Eric Spofford
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If you understand addiction, it ends in only a couple different places. The person ends up in recovery or they end up in jails, institutions and death. And the thing you need to consider is what are you going to regret if the worst case situation happens?
If you understand addiction, it ends in only a couple different places. The person ends up in recovery or they end up in jails, institutions and death. And the thing you need to consider is what are you going to regret if the worst case situation happens?
And that is the tool, the mechanism that you need to overcome your anxiety and your fear on confronting your loved one that has alcoholism and has addiction
And that is the tool, the mechanism that you need to overcome your anxiety and your fear on confronting your loved one that has alcoholism and has addiction
Straight to the money. We're out here breaking rules. I like it. That's appropriate, right?
Straight to the money. We're out here breaking rules. I like it. That's appropriate, right?
If anyone's going to break the rules, I'm honored.
If anyone's going to break the rules, I'm honored.
Quick bio, folks. Listen, grew up in the greater Boston area. Lived a very crazy life. Got involved in drugs and alcohol. Young age. state's youngest convicted drug dealer. I believe I still hold the record for that. Fifth grade, I believe I was 11 years old, selling weed. Yep, got a kid named Garrick Pelletier, ratted me out. I still fucking hate him. Just kidding.
Quick bio, folks. Listen, grew up in the greater Boston area. Lived a very crazy life. Got involved in drugs and alcohol. Young age. state's youngest convicted drug dealer. I believe I still hold the record for that. Fifth grade, I believe I was 11 years old, selling weed. Yep, got a kid named Garrick Pelletier, ratted me out. I still fucking hate him. Just kidding.
And, you know, that led to, you know, the next 10 years of just an insane life. Got addicted to Oxycontin, which turned into heroin. You know, crime, violence, jail, streets, yada, yada, yada. And I got sober on December 7th of 2006, just before my 22nd birthday. Went on to find a passion in helping others recover from addiction and alcoholism. Did it at first on a volunteer basis.
And, you know, that led to, you know, the next 10 years of just an insane life. Got addicted to Oxycontin, which turned into heroin. You know, crime, violence, jail, streets, yada, yada, yada. And I got sober on December 7th of 2006, just before my 22nd birthday. Went on to find a passion in helping others recover from addiction and alcoholism. Did it at first on a volunteer basis.
That turned into an entrepreneurial idea. Started my home state's very first sober living home. Scaled that over 13 years, two months to the largest provider of addiction treatment services in New England. Sold it for $115 million to a private equity-backed strategic.
That turned into an entrepreneurial idea. Started my home state's very first sober living home. Scaled that over 13 years, two months to the largest provider of addiction treatment services in New England. Sold it for $115 million to a private equity-backed strategic.
Alongside that, I've done a couple hundred million in real estate transactions, invested in many other opportunities, and built a little bit of a personal brand. I've been messing around here on social media for the last few years, having a good time. connecting with like-minded folks like Dan.
Alongside that, I've done a couple hundred million in real estate transactions, invested in many other opportunities, and built a little bit of a personal brand. I've been messing around here on social media for the last few years, having a good time. connecting with like-minded folks like Dan.
Now, today, back at it in the addiction treatment space, active day-to-day CEO of two explosively growing businesses. One, Treatment X, a national collective of treatment centers. We acquired two businesses in Q4 of last year. We're set to acquire four more this year. So we're currently operating facilities in California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and growing expeditiously.
Now, today, back at it in the addiction treatment space, active day-to-day CEO of two explosively growing businesses. One, Treatment X, a national collective of treatment centers. We acquired two businesses in Q4 of last year. We're set to acquire four more this year. So we're currently operating facilities in California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and growing expeditiously.
And then a separate business, which is Turnkey Real Estate, where we are taking ordinary average Americans and giving them the opportunity to buy investment-grade single-family homes under $100,000 that are cash-flowing with low-income Section 8 tenants. So that's the majority of my day-to-day.
And then a separate business, which is Turnkey Real Estate, where we are taking ordinary average Americans and giving them the opportunity to buy investment-grade single-family homes under $100,000 that are cash-flowing with low-income Section 8 tenants. So that's the majority of my day-to-day.