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The Content Site Flipping Playbook: Real Math, No Hype

Learn the unvarnished truth about buying, improving, and selling content websites. Mark Stevens breaks down the actual math and avoiding com

Exit Math: Knowing When (and How) to Sell Your Business

Don't fall in love with your assets. Mark Stevens explains the 'boring' math of timing your exit to maximize your payout and

Amazon FBA Bundles: Escaping the Race to the Bottom

Stop competing on price for single items. Mark Stevens shares his strategy for creating unique, high-margin bundles that keep the 'big

The Boring Infrastructure of a 7-Figure Home Business

Mark Stevens pulls back the curtain on the un-sexy systems, taxes, and tech that keep a high-revenue home business from falling apart.

Tax Structure: LLC vs S-Corp for Home Business Owners

Mark Stevens breaks down the 'boring' tax math that can save you thousands. Learn when to make the switch and why your CPA is your

Small SaaS for Non-Developers: Solving Boring Problems

You don't need to know how to code to own a software business. Mark Stevens shares how to find and solve 'boring' problems wi

Local Lead-Gen: The 'Blue Collar' Online Business

Mark Stevens explains why generating leads for local plumbers and roofers is more profitable—and more stable—than almost any other online mo

The Courses I'd Actually Buy: A Skeptic's Guide to Learning

Mark Stevens cuts through the 'bizop' noise to tell you which skills are worth paying for and how to spot a guru who's actual

Niche Affiliate Site Math: Profit over Popularity

Mark Stevens explains why chasing high-traffic keywords is a fool's errand. Focus on the 'boring' math of high-intent niches

My playbooks

Six business models I’ve personally run. Each playbook has the setup, the math, the realistic timeline, and the mistakes I made.

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Site Flipping

Buy an underperforming content site, fix it in 60–90 days, resell at a 2–4x multiple. The playbook I used for my first big win.

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Niche Affiliate Sites

Single-vertical content sites monetized via affiliate programs. Slower to build, defensible long-term, mostly hands-off after year one.

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Amazon FBA Bundles

Private-label bundle products on Amazon. Harder than the gurus tell you, but the playbook works if you pick the right category.

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Newsletter Monetization

Building a small but loyal newsletter to ~10–25k subs, then monetizing via sponsorships, affiliate, and a small paid product.

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Local Lead-Gen

Rank for a local service ("plumber Tampa", "roofer Tucson"), sell the leads to local contractors. Boring but pays consistently.

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Small SaaS

A specific tool for a specific group, $29–49/month, no VC, no growth-hacking. The hardest of the six but the best multiples on exit.

2014
Doing this since
7
Businesses built
2
Sold for 6 figures
$0
Mastermind upsells

About The Home Biz Guru

I’m Mark Stevens. I’ve been quietly building and selling small online businesses out of my home office for the past eleven years. The Home Biz Guru is where I share the playbooks I’ve actually used — minus the $5k course markup.

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