Nick Huber

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I buy real estate and start companies. Owner of , Bolt Storage, R.E. Cost Seg and more.

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1Aug 2, '24This kid saved up all week for an ice cream. Spent $5. Dropped it after the 5th lick. I didn’t buy him another one. Life is hard, he took it well.269×43.5M85k2.4k3.8k
2Nov 20, '23Sports betting is a pandemic. Sad deal. Grown men wasting a ton of money and the companies pouring hundreds of millions into advertising. If you’re betting, please stop. Nothing to73.6×11.9M11k1.3k854
3Mar 31, '24The most selfish thing you can do is plan an international wedding. Putting your 84 year old grandma on a 14 hour flight and making your family burn 6 vacation days and 2 months pa58.1×9.4M71k1.9k3.5k
4Jul 30, '23My high school girlfriend dumped me because I was mowing lawns and found another guy who got a job at Abercrombie. I made about 10x the money he did back then. They went on to get 51.1×8.3M52k2.4k1.1k
5May 25, '24Bachelor party update: My dad just had rotator cuff surgery and so we picked a low key activity where he wouldn’t get hurt. He was supposed to sit and drink beer. He insisted on pl43.9×7.1M93k6k6.1k
6May 16, '24I quit alcohol for 6 weeks. I noticed nothing. Only less time with friends, laughter, less vibrant conversation. Went home earlier. Said no to more social things. Started drinking 43.1×7M57k2.4k2.9k
7Apr 11, '24I did a consulting call today with a 33 year old guy who makes $150k a year at a fully remote job. 30-40 hrs a week. 2 kids + wife. This is a really tough spot to be in. Makes $2k 42.3×6.8M8.2k3465.1k
8Jul 9, '23There are only 3 levels of wealth: 1) you can pay your bills and your rent without stress 2) you can eat at any restaurant without looking or worrying about the price 3) you can tr42.1×6.8M8.4k1.1k2.6k
9Jun 10, '23I added this deck to one of my rental properties. I was able to take the rent up from $700 to $1200 per month. The tenant moved out but I rented it quickly at the higher amount. Th42×6.8M7k364689
10Jul 10, '2318 yr old who has never earned $1 and doesn’t know how to do their own laundry: Bank: here’s a $200k loan to attend Emerson, die your hair and study gender. 25 yr old trade school 37.9×6.1M40k5k838
11Mar 27, '24My friend just closed a big business deal that I sent his way. He gave me this bottle of whiskey at closing that I had never heard of before. I think I like it. Thoughts?30.2×4.9M10k251614
12Jan 28, '24All my dad friends with 10-18 year old sons can’t get them to do anything with them. Want to go camping? Nope. Want to go on a hike? Nope. Want to ride bikes? Nope. Want a girlfrie26.2×4.2M8k4561.8k
13Apr 16, '24Caitlin Clark about to get PAID! (like an accounting major who graduated with straight Bs from Lehigh working a job for a mid sized company in Cincinnati)25.8×4.2M29k1.1k1k
14May 27, '24Lesson: Never mention Valhalla.24.5×4M8.1k71758
15Aug 15, '24A grown man who makes over $150k a year should never climb a ladder or get on a roof. You can pay somebody $30 an hour to take that risk for you. A fall is a top 10 life risk and c24×3.9M13k3872.2k
16Apr 1, '23Entrepreneurship culture in America is all messed up and it’s a shame. TechCrunch. Product Hunt. Shark Tank. It’s all about new ideas. Changing the world. Innovation. 0 to 1. Blue 23.4×3.8M8.1k9734.9k
17Feb 24, '24Women will never understand what modern men endure to bring a baby into this world.22.2×3.6M24k970983
18Dec 10, '24Bill Belichick news makes me sad. The guy about to sign a multi year deal to spend 70 hours a week rebuilding a football program. At 72 years old. Had 3 kids with a wife he never s22×3.6M21k327898
19Mar 15, '24I took an Uber Black SUV recently. $400 for a 70 minute ride. He received $290. The driver was a Nigerian immigrant who came to America 18 months ago. He leases 3 brand new Suburba21.9×3.5M17k1.8k3.3k
20Dec 4, '23A hill I'll die on: 95% of entrepreneurs should forget about technology (a few big fish and a lot of sophisticated fishermen) and focus on small business (small fish everywhere and19.7×3.2M7k4586.6k
21Jul 11, '23A mortgage payment doesn't go up for 30 years. My parents still pay $420 a mo on a 200 acre farm + house they bought in 1998. Rent goes up 5%+ per year. Compound that over 30 years19.4×3.1M12k888738
22Jun 25, '23A friend sent me some bourbon that is supposedly pretty hard to find. I think it is my new favorite!19.3×3.1M5.7k151209
23Jan 3, '21I’ve gotten a lot of bad advice in my career and I see even more of it here on Twitter. Time for a stiff drink and some truth you probably dont want to hear. 👇👇18.5×044k13k20k
24Apr 5, '24I was talking to a guy recently who spent 5 years at a big prestigious law firm. One of the top firms in the world working litigation. He laid down 80 hour weeks for years and was 17.6×2.9M9.3k3731.2k
25Jan 21, '23I arrived at ATL airport recently and made my 5 year old navigate us to our gate. He had to walk up to airport employees, hand them his boarding pass, and ask for directions. A lit17.6×2.8M12k348368
26Oct 11, '24Travel sports. The largest drain on middle class finances in the history of the world. It’s a sad deal.17.2×2.8M26k1k861
27Oct 19, '23The mortgage on my house is an asset, not a liability. 2.9% fixed for 30 years. Paying it off would be a silly mistake.16.7×2.7M7.3k187590
28Jul 2, '24The best investments I've made in my life, in order: 1) personal trainer for my wife 2) cleaner for my house 3) nanny for my kids 4) country club membership for me 5) self storage 16.6×2.7M7.7k2222.4k
29Apr 22, '25I was pro tariffs. Until about 30 of our clients at Somewhere dot com cancelled searches over the past three weeks. Hiring freezes all over the place. Hit me in the pocket book alr15.7×2.5M5.6k440736
30Mar 26, '23I bought a self storage facility in October 2019 for $472,000. Today it's worth over $1 million. Here's how we did it: The property is 11,450 square feet and has 67 units. When we 15.4×2.5M5k2513k
31Apr 28, '23People who are in the Silicon Valley bubble have no idea how much work will be required to build and maintain our physical world over the next 50 years. The plumbers fixing the toi14.7×2.4M5.1k393309
32Apr 16, '24There is nothing more idiotic than 30+ year old couples who have been dating 5+ years sending each other Venmo payments for 1/2 utilities.14.1×2.3M13k572883
33Aug 3, '2418 yr old who has never earned $1 and doesn’t know how to do their own laundry: Bank: here’s a $200k loan to attend Emerson, die your hair and study gender. 25 yr old trade school 12.9×2.1M23k2.1k931
34Sep 29, '24Augusta GA is a nightmare. No fuel within 60 miles. Power will be out for 2+ weeks. This morning they turned off city water to over 30,000 houses. Scary situation there.12.1×2M21k5.8k1.5k
35Jan 22, '25The most eye opening book I’ve read in a long time. This puts things in perspective and hit me like a ton of bricks.11.5×1.9M12k8477.2k
36Feb 27, '23Rule #1 of getting married: As soon as a woman gets pregnant she wants to live by her parents. You can either move the parents to you or move to the parents. It's that simple.11.3×1.8M5.9k2971.1k
37Nov 1, '25About to read the bible for the first time. Where should I start?11.1×1.8M24k9111.5k
38Jun 19, '23The mortgage on my house is an asset, not a liability. 2.9% fixed for 30 years. Paying it off would be a silly mistake.10.9×1.8M4.7k145314
39Nov 18, '22BREAKING: Musk is now running Twitter with less than 50 key employees, down for 7,500 at its peak. “Everything is normal, we may be profitable soon.” He says.10.1×052k4k554
40Sep 8, '23We sent an offer to a key employee at one of my companies 8+ months ago. The employee declined the offer at the last second because his employer offered him more money. We were pis9.7×1.6M8.4k854837
41Jul 18, '23This is what my wife and I spent our free time doing 9 years ago on this day. I wore holes in 3 pairs of jeans writing 2000+ ads just like this on the streets of Boston. Marketing 9.5×1.5M4.8k2611.3k
43Aug 17, '24As a dad your job is to make sure your son is the oldest in his class. Huge advantage in sports and it’ll bleed over to academics, relationships, everything. Boys mature extremely 9.3×1.5M8.4k2101.7k
44Feb 21, '25This was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Coming April 29th.9.0×1.5M5.4k2733.1k
45Jan 5, '23Couples who are 35 years old, living together and dating for 10 years still venmoing each other for groceries need to get it together.8.6×1.4M8.5k348204
46Feb 10, '23Seinfeld isn’t a show about nothing. It’s a true story of how people go to NYC and waste years of their lives doing the same stuff over and over again. Go to work. Go get drinks. G8.4×1.4M5.8k391553
47Jul 5, '25A country club is the best investment I've ever made. A great community, a ton of events, pool + golf + daddy daughter dances + father son stuff + all kinds of other things. It'd b8.0×1.3M4.8k38604
48Jul 21, '23Allowing your children to choose another meal when they don’t like what you’ve served for dinner is a sure-fire way to raise entitled, spoiled, mentally fragile kids.7.8×1.3M5.5k957247
49Nov 25, '22The world is run by C students.7.6×035k4.4k626
50Feb 14, '25You can hire a financial analyst in Egypt. They'll make $4.09 per hour all-in. $8,500 per year. They'll have a masters degree in finance. And they'll do things in Excel that you ne7.1×1.1M5.8k2342.9k
51Oct 15, '24There are only 3 levels of wealth: 1) you can pay your bills and your rent without stress 2) you can eat at any restaurant without looking or worrying about the price 3) you can tr6.9×1.1M5.1k4571.9k
52Oct 15, '24Met a guy last week who had a stroke at the age of 35. Recovery was over a year. Nearly 6 months he couldn’t walk. A chiropractor ruptured his aorta during an adjustment and he had6.9×1.1M8.3k4581.1k
