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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Hey Indiana, well some comments said I was crazy paying 1mill to build a carwash. 650k for land 400k for building/wash. The guy that bought the property last summer (650k), is now asking 1.9million...But he is willing to build up to a 700 sq ft building. If I decide to do this, I was going to...
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Thanks again for the info, I'm really thinking hard about the business. I'm 40 so I don't have many years left. I know land is down in the US but here in Canada they are going up and steadly so. I also have to realize that even though mortage rates are around 4% for 5 yrs, lending rates are...
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Thanks Robert and everyone else for their input. Can I ask for those that worked for 3 months free how did you manage to pay bills etc? Do you have a spouse or family that gave you money as I did some quick math and I spend around 6000 over 3 month. So for me a single dude, too not work and...
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Yes, the land I looked at is on a corner lot 210 w by 100 deep. Its on a major road in the city, and no car wash inside of 5km radius. I could lease it from the guy he has a sign up not willing to build a building. I would like to think about working at a car wash but minimum wage is $10/hr I...
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Well after doing more reading on this site I'm starting to get some concerns. Not only with opening a car wash but any business. Here is the situation I and a partner are considering doing a fruit smoothie business or the car wash. I spoke to a franchisee of the smoothie shop, its 250k to get...
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    A job, that should pay a lot of money

    Not sure about my bum puckering but I know watching that made by "boys" want to be closer to me .. I tell you what, I would be wearing one of those base jumping parachutes if I had to go free climb those last free feet.
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    Sorry, I did more searching and I found what some people posted what rates they used for capturing so I'm going to us that as my basis. I also found a company on the net that has a treatment for removing oil. My goal between using this system to clean up my water and recycle it and adding rain...
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    Potential Car wash owner questions

    I've read a lot of threads but somethings I can't find so that is why I'm posting. I'm looking at building one of 2 types of car washes. A) 3-4 bay SS with a IBA ( the property for this location is 650K) this location has 54,000 car go past everyday based on 2009 data B) a 10 bay SS with a...
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