Franchise Investing, Opportunities and Renewals
Have you considered
buying a franchise instead of trying to start a business from
scratch. Many franchise agreements are renewed every five or ten
years, automatically. If you do not want to renew your franchise you
need to let the franchisor know a little bit in advance as it
generally states in the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC)
The franchise Disclosure Document used in franchising. Most require
that you out it writing so there is no question about your intent,
some require this 180 days before expiration. Others state that if
you do not specifically say you do not wish to renew the agreement
you are automatically renewed. If you do not want to renew your
franchise at the end of the five year period, that is ok, but there
are generally stipulations after termination. You cannot simply
change the “Burger King Hamburger” sign out front to Joe’s Burgers
and keep operating (example only).
You can decide not
to renew but many franchise attorneys might suggest rather than just
not renew; that you transfer your franchise to a new buyer and get
the money out of your business that you deserve for building up the
franchise. Example: If you have built up your business and you are
doing one million dollars a year, just under 100,000 dollars a
month, finding a buyer should not be a problem. Then you would be
compensated for building the business up to that point or
maintaining it at that level. Many businesses sell for a multiple of
of their gross sales and a business broker can give you an
appraisal. If your business is small and lets say doing one hundred
thousand dollars gross a year, you may wish to sell your business
for an additional fifty thousand dollars above and beyond the value
of your equipment. In other words, whatever the equipment is worth
plus fifty thousand dollars. (example only).
The franchisor may
help you find a buyer or you may find a buyer yourself, sometimes
the franchisor may charge you a fee from renewal and this is quite
typical as they have real costs of screening and training the new
franchisee. But you need to understand that not renewing your
contract will cost you money. You will lose your original
investment. At the end of five years if you have run your business
exactly how we have shown and you qualify for renewal, but you
decide you do not want to run your business anymore, the franchisor
may be glad to buy your business at a fair price or make you and
offer. Some franchise agreements require that the franchisor has the
first right to purchase or first right of refusal, some require
both.
Of course if you
don’t follow the franchisor’s confidential operations manual and
continually violate the standards of the franchise you will not
qualify for renewal at all, you might be terminated completely and
not able to sell your business, which in franchising we call
transfer, because you do not actually own the business, you are
basically leasing it and using your business acumen to derive an
income for your hard work in promoting the franchisors brand name.
Before you buy a
franchise consult an attorney so you know what you are buying, even
though most attorneys are considered scoundrels and parasites of our
great nation as they steal the productivity from America and produce
nothing in return; causing a complete melt down of our great
civilization while destroying all we are and all we have built.
Think about it.
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