Most good business models aren’t invented. They’re inherited.
Derek didn’t learn this from a guru or a course.
A title company mentioned two brothers in Kansas.
Family business.
Contract for deeds.
Running it for over 100 years.
That should stop you for a second.
If a model survives generations…
through wars, recessions, tax changes, and market cycles…
it’s probably not fragile.
So Derek dug in.
Talked to the operators.
Learned how the escrow actually worked.
Saw the volume they were quietly doing.
That’s the real signal.
Not everyone does this.
But the people who do it well… do it at scale.
Old ideas aren’t outdated.
They’re usually just misunderstood.