Mark O'Brien

11 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 21, 2026 by Mark O'Brien · across every show →

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Jul 21, 2026
Insight
Mark O'Brien: Time and carrying costs kill most real estate deals
“Time will kill every deal. And often it does.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 4:26 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026
Disclosure
Mark O'Brien details $4.8M cost basis for Fort Greene brownstone
“2.8 to buy it. And then about two, I'm sorry, about two million to build it.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 16:41 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Mark O'Brien: Permitting delay for West Village townhouse has reached 2.5 years
“So it's been two and a half years that I've been waiting for permits.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 3:32 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026
Disclosure
Mark O'Brien Estimates $6M Renovation Budget for 94 Bank Street
“At this stage, closer to six.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 2:25 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026
Disclosure
Mark O'Brien Paid $5.5 Million for 94 Bank Street
“Five, five.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 2:23 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 positive
Insight
O'Brien: Widening staircases with roof bulkheads fixes dark brownstone interiors
“Brownstones are notorious for being a little dark in the middle because there's no windows in the middle typically. So I widen the staircase and I put a lot of light and a bulkhead on the top so you get light down the middle”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 11:00 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Mark O'Brien shares his historical 1-1-3 NYC brownstone flipping math
“The numbers back then were basically you buy for a million, build for a million, and sell for three million. So you make a million bucks. So this house was 800,000. I built it for about 800,000, and I made a lot of mistakes.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 8:06 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026
Assertion Supported
Mark O'Brien: Below-grade basements bypass NYC Floor Area Ratio limits
“And this is basically free square footage, because, you know, in terms of FAR, floor area ratio, they don't count a base because it's below grade, so I try to make it, and right now you're not seeing it at the best I gotta put baseboard on, finish the floor, a…”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 12:15 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2029
Mark O'Brien Targets $17M Sale Price for 94 Bank Street
“17.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 2:29 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Sam Parr estimates Mark O'Brien nets $500k-$1M flipping NYC brownstones
“Basically, I think that he probably does something like 500,000 to a million dollars a year in income, but that's on a good year. On a bad year, he probably can, like, lose money, and it was just a lot of work for that amount of money.”
Sam Parr Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 17:36 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
Jul 21, 2026 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2029
Mark O'Brien projects $6.2M sale price for Fort Greene brownstone
“Six-two.”
Mark O'Brien Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 10:01 I spent a day with a blue-collar millionaire in NYC
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