Iris Levine bought a 30-year-old construction firm just steps from the rough Nashville neighborhood where she grew up.

Topics in Iris’s interview:

• Working 3 jobs to pay for college
• Background in high-growth startups
• Forming her own acquisition mastermind group
• Finding an unlisted business through a broker
• Buying a porch construction company
• Putting 5% down without outside investors
• Choosing to forego a quality of earnings
• Adding technology for project management
• Motivation to find work-life flexibility
• Possibility of expanding their offerings

References and how to contact Iris:

• LinkedIn
• Episode #233 with Alan Lochridge

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