really tiring to have to explain typing into a small keyboard, but since i have nothing better to do right now ...

at the start of this thread, the poster wanted to know where to look if he was interested in buying a massage shop. now the massage shop that is not making any money ( or maybe the owner just wants to get out ) would have placed an ad somewhere. he is placing the ad as he is hoping to complete the sale as soon as possible. if the shop was indeed making money, any smart owner would have put the word out that he is looking to sell ( without first spending any money putting up an ad ), in the hope someone would come along to put an offer for the shop. the poster of this thread or any potential massage shop buyer would or should already know which shops around are making money and would have asked if the shop making money was up for sale. any shop that is making money should not be in a hurry to sell, and should be looking for the highest offer instead of bailing out right away.

one contributor in here said i contradict myself. maybe he misread or misunderstood. my original statement : startup might be a little expensive, but if you know what you are doing, and you get the proper traffic, there is money to be made and you can always sell on the shop later and recoup everything, or even more. i said SELL ON the shop, does not necessarily mean SELL THE SHOP. the word recoup is used in reference to the startup. that means maybe i sell whatever equipment that is left to recover what i can on my initial investment. of course, better yet is sell everything, the shop and its contents. but if no buyers, sell equipment, pack up, wrap up and go. that is the meaning of sell on.