[Zeke]

I sat in on a franchise seminar designed to sell me one. They can be very convincing with their brand recognition schpeel ad nauseum. Then they get into how well they can organize you for your day to day business chores, like bookkeeping. When you go out on your own to do some research you find that more franchises fail than succeed. The chances are better with the well established ones, but as mentioned, they can be hard to buy and will be expensive.

+1 on long hours and dedication. So what's new?

Oh, and the one I considered? Mr. Build. Totally gone today.