Imagine turning down Uber at a valuation of $10 million, only to watch it go public at over $80 billion.

That’s exactly what happened to Mark Cuban… a 799,900% return, gone.

But original Shark Tank investor Kevin Harrington built his career doing the opposite: spotting asymmetric opportunities before they go mainstream.

Like Uber turned vehicles into income-generating assets, Mode Mobile is turning smartphones into income streams.

They were named the #1 fastest-growing software company by Deloitte and have already helped their users earn and save over $1B.

Kevin Harrington invested early.

And at just $0.52/share, you can still get in before their potential IPO.

Secure shares at $0.52 while the pre-IPO window is still open.

^{Potential Uber return for Marc Cuban does not take into account dilution.}

^{The Deloitte rankings are based on submitted applications and public company database research, with winners selected based on their fiscal-year revenue growth percentage over a three-year period in 2023.}

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Six months ago the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index was enough to make headlines. Consumer confidence had fallen to its second-lowest reading ever. If you spend much time watching financial news, you might have come away believing the sky is falling. Every talking head seems to have had an opinion about what frightened consumers were going to do next.

The latest data show that consumer sentiment rebounded in June after hitting a record low in May. The University of Michigan index rose from 44.8 to 49.5, helped by lower gasoline prices and easing inflation expectations. However, sentiment remains historically depressed, and the cost of living is still consumers' biggest concern.

Investors look at this differently.

Consumers and investors don't behave the same way because they aren't buying houses for the same reasons. A family shopping for a home is making an emotional purchase. They're imagining Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas mornings, children playing in the backyard, and what the neighbors might be like. When confidence falls, those dreams are easier to postpone. Buyers become cautious. They wait for interest rates to fall, for prices to soften, or simply for the uncertainty to pass.

We're not consumers.

We buy houses the same way a retailer buys inventory. The property isn't the end goal; it's the raw material our business transforms into a finished product. Whether that product is a renovated home, a rental property, or a seller-financed investment, our job isn't to consume real estate. Our job is to operate a business.

That difference changes everything.

Low consumer confidence doesn't have to scare investors because we don't need the market to be perfect. We simply need to understand the environment we're operating in. If buyers are taking longer to make decisions, we should expect longer holding times and include that cost in our analysis. If buyers are asking for seller-paid closing costs, we should assume we'll probably make those concessions too and adjust our offers accordingly. If marketing times are stretching from three weeks to six, we don't complain—we sharpen our pencils and let the numbers account for the additional carrying costs.

The market doesn't owe us easy profits. It never has.

What makes low-confidence markets especially interesting is what happens on the other side of the transaction. Nervous buyers move more slowly, but anxious sellers often become more motivated. People still lose jobs. Families still relocate. Estates still need to be settled. Divorces still happen. Financial problems don't wait for consumer confidence to recover, and neither do many of the people experiencing them.

I've lived through enough market cycles to know that every one of them creates opportunities for investors willing to adapt instead of complain. The investors who struggle are usually trying to force today's market to behave like last year's. The investors who thrive accept today's realities, adjust their assumptions, and write offers that reflect the world as it actually exists.

That's really the lesson here.

Consumer confidence is an interesting economic statistic, but it's also completely outside your control. You can't make people feel optimistic. You can't lower interest rates. You can't shorten the time it takes a retail buyer to make an offer.

You can, however, recognize how those conditions affect your business, adjust your numbers accordingly, and keep buying when the deals make sense.

The headlines may be written for consumers. Your business isn't.

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