If you’re evaluating a recession-resistant franchise, the first question shouldn’t be whether a business is somehow immune to economic cycles. Very few are. The better question is whether customers still need the service when conditions change. Business brokerage is a...
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One of the questions I hear from prospective franchise owners is pretty simple: If I start as a broker, what can this business look like three, five, or ten years? It’s a great question because there’s a big difference between creating a job for yourself and building...
For a long time, there was a fairly predictable picture of the person who bought a franchise. They would spend 20 or 30 years in corporate America, reach their 40s or 50s, and decide they were finally ready to work for themselves. That person is still out there. But...
For years, people in business brokerage have talked about the “silver tsunami,” the wave of baby boomer business owners who would eventually reach retirement and need to decide what happens to the companies they spent decades building. That wave, once a...
Every year, thousands of business owners reach a turning point. They may be ready to retire, transition into a new chapter, relocate, address a partnership change, or finally capture the value of the company they spent decades building. For many of those owners,...
You don't need half a million dollars to own a franchise. That's one of the biggest misconceptions holding first-time entrepreneurs back from making a move. The reality? Some of the most profitable franchise models in the country require less than $100,000 to launch,...
The office-optional era isn't just a trend for salaried employees. It's reshaping franchise ownership, too. More entrepreneurs are choosing franchise models they can operate entirely from a home office, with no commercial lease, no storefront, and no requirement to be...
Morgan Stanley projects $34 billion in efficiency gains for the brokerage and real estate industry by 2030—all driven by AI automation. That represents 37% of current tasks becoming automated, freeing professionals to focus on the strategic, relationship-driven work...
