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Sanchez: ATM route investments break even for first three to four years
“Because how these models work is you really make no money for the first three to four years. You basically break even. And then after it, you can start to have a pretty nice little return.”
Sanchez: Small business acquisition returns remain high due to lacking standardization
“Over time, what happens is those arbitrage opportunities or the difficulty of doing something decreases, which means the return typically decreases too. And so this has happened in stocks. It's happened in real estate. It will happen in crypto, but I think we'…”
Sanchez: Business acquisition loans are underwritten against target's cash flows
“When you go and buy a business, they do it kind of the same way. They buy, you buy a business based off the future cash flow of the business or the assets of the business, not you.”
Sanchez: Buy unsexy community businesses to avoid inflated hype valuations
“Don't just look at the sexy community businesses because those people are going to over inflate the value. And you might be buying into a hype cycle. But I would say look at a lot of like the unsexy community. What about like the dentist, the accounting firm, …”