Detailingtime
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Who here can leave there detailing business and come back and have a paycheck waiting on them....In my eyes this is true freedom agree or disagree?
Can your business run without you being there?
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Just02896
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In my opinion, whether or not a detailing business can function without the owner on site depends heavily on a couple of things. I would say that the three biggest factors would be whether or not you can afford the salary of a dependable manager / laborer to keep the worker bees running efficiently, income, and overhead. The two biggest issues that many run into depending on location is that they cannot get volume or the price per car needed to float an anchored detailing business.
I have never seen it done correctly. I have seen large shops with big overhead and mediocre work pull it off but I have yet to see a shop that does great work that the owner is not almost always present. If you figure out a way let us know. If you found the perfect manager and low overhead with lots of work it could happen.
trekkeruss
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Seems like many if not most really successful entrepreneurs don't want to leave their business to run itself. They are always looking for ways to do more, and work 14 hour days/90 hour weeks. Work to these people is not a four letter word.
Detailingtime
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Trekk I want to leave my business to build the business further... Always working Always grinding Always hustling to grow...Like Eric Thomas says "When you want success as much as you want to breathe you'll succeed"
Detailingtime
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Brandon I dont care to do what i see most detailers do $400 on a lambo spend 20 hours wow u just made $20 a hour big deal....I want production work in Parking garages wash/wax in out catering to 98% of the population
Detailingtime
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Brandon not trying to be offensive just not my business plan....
No offense taken I hope you succeed . This is something I often think about myself. If I lived south I would consider going full time and hiring help but in Michigan it gets cold in the winter. A heated shop is mandatory and people cancel for weather. I do it as a hobby for friends and family but have been doing it a long time and started out full time in a production type shop and then a full service car wash. So I have seen all the wrong ways of doing it. The only shop I would ever recommend that I know of and I always watch, the owner or his son are always on site and both are hard workers. They have a carwash attached to their building and that help balances the highs and lows. If you find a process that works please share. I think it could be done, I just have not seen it yet. Good luck.
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If your running a small business and not on site most the time it will fail 90% of the time now days. 90% of most employees don't care about your business at all and just want a paycheck. Unless the person you have running it while your gone has a stake in it he won't care ether really.
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Have to have a large business with a great general manager and turn key processes in place for that to work. Most businesses have none of that much less detail shops which are in general run much less professionally than most businesses.
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mmm you can still tune your service and make 100$ an hour , i can get a 2 step correction on black porsche in 2.3- 3h hours and charge $450 with one helper. i do what`s essential and i deliver results. and that`s exterior only, i don`t even open the doors. so rise your prices , sell quality and you make your 100/h easy....with low overhead.
to me dealing with 98% of population is just asking for trouble.
i am not sure how long you been in detailing business, but having an mom minivan or a beat up truck every day , sounds trouble.
to answer your questions , if you business is setup right and you have the right trained people , you should be able to run it without you , but you still gonna pay , if you are not involved in marketing , quality control, people management , accounting , customer service , etc , you have to pay professional people to do it for you. i see it possible.
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It all depends. The great operators of any endeavor want to attend to their operation. You might be better of buying a strip mall, and leas out the spaces, or a quarter car wash, and hire someone to perform maintenance. There are better ways to make money without actually working.
The man I work for is filthy rich, multi millionaire. He owns three properties with automatic car washes on them. He leases two of them out, and operates the one where I work. In 2009 he retired from Ford, where he was in upper management. He did the absentee owner thing from 1996 until 2008. In 2004 he built one of his operations, and in 2008 he bought the third location.
It is possible, but, BUT. Those shops were a mess. Drunk, high, unprofessional employees, really talented manager, who let people get away with too much. After his 40 hour work week, he'd work weekends at his washes, where he'd observe things, and make necessary adjustments. Once he retired from Ford, he was and still visits is daily, where he briefs us, and inspects every nuance to ensure the operation is running to his specifications.
After he leased out the location he bought in 2008, he concentrated on his original was, the one his Father owned before he bought it... Revenue per car increased, our tips increased, and after many construction setbacks, volume is increasing.... The man is incredible. I believe it's a combination of his intelligence, dedication, energy level, and persona that attributes to his success. If he leases me this wash, he will be getting three BIG checks a month, that in total, easily cover my annual income.
You have to work to get established. You have to show your staff how you want things done. It would take so much money to make an attempt to pay a manager to care, that he could be making more than you. This applies to almost any service oriented business. Possible? Absolutely. Worth it? Maybe.
The man I work for is filthy rich, multi millionaire. He owns three properties with automatic car washes on them. He leases two of them out, and operates the one where I work. In 2009 he retired from Ford, where he was in upper management. He did the absentee owner thing from 1996 until 2008. In 2004 he built one of his operations, and in 2008 he bought the third location.
It is possible, but, BUT. Those shops were a mess. Drunk, high, unprofessional employees, really talented manager, who let people get away with too much. After his 40 hour work week, he'd work weekends at his washes, where he'd observe things, and make necessary adjustments. Once he retired from Ford, he was and still visits is daily, where he briefs us, and inspects every nuance to ensure the operation is running to his specifications.
After he leased out the location he bought in 2008, he concentrated on his original was, the one his Father owned before he bought it... Revenue per car increased, our tips increased, and after many construction setbacks, volume is increasing.... The man is incredible. I believe it's a combination of his intelligence, dedication, energy level, and persona that attributes to his success. If he leases me this wash, he will be getting three BIG checks a month, that in total, easily cover my annual income.
You have to work to get established. You have to show your staff how you want things done. It would take so much money to make an attempt to pay a manager to care, that he could be making more than you. This applies to almost any service oriented business. Possible? Absolutely. Worth it? Maybe.