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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2026 · 5 MIN

The $80K/Year Cell Tower Business: 80% Margins, Almost Passive Income

from JackQuisitions - Small Business Acquisitions in Home Service · host Jack Carr

What if you could build one piece of infrastructure and collect rent from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile for decades?In this episode of JackQuisitions, Jack Carr breaks down the business of developing cell towers and why he regrets not getting into it years ago.Jack covers the startup costs, revenue potential, 80%+ site-level margins, long-term carrier leases, and why a tower with three tenants can potentially generate around $80,000 per year in site rent. He also explains the biggest mistake new developers can make: building the tower before finding demand.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In this episode, Jack covers:• How the cell tower business actually works• Why carriers rent space instead of owning every tower• The economics of a $275,000 cell tower• How three tenants can generate around $80K per year• Why site-level margins can exceed 80%━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Follow Jack for More Business & Acquisition Insights𝕏: https://x.com/thehvacjack━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#BusinessIdeas #PassiveIncome #CellTowers #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #JackQuisitionsSend us Fan MailJackquisitions Newsletter:Your favorite source for how to buy small businesses.🖊️ Sign up HERE for more insights 📢 Enjoyed the episode? ✅ Like, Comment & Subscribe for weekly insights on business acquisitions, deal flow, marketing, and growth strategies!📌 Disclaimer: Some links may include UTM parameters or affiliate relationships, meaning we may earn a commission if you make a purchase. Episodes may feature sponsors, but all opinions expressed are our own.

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What if you could build one piece of infrastructure and collect rent from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile for decades? In this episode of JackQuisitions, Jack Carr breaks down the business of developing cell towers and why he regrets not getting into it years ago. Jack covers the startup costs, revenue potential, 80%+ site-level margins, long-term carrier leases, and why a tower with three tenants can potentially generate around $80,000 per year in site rent. He also explains the biggest mist...

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