Start Your Own Coin-Operated Laundry Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-01
Publisher(s): Entrepreneur Press
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Summary

All the expert advice you need to start your own lucrative coin-operated laundryWith average profit margins of25 percent, Laundromats are agreat business for you to start. Thisrevised and updated editionincludes information on coinoperatedlaundries as well aswash-and-fold services anddry cleaning.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
The New Laundromat
1(8)
Laundromat Renaissance
2(3)
The Good News
3(1)
The Bad News
4(1)
The Annals of Laundromats
5(1)
The Laundromat Life
6(3)
Is It for You?
9(12)
No Experience Necessary
10(1)
The Laundromat Personality
10(1)
Suit Your Style
11(3)
Self-Help
11(2)
Caring for Your Store
13(1)
The Down Payment
13(1)
The Daily Routine
14(7)
The Hours You Keep
14(1)
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
15(1)
Collecting Coins
16(1)
Safety Comes First
17(1)
Let Us Vend
17(2)
Keeping Track
19(2)
Locating Your Market
21(12)
Location, Location, Location
22(1)
Who Goes There?
22(3)
The Hard Facts
23(2)
The Competition
25(2)
Hidden Rivals
27(1)
Other Pieces of the Puzzle
27(3)
Zoned Out
27(1)
Lease, Lease, Lease
28(1)
Park it Here
29(1)
See and Be Seen
29(1)
On a Mission
30(3)
To Buy or Build?
33(12)
When to Build
34(2)
Building 101
35(1)
When to Buy
36(9)
If You Buy
36(1)
Kicking the Tires
37(4)
Crunching the Numbers
41(1)
What's it Worth to You?
42(3)
The New Laundromat
45(10)
Start-Up Costs
46(5)
Research and Development
46(2)
Licenses and Hidden Fees
48(1)
The Goods
48(2)
Other Equipment
50(1)
For Example
51(2)
Finding the Money
53(1)
Choosing a Structure
54(1)
Calling in the Experts
55(6)
Distributors
56(2)
Choosing a Distributor
56(1)
A Second Opinion
57(1)
Consultants
58(1)
Contractors
58(1)
Designers
59(1)
Repairpersons
59(1)
Other Expertise
60(1)
Getting Equipped
61(10)
Machine Basics
62(3)
The Right Mix
62(2)
Where Everything Goes
64(1)
Equipment TLC
64(1)
In Hot Water
65(1)
The Card Advantage
66(2)
Happy with Coins
68(3)
Dressing the Store
71(8)
General Guidelines
72(2)
Floor It
72(1)
Window Dressing
73(1)
Sign Away
73(1)
Setting Yourself Apart
74(5)
For the Little Kids
75(1)
For the Big Kids
75(1)
Snack Time
76(3)
The Attended Laundry
79(12)
Wash-and-Fold
80(4)
How it Works
80(3)
Pricing and Turnaround
83(1)
Delivery
84(1)
Dry Cleaning
84(1)
Attending Your Laundry
84(7)
To Attend or Not to Attend
84(1)
Fitting the Description
85(2)
Shifty Attendants
87(1)
Hiring Hints
88(1)
Training Time
89(1)
What's the Motive?
90(1)
Promoting Your Store
91(8)
Of Advertising and Laundries
92(7)
Grand Opening
93(1)
New Kid in Town
94(1)
The Trusty Phone Book
94(1)
Preaching to the Converted
95(1)
Ideas that Worked---and Didn't
96(1)
Word-of-Mouth
96(3)
Counting the Coins
99(10)
Balancing the Books
100(4)
Incoming
100(2)
Outgoing
102(2)
The Bottom Line
104(1)
The Price Is Right
105(1)
Tax Time
106(3)
Staying on Top
109(6)
Vandals and Thieves
110(1)
Staying Out of Court
110(2)
Cutting Costs
112(1)
Keys to Success
113(2)
Appendix
115(4)
Home Inspection Resources
115(4)
Glossary 119(2)
Index 121

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