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Out of curiosity has anyone every thought about buying a franchise business? If you did which business did you consider and why?
H and I looked into this on a very limited basis when he lost his job and there were a lot of opportunities. We joke around a bit about how we should open a Taco Bell since we live near 3 universities and there isn't one in the area.
Re: Franchises
This guy took a step "down" in order to meet his future goal of owning a Chick Fil A. Pretty interesting!
Without having done much research I'm thinking services based companies have some good growth potential. We started using camp bow wow for our dog boarding, grooming and occasional daycare and have been to 3 different locations. We like them and know there will be a degree of consistency at their locations.
B'ham has 4 that I can think of - the fourth just opened in the last year - and they are all packed.
Nashville could be a chick fil a mecca if somebody would get it together and open one in the downtown/Vanderbilt area. I can only think of 3 chick fil as in the nashville area, and they are all a fair distance from downtown.
I've thought about D&D before but wouldn't do anything about it! Big hit here!
That sounds like a huge opportunity right there! No Taco Bells within the area of 3 universities. That's just wrong, lol.
I don't know if you're just focused on franchises, but there are always local businesses for sale also. It's possibly a cheaper, easier way to get started, as long as it is already a successful business. I think there's a section on Craig's List for that and I'm sure there are brokers/real estate agents who focus on just business sales.
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