Entrepreneur · Investor · California Real Estate Broker

Ross M. Budrakey

Seeing the opportunity. Building what comes next.

Ross Budrakey brings business ownership, real estate, education and practical AI together to help owners build more profitable, more valuable businesses with greater freedom.

Founder, Make Your Money Multiply

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A cause we support: Rock Against Trafficking.

Current work

Ideas made tangible.

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Featured practice · Business growth

Make Your Money Multiply

More Profit. More Value. More Freedom.

An ongoing growth partnership for business owners, focused on increasing profitability, business value and transferability. Start with the business as it is, understand where value is being missed and put practical improvements to work.

Stronger recurring revenue, repeatable systems and better customer journeys help a business work with less dependence on its owner. Practical AI supports that work. The aim is a more durable, transferable business, not a promised valuation or sale outcome.

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Featured practice · Commercial real estate

Highest Use Commercial

See the property. Consider the possibilities.

Commercial property positioning and owner representation. Ross’s brokerage work starts with the property, the owner’s objectives and the possibilities of a different use or deal structure.

Consider how a property is used, how it is presented and what a potential buyer needs to understand. Bring the owner’s priorities into the conversation before deciding how to position an opportunity.

California Real Estate Broker · DRE #01981449

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Media & production

MB Studio Productions

Studio production and creative collaboration in Westlake Village.

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Education & presentation

Stage Ready Academy

Ross’s education program develops teen speaking, podcasting and on-camera confidence, with MB as the venue.

Founder · Education program

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Investment-property education

The First Deal System

Evaluate seller-financed investment-property opportunities, understand how a deal is structured and review the numbers. The First Deal Field Guide is self-guided education sold through an external checkout, not a free tool or app. No promise of funding or profit.

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Tax lien education

Winning With Tax Liens

Tax lien education rooted in Ross’s own progression from studying the strategy to investing and then teaching it. Learn to examine the process and the risks, rather than assume an outcome.

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Tools supporting Make Your Money Multiply

Businesses work with Make Your Money Multiply, with diagnostics and tools selected for their needs.

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Experience, in perspective

The perspective behind the work.

Ownership. Sales leadership. Investing. Teaching. Different kinds of work, connected by a habit of learning and putting it to use.

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  1. Today

    An owner who keeps building

    Make Your Money Multiply brings together business growth, education and practical AI. Ross also founded and owns Greenmeadow Investments, his investment company.

    Greenmeadow Investments

  2. Sep 2018–Jan 2024

    The daily reality of ownership

    Owner/operator of Rosamond Self-Serve Car Wash. The experience of running an operating business sits behind his interest in better systems and less owner dependence.

  3. Since 2015

    Property, capital and possibility

    California real estate broker through Highest Use Commercial, with multifamily real estate and private-money experience dating to 2012.

  4. 2012 → 2013

    Invest first. Teach from experience.

    Tax lien investing and U.S. Tax Lien Association courses began in 2012. In 2013, the association hired Ross to travel and teach the strategy.

  5. 2008–2012

    Sales leadership inside a larger operation

    Sales manager at Amtech within United Technologies. Commercial elevator work meant dealing with buildings, property managers and operations personnel.

  6. 1993–1995

    A foundation in understanding people

    A psychology degree from SUNY Plattsburgh, followed by decades of professional education, reading and learning in the field.

Principles

People first. Value that lasts.

How can we help?

The question Ross credits to his father. Start with the other person’s situation, not with something to sell.

Keep your word.

Trust is built in what happens after the conversation. Do what you said you would do.

Build lasting value.

Look beyond the immediate transaction. Create something useful that keeps working for the people it serves.

More working principles

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What could your business become?

Start with what you’ve built. Explore the opportunities to make it more profitable, more valuable and less dependent on you.

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Experience and perspective are not a substitute for legal, tax or individualized financial advice.

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