasons.

Neel and Seonaid discuss:

- how what started as a resource for her in-person students became a side hustle and then eventually allowed her to quit her job.

- how she just kept learning what she didn't know to give options to the people who were coming to the site (which now number 1-2M a month).

- her limiting beliefs about money and how she was able to evolve to a more positive outlook and why they both agree that entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful vehicles for personal development out there.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel and sits down with ⁠Costa Kapothanasis of Costa 10 Minute Oil Change. Costa has scaled an oil change franchise to 100+ locations.

Neel and Costa talk about:

- how working in family-owned restaurants gave him a sense of the importance of not having single points of failure in a business and how that helped him have the right mindset to build a remote local company.

- his journey from buying a single oil change shop on a 100% seller-financed note (and getting fired from his day job) to his current growing empire of oil change locations.

- how he zagged the business from what everyone else in the industry was doing to create an "oil change only" space.

If you like what Costa has to say you can also check him out on YouTube.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel and sits down with Katrin Krakovich of Lahav Media.

Neel and Katrin discuss:

- the power of blogging for local services business (here's a blog she wrote about it if you want to learn more)

- what she would do if she was starting a local services business today as far as keyword research

- what are the most important aspects of GMB (Google My Business) that every business owner needs to handle

If you enjoyed this episode, feel free to reach out to Katrin on LinkedIn or by email to follow-up.

If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠

If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