matquestion
01-26-2004, 04:24 AM
Got a question regarding a mat I am looking at. I know this may be small to some of you, but hear me out.
I'm looking at a mat in a rural area. The nearest other mat is 40 miles RT in any direction and they are all pits. This one is newly remodeled @ 1.5 years ago. There is all new equipment. The place is clean and really nice looking. There are 7 stacks, 7 tops, 7 18#, one 50# and one 30#. I know they are short on the big machines.
The original owner lost the place for failure to pay the bills, rent, equip. loan etc. They apparently had a gambling problem. The current owner says it grosses about 4k a month, with verifiable expenses of 1600-1800 a month (rent, equip. payment and utilities). I verified the income from the machine counters. The current owner just came into the picture to fix it up and get the customers coming back, since the old owner had pissed most of them off so much that they were driving to these other mats, rather than go there. (The old owner raised the prices really high, 50# @ 7.50, 30# @ 4.50, 18's at 3.00, etc) The current owner does not want to run it long term and was asking in the low 60'sK. The finance company has worked out a nice deal to take over the note and has dropped the balance. There are timer locks on the doors and camera's present.
I know it is not a lot to some of you, but I thought it might be good for a small town. I know how to fix the equip. and my wife can run the place. What do you think?
I'm looking at a mat in a rural area. The nearest other mat is 40 miles RT in any direction and they are all pits. This one is newly remodeled @ 1.5 years ago. There is all new equipment. The place is clean and really nice looking. There are 7 stacks, 7 tops, 7 18#, one 50# and one 30#. I know they are short on the big machines.
The original owner lost the place for failure to pay the bills, rent, equip. loan etc. They apparently had a gambling problem. The current owner says it grosses about 4k a month, with verifiable expenses of 1600-1800 a month (rent, equip. payment and utilities). I verified the income from the machine counters. The current owner just came into the picture to fix it up and get the customers coming back, since the old owner had pissed most of them off so much that they were driving to these other mats, rather than go there. (The old owner raised the prices really high, 50# @ 7.50, 30# @ 4.50, 18's at 3.00, etc) The current owner does not want to run it long term and was asking in the low 60'sK. The finance company has worked out a nice deal to take over the note and has dropped the balance. There are timer locks on the doors and camera's present.
I know it is not a lot to some of you, but I thought it might be good for a small town. I know how to fix the equip. and my wife can run the place. What do you think?