I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 21, 2026

Duration

20m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

*Blue-Collar Business Ideas Database:* https://clickhubspot.com/fl1j Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) spends the day with Mark O’Brien ( https://www.instagram.com/themarkobrienteam ) to see what it’s like to be a blue collar millionaire. — Links Mark O’Brien - https://buildmeabrownstone.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur/investor.

• Mark O’Brien

  guest

  NYC real-estate operator focused on buying, restoring, and selling townhouses/brownstones (also associated with Broken Shed New Zealand Vodka).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Sam Parr and Mark O’Brien, I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC explores Inside a NYC brownstone flipper’s numbers, risk, and lifestyle tradeoffs Sam Parr spends a day with Mark O’Brien to understand the economics and lifestyle of buying, restoring, and selling NYC brownstones and townhouses.

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