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		<title>Buying a franchise, is new or resale better?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 13:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to buy a franchise, should you buy a new franchise from the master franchiser or should you buy a resale, one which has already been owned and operated by an existing investor?  There are pros and cons with both and you will have to pick the one which suits you the best.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the difference between buying a franchise and buying an independent business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what you should buy?  Do you buy a business or buy a franchise, which one if better?  Keep in mind, a franchise is a business, it is a specific type of business model.  Other than that, buying a business which is a franchise vs an independent business is very similar.   A franchise and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a franchise vs an independent business, which one is the best for you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have been working for someone for all your life, you want a change or you have been given a financial package and now are looking for something to do.  You want to be your own boss and you want to own your own business but you are not sure do you look to buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What should you consider when buying a franchise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A franchise is a business model which is duplicated over and over again. Presumably, the franchiser has debugged all the problems of operating a business and has found a formula which works efficiently, smoothly and is easy to implement and operate.  They try to make the system fool proof as long as you follow their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you research a good franchise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people want to buy a businesshowever they have never owned a business before and want the comfort of having the ability to rely on someone &#8211; the franchisor.  The Franchisor is the one who tells them how to do things, determines the price, determines the layout of the store.  The franchisor has experimented and come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a franchise &#8211; do I look at a new or resale from the franchisor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you decided that you want to buy a franchise, do you buy an existing franchise or a buy a new franchise?  There are many franchisors who own corporate stores and they sometimes decide to change their corporate policy and sell a corporate store.  Sometimes, these are franchises which have gone bankrupt and were repossessed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franchises are you better off with a new or resale franchise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people want to buy a franchise.  Franchisors are always promoting new franchises because they get larger fees from a new franchise rather than the fee to transfer the ownership of a resale franchise to a new owner.  Many franchisors do not like to admit or talk that existing franchises are bought and sold.  To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a franchises and retail stores is all about location, location, location</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have been thinking about buying a franchise or buying a business which is a retail store.  It may be the best concept around but it is located in a good location?  Many franchises have picked the wrong location.  Even McDonald&#8217;s has closed stores.  Not every location is a great location.  Sometimes the environment changes, something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens if you can&#8217;t buy the franchise that you want?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buying-a-franchise/what-happens-if-you-cant-buy-the-franchise-that-you-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people in Canada want to buy a Tim Horton&#8217;s franchise however, these are one of the hardest franchises to purchase in Canada at the moment.  There are many more people wanting to buy a franchise from this franchisor than there are franchises available.  The more desirable a franchise is, the more difficult it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franchises &#8211; are you better off to buy one large one or multiple small ones?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever notice that franchisors tend to sell more than one franchise to each franchisee?  Ever wondered why?  As in every system where you have many people, some are excellent operators, some are okay operators and typically 10% are poor operators.  Franchisors will tend to sell another franchise to the people who they know that [...]]]></description>
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