53Aug 27, '24Old people are incredibly lonely. And I don't understand why their grandchildren don't bother to call them 1x a month or even a few times a year? This is sad. Why don't 20-40 year 6.6×1.1M6.2k336749
54Oct 6, '24The most expensive car in the world to own is an 8 year old BMW or Mercedes. They start falling apart at about 80k miles. Yet broke people just can't stop buying these vehicles. It6.2×1M6.8k461842
55Nov 27, '24Need a ruling. Is a kid sitting on your lap using the steering wheel at 12 mph on a private gravel road SO dangerous?5.7×920k6.1k8460
56Jan 17, '23Too many folks set the bar way too high with entrepreneurship. The next million dollar company. The next sexy startup. Forget all that. Build something that pays you $250k a year a5.1×825k4.6k240549
57Aug 20, '25Normal people eating 150-200 grams of protein daily will go down as as big of a disaster as the lead pipes that took down the Roman Empire.4.9×788k6.6k1442.1k
58Sep 14, '24My advice to 25 year olds: Get married young and have more kids than you can afford. I've never met anyone who wishes they'd had fewer kids. But I've met a lot of people who regret4.6×740k5.5k380716
59May 1, '25When my daughter starts dating, I’ll give her the following advice. Avoid men who: 1) play video games 2) sports bet 3) vape 4) can’t handle their booze Several others are importan4.5×732k5.3k144924
62Jun 17, '24Allowing your children to choose another meal when they don’t like what you’ve served for dinner is a sure-fire way to raise entitled, spoiled, mentally fragile kids.3.8×614k5.4k372466
63May 7, '25Please don't quit a $500k a year job to make $50k a year.3.3×532k6.1k95500
64Oct 3, '24Starlink is saving lives right now in NC. Elon deserves a Nobel Prize.3.2×517k30k2.9k88
65Apr 13, '24Having a logical and emotionally stable wife is a super power.2.9×462k5.5k544948
67Jul 5, '24A hill I will die on: A supportive spouse will 10x your success. The opposite will 1/10 your success. Choose wisely.2.5×411k5.8k560646
69Feb 23, '22Americans are productive AF. But there isn't much community. No after-work meetups at the pub. No popping over to neighbors houses unannounced. No kids playing with other kids and 2.5×011k1.1k913
70Sep 14, '21What successful people understood before they were successful. A short thread.2.3×05.8k1.2k3.1k
72Jan 19, '21How to get smarter very fast: Interact with smart people here on Twitter who have different world-views than you do. And let them change your mind on something. Here are the 30 peo2.0×04.8k6983.2k
73Oct 4, '24The most important thing in your career: Speed. If you answer emails fast, walk fast, talk fast, get shit done fast, you will make a lot of money. No sense of urgency, you won't.2.0×321k6.7k6351.7k
77Mar 19, '22Technology won't change your life very much at all over the next 10 years. And here's why:1.9×04.9k8282.3k
78Jun 6, '21How to get rich without getting lucky: Find a way to make $100 an hour doing something simple IN YOUR TOWN. Do it until you have $10k+ in the bank and you’re too busy to sell new c1.9×05.3k6262.6k
79Jan 3, '21Too many folks set the bar way too high with entrepreneurship. The next million dollar company. The next sexy startup. Forget all that. Build something that pays you $250k a year a1.8×07.8k826770
81Apr 19, '21It’s amazing how many incompetent people in this world earn amazing money because they aren’t insecure1.7×06.7k1.5k418
83Nov 14, '25I got a letter from the public school system because I pulled my kids out of school for 9 days so far this semester. Disney world, hunting trip, camping trip, visit family. No rege1.7×267k5.3k6687
84Dec 2, '22Entrepreneurship culture in America is all messed up and it’s a shame. TechCrunch. Product Hunt. Shark Tank. It’s all about new ideas. Changing the world. Innovation. 0 to 1. Blue 1.6×04.5k5162.3k
87May 21, '22Friend works at an Amazon distribution center. Volume down from 75,000 packages a shift to 50,000 or less. Hiring freeze began last week. Managers walking around mid shift offering1.6×06.8k755396
89Nov 18, '22Big tech gonna crush earning when Elon shows them they don’t need 2/3 of their employees. Long GOOGL, AAPL, MSFT, META.1.5×07.7k481186
90Dec 4, '22Santa Claus is big business. I met a guy who retired from an electrical union early. Said he makes $100k from December 1st to December 25th. Malls, country clubs, private events. S1.5×08k356362
91Dec 29, '20How to get rich without getting lucky. Find a company that has: 1. A lot of profit 2. A fax machine Go compete with them.1.4×05.5k4331.3k
95Mar 21, '21My brother made $100k in his second full year running a lawn care company. He works 32 weeks a year, 35 hrs a week. One employee. His advantage: Software. His competitors use fax m1.3×05k3611.4k
99Dec 29, '20My brother made $100k in profit this year as a 24 year old working 32 weeks (35 hrs a wk). He does lawn care, weed control and landscaping. No marketing. Has been profitable since 0.9×04.5k264383

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