ericn
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Post by ericn on Sept 24, 2017 4:19:02 GMT -6
Steel yourself to surrender all manner of unexpected tributes to state, county and city entities.. For example, it's not uncommon for a city to asses an annual fee based on the value of your equipment within the building. One city I know has a fee just to hang a sign over your store front... $1,000/year! And then there is insurance to consider. In Los Angeles they tax you for the square footage of your building's roof. I call it the "bird shit on the roof tax" as it's designed to help clean up the bird feces that collects and washes down the storm drains.
High operating costs an low profit potential is why any bank will not provide a loan for a recording studio, it's not a profitable business model anymore.
Many years ago their was a Buisness case study about a big NY based music study built on Bank money the consensus was it was a good plan, I being the dumb kid argued bad idea, NY real estate and one dimensional client base was not good in the long, long term , I think it was Avatar, because my old B school instructor sent me an email about the time they closed and said I was wrong and right, I told him I was right if you counted all the years they lost money! Don't do this for extra cash, go in thinking this is going to lose rather than make money, if your wrong you will be just as happy as if your right!
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Post by keymod on Sept 24, 2017 5:01:19 GMT -6
The only time extra cash becomes a reality is when all of the gear is paid back, not paid for.
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