DiscoverThe SMB Deal Hunter Podcast[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig
[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig

[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig

Update: 2025-11-21
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This week’s episode with Bill Haig is one of the most impressive absentee owner stories we’ve featured.


Bill owns 4 gym locations in Northern Virginia…. 


But he’s never been inside any of them.


That’s a lot of first time business buyers’ dream. A ‘passive business’. But how did he get here? 


Bill was an Army officer who bought his first gym with zero fitness experience right after his MBA. 


And after spending the first few years in the business, he was able to work himself completely out of the day-to-day.


In the episode, we talk about that and…


🔥 What he learned in his first year of being involved in the business. (And some serious skeletons in the closet


🔥 How he fixed the gym’s broken business model to one that made it possible for him to scale to 4 locations. 


🔥 The "fetal moment" he went through after taking over the business, where he was doubting whether he’d made the right call.

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[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig

[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig

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