Alex Hormozi: 10 Ways to Make $1 Million if You're BROKE
Last updated: Jun 18, 2023
The video discusses 10 ways to make a million dollars with little or no money down, including selling something for a million dollars, borrowing money to buy an asset, refinancing something for more than you bought it, and selling units of something.
This video by Alex Hormozi was published on Oct 23, 2022. Video length: 07:27.
In this video, Alex Hormozi debunks the myth that you need money to make money and shares 10 ways to make a million dollars with little or zero money down.
These include selling something for a million dollars, borrowing a million dollars and having someone else pay it back, refinancing something for more than you bought it, getting a contract for something for less than it's worth and then selling that contract, selling something that's really expensive and getting a commission, finding somebody who has an audience and buying whatever they're about to launch early and then selling it later, and selling units of stuff.
Hormozi also emphasizes the importance of acquiring the skills necessary to sell someone else five to ten million dollars of value.
Money is not necessary to make money
10 ways to make a million dollars with little or no money down
Sell something for a million dollars by offering to increase conversion for e-commerce store or selling someone else's value
Borrow money to buy an asset and have tenants pay it off or refinance something for more than you bought it
Sell a contract or option by getting a contract for something for less than it's worth and selling the contract or option
Find a building owner willing to sell for significantly less than it's worth
Bank will loan the difference
Example: buy $100,000 house for $80,000, seller finances $10,000 over 5 years, bank finances 80%
Sell a Contract or Option
Get a contract for something for less than it's worth, sell the contract or option
Option is a contract to buy something at a future date at an agreed upon price
Example: get option to buy $1 million house for $900,000, sell option to real estate investor for $900,000, pay $800,000 to seller, make $100,000 profit
Ways to Make a Million Dollars with Little or No Money Down
You can sell units of something, such as a membership, and stack up the sales over time to reach a million dollars.
You can get people to give you their businesses for no money down by offering to pay them the income they would have made for the next few years.
You can find products you really like and become an affiliate of those products, promoting them to your audience and earning a commission.
You can engage in arbitrage, which means selling the same thing between two different markets because they are priced differently, and making a profit from the difference.
People who make money focus on providing the most value to someone, rather than constraining themselves by time or hourly rates.
You can borrow money to buy an asset, such as a property, and then refinance it for more than you bought it for, making a profit from the difference.