Mike,
I met the manager of Rising Tides and spoke with him during dinner at last
SECWA. What a program. They have a lot to be proud of.
Funny, I’ve driven past Rising Tides several times to evaluate it as competitor site for several client projects but never had opportunity to stop and talk shop.
Such a program would be icing on the cake for a repositioned carwash.
By reposition, I mean transition from self-serve business model to one that provides assisted-services, the delivery of which requires employees, people skills and team work.
For example, “….salesman I've been talking to thinks it would work.”
Most carwash projects require supplier as well as other advisers but most sales persons would not be the ideal person to rely for what may work or not. “Think it would work” aims to keep the sale alive.
So, my advice, as always, is to follow process. Select advisers (team), determine viability, design and layout, seek entitlements, etc.
Here, viability means evaluating goals and objectives (i.e. retire, income, investment) and determining feasibility.
Hope this helps.