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Chris Hoffmann

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Chris Hoffmann

@STLChrisH

Father of 3. CEO to 750+. Building companies that last. Author of The Path Less Traveled (link in bio)

Midwest USA

Joined January 2014

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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Jun 20, 2025
What an honor to receive tonight. But I’ll be honest - I feel a little strange accepting an award with “Entrepreneur” in the title when I didn’t actually start the business. That credit goes to my dad, Robert, who founded Hoffmann Brothers with a toolbox, a vision, and -
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Mar 26, 2024
My dad’s warehouse was in a not-so-great part of the city. He needed to buy several adjacent homes to expand his business— and was able to buy most for $15,000 each. These were homes with boarded up windows, no AC, and very run down. But one gentlemen refused to sell his
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Feb 19, 2025
This is Mike. He joined us as a laborer, breaking up concrete, after earning his GED. Paid $15 per hour Mike was promoted from: Laborer to Plumbing installer to Field manager to Director of Ops to Vice President of Ops to Vice President of Ops & Integrations He earned every
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Jul 28, 2024
My dad’s warehouse was in a not-so-great part of the city. He needed to buy several adjacent homes to expand his business— and was able to buy most of these homes for $15,000 each. These were homes with boarded up windows, no AC, and very run down. But one gentlemen refused to
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Mar 26, 2024
This same guy (who sold us his house) would go outside with a shotgun to chase off looters back in the 90s and 2000s. Why did we have looters? Because we would store cages full of copper AC coils in the yard in the rear. Copper would fetch a nice price per pound at metal
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Oct 28, 2025
My god. The vast majority of American households cannot afford this. Are these the government exchange offerings?
Mark Meredith, CFP®️
@MarkTMeredith
Oct 28, 2025
There are 9 options for health insurance in my zip code. Here are the 3 silver plans:
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Apr 5, 2025
Replying to @SMB_Attorney
I wish they would’ve added “and the IRS gets ZERO”
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Nov 12, 2025
Boomers had it easy? Let’s clear the air. Yes. Boomers benefited from falling interest rates, and with that came rising asset prices. But let’s not pretend they coasted through life on a wave of luck. They lived through: - 18% mortgage rates in the 1980s - Oil shocks and gas
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Sep 29, 2024
The shortage of skilled trades talent in the reason we bought a 40,000 sqft school, and built our own training programs… FREE to students. Quick path to $120,000+ earnings potential. Debt free. Free health insurance premiums for you and your family Up to 29 paid days off 8%
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Jan 12, 2025
My friend sold his garage door business for over $500 million. He was doing about $130m in revenue. Residential service and replacement, not new construction. The appeal of this industry over HVAC? Some homeowners actually WANT to replace their garage door…
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Oct 28, 2025
This only gets better with age. Missed out on $3,773,393 of gains - or 34.3% returns since reducing S&P500 position 18 months ago. Bookmark this post for when you think you are ready to time the market.
Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Mar 6, 2024
Today we placed a “sell” order for $11,000,000 of public equities to pay down $11,000,000 of floating rate real estate debt. The timing feels right… (when the market rips in 2024… everyone can tell me how wrong I was 😁) But I’ll sleep better tonight.
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Feb 19, 2025
These HVAC programs were criminal. The federal government was about to pay HVAC contractors $8000 per heat pump installed for homeowners who made less than roughly $50,000. Sounds reasonable? Well here’s how it would work in practice: Contractors become door to door sales
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Sep 29, 2025
Homeowners are catching on. As private equity buys your local lawn care company, HVAC company, pest control company, plumbing company, and roofer… Here is what they don’t want homeowners to know about their playbook: 1. Everyone gets paid on commission. Not just sales teams,
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Chris Hoffmann
@STLChrisH
Oct 19, 2025
A friend of mine was recently having the inside of her house painted. When the painters showed up, she texted me how great they were. I was confused... It was 8am. I was like, how can you rate their quality if they just arrived? She then proceeded to send me a picture of
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