We Bought a Franchise: Exciting New Franchises & Success Strategies You Need to Know for 2025

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In this episode, hear the inspiring story of Kathryn, who, with our guidance, became a Soccer Stars franchise owner and earned the MVP title for highest revenue in just her second year. We’ll celebrate her success and share our unique insights as top franchise owners ourselves. Learn how our insider knowledge and franchise rebate program can help you find the right match and secure the best deals.

Plus, discover two exciting franchise opportunities—Puddle Pools and Hallmark Home Care—both low-cost, recession-resistant franchises with high scalability. Tune in to explore the next big opportunity in franchising!



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From your pals in franchise ownership, Jack and Jill Johnson.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
What's up everyone?
Welcome back to the InsideScoop.
I'm Jack Johnson, your host,your friendly franchise
consultant, here to bring youall the inside scoop on what's
happening in the world offranchising.
And boy you know.
Guys, here we are.
We're closing in on Christmas.
I think we're a week away fromChristmas Eve.
Today is December 17th, 2024.

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And the franchise market ishumming as I look at my report
and, by the way, for all of youout there who don't know, I'm a
franchise consultant.
My wife, jill and I own acompany called the Franchise
Insiders where we providefranchise consulting services,
helping people to explorefranchise ownership.
We work with hundreds ofdifferent franchises and our

(00:42):
role in this ecosystem is tohelp you find the franchise
that's right for you, helpintroduce you to the good guys
in franchising, to connect youto financing, to franchise
attorneys.
Oh, and we also do a littlething too.
We have a franchise rebateprogram, very similar to how
realtors rebate theircommissions.
We provide a franchise rebatewhen you buy a franchise through

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us.
So if we introduce a franchiserebate when you buy a franchise
through us, so if we introduceyou to a franchise and you buy
that franchise, you get a rebateof two to $10,000 depending
upon the franchise, dependingupon how many franchise units
you do.
So when you consider that ourservice is free and that's not
an anomaly you know 99% offranchise consultants out there
do not charge for their servicesbecause we receive a commission

(01:26):
.
We don't work for free.
We receive a commission when wehelp someone become a franchise
owner.
That's how all franchiseconsultants work.
There's a lot of really goodfranchise consultants out there.
Some of you are probablyworking with them, but that's
what Jill and I do.
One of the things that makes usdifferent is that we also are
franchise owners.
We own a franchise calledPink's Window Services and we
have been the top revenuegenerators for the past two

(01:47):
months amongst franchisees.
So we know what it's like to besuccessful as franchise owners
and that's kind of how we helpcoach you up when you're
exploring franchise ownership.
And the proof is in the pudding, because I just got word that
our client, catherine, who ownsa Soccer Stars franchise, we
helped her become a Soccer Starsfranchise owner back in early
maybe Q beginning yeah,beginning of Q2 2023.

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And then she opened later thatyear.
Anyways, she won MVP for thewhole franchise system and she
had the highest revenue thisyear.
So kudos to Catherine.
So glad we could be a part ofthat franchise match.
Okay, here's what I've got foryou guys today.
Like I said, the market'shumming.
I get my data from a companycalled FranServe.
I am an affiliated franchiseconsultant with FranServe.

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Being a franchise consultant isa great thing too, by the way.
You want my help exploring that.
We can do that as well thisweek.
Here are the franchises thatsold Dumpstore Hallmark Homecare
franchises that sold dump storeHallmark home care.
Hallmark home care has got areally unique model, um and that
it's it's.
You don't you kind of cut outthe um, the middleman on uh on

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Hallmark.
It's different from the otherