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    Last 6 months business

    2018 is a bad year for me.
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    appraisal

    the owner partner up with his sister but she decided to want out and he sold off her share.
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    appraisal

    its my friend's location, he took over a beat down shop and updated it. his first year number was 29k @ 15 average.. let me put it this way, his wash was doing 40k month in business with 35k of expense and he manage to sell 50% of his share of business to somebody for half a mil. he did not make...
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    cta tip size

    i am wondering what size tip you use for tire chemical on the cta. i am currently using total wheel from simoniz at blue tip.
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    Your car wash worst damage claim?

    i also got a close call last month, a uber driver was next in line for the wash when his transmission broke. i had to close shop for the day. lost 3 hour of business that day.
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    Your car wash worst damage claim?

    my worst claim is not the highest in value but the ridiculous reason it was filed. a bmw x5 was in the middle of the wash when somehow the ebrake was turn on by the car in the middle of the tunnel. my employee manage to stop the conveyor in time before it collide with the next vehicle. the...
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    detail product

    can anyone recommend a good upholstery cleaning chemical, i do not like the product i am using atm. they dont work well with strong stains and leaves a strong odor.
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    buying a closed car wash

    basically this place is one of the worst location you can get for a car wash, horrible location, very small exit, the owner of the next build build a wall between the two properties plus low income area. my partner and i already decided that it is not worth the money, the previous owner did not...
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    appraisal

    if you sold to someone new at the business, you can make more. my friend's wash does 30k cars annually sold half his partner's share for 500k. i would not pay that much money for 100 percent. appraisers are lazy, when i was buying my first wash, they came in numbers that is either too high or...
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    appraisal

    try to get some number from one of those business for sale sites. find a couple of locations that is by you with a similar size and set up. use that to get a reference price.
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    buying a closed car wash

    17 dollar average, the last year this wash was in operation in did 23k car. i normally does not mess with a place like this, however, this one is very close to me(30 blocks). i do not expect to make money from this place. if i can make sure this place survives on its own and does not affect the...
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    buying a closed car wash

    currently the business revenue is zero as the operator can not decide between hand wash or machine wash. atm the tunnel only contains the blower and the rinse arch. everything else is gutted. luckily the soap room and the electrical room are still in tact. i got quoted around 30k cost to bring...
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    buying a closed car wash

    the car wash (full service )closest to me closed down this past march. it is not a busy location and the owner call me once. the price he was asking for at the time was 350,000. 4000 in rent, 7 employee, 15 year balanger machine. the place is pretty run down and has a very small exit. 3 cars on...
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