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    Property Tax Woes

    I got mine lowered around $100k and this is what i did. In my case I paid 250, tax value was 175 or so, and i got it lowered to 85 or so. its been a couple years ago now but thats the gist of it. IMO, what you paid for the property and what the tax value is have nothing to do with each...
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    Appraisal On Tunnel Car Wash - Accurate or Not?

    Hkim I would ask my loan officer for the complete appraisal before I closed on anything. If you pay for it, it's yours. The appraiser may not give it to you, but the bank has to. It may be worth more (or less) than you think. If more, and the numbers work, you might be leavin money on the...
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    First break in.

    Glad you got him but I'm surprised he got arrested. In NC, breaking into a coin op "vending" machine is a misdemeanor. Historically an officer comes and fills out a report. And that's the end of it. Hopefully your criminal at least wore some bracelets and will spend at least a not in the...
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    What are you currently doing for advertising?

    I pay a guy $8/ hour to stand out at the road on the edge of my lot and wave a sign and act stupid. He does a great job and it is VERY effective. SOmetimes I put him in a costume that i buy from costumes direct. So far he has been santa clause, the easter bunny, cupid, uncle sam, jimi...
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    How do I price my wash for sale?

    Not tryin to sound like a jackass,but....there is a big difference in "selling" a wash and "listing a wash for sale". In our love affair with car washes, we tend to get unrealistic in what our business is worth. I have found that the "property investors" don't give a rats patootie what the...
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    Best Cleaning Products

    It depends if the brick is slick finish or sand finish. The sand finish is more absorbent and stains worse. I have no experience with cleaning the slick finish. The following method is like magic on a sand finish wall... ********Wear gloves, eye protection, and skin protection. Like all...
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    Laser 4000 soft start solenoid?

    I am familiar with a LW 4000 I know what soft start means. I know what a solenoid is. What is/does a soft start solenoid do on a 4000 ? Where located ? Thx Bob. Just tryin to learn
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    PDQ, Bad Business

    I hear your frustration with not having received what you thought you bought. It has been stated somewhere that the machine will go slower across the front , just not a back and forth like a 4000 bug pass. You stated somewhere near the beginning of this thread that the bug pass was very...
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    Top Package Sales Percentage

    I'm just an ole dummy but I think 3$-6$ for ANY wash at an EE is silly. Here in NC, in-bay auto prices start at $6 and top package now $14 & $15 at any reputable carwash. I know many in bay operators averaging over $9 a car and several over $10 a car. I know of a couple laserwash 4000's...
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    help with Air compressor

    Tractor supply
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    Determining value with a gross receipts multiplier ???

    Bank hasn't asked for anything. Ive just never understood why people use the multiplier method. It seems to me that it is just some arbitrary figure pulled from the sky that people use for a reason unknown to me. thanks to all who responded. I still think its useless. The swing between...
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    unitec wash select II credit cards

    Cool. Hope that gets you goin. Weird the modem lost your info
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    unitec wash select II credit cards

    They call ya ?
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    help with Air compressor

    Unplug it and take the belt off. See if you can turn the pump and motor over by hand. If yes, plug it back up and see if the motor will run without being belted to the pump. Also, Check voltage and amp load at the motor. Hope this helps. I bought my compressor from Industrial Air of...
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    Determining value with a gross receipts multiplier ???

    i don't understand how a gross income multiplier can determine the value. I hear 2x 3x 4x 5x all the time in this industry. It makes no sense to me. Can someone please explain this logic ???? In my mind, any property is only worth the amount of debt the NET income will support, minus a...
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    SS/IBA Valuation

    i don't understand how a gross income multiplier can determine the value. I hear 2x 3x 4x 5x all the time in this industry. It makes no sense to me. Can someone please explain this logic ???? In my mind, any property is only worth the amount of debt the NET income will support, minus a...
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    unitec wash select II credit cards

    Just a few more notes. -Check the alignment of the ribbon cable for the card reader on both ends. It is very easy to miss one pin in either direction. also make sure the cable is flat and not twisted. -you can also take a laptop out to the unit and unplug the ethernet cable from the modem...
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    unitec wash select II credit cards

    Are you absolutely sure that nothing at all happens ?? DOes the display read "bad card read" or does the voice say "your card could not be read" ??
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    unitec wash select II credit cards

    I did the same as you and had the exact same problem. More detail of exactly what is happening would be helpful. You may have to be standing at the unit to be very specific. In my case it was the " pic" chip on the motherboard. The chip itself was corrupted. Also there are different versions...
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    2016 ICA Car Wash Show

    I used to attend every year between 1995-2006 or so as a vendor. Always worked our booth the ENTIRE time and never got to enjoy the show. Loved the interaction and income but always felt left out. Since then I've gone a different direction and have purposely not attended because I was sick of...
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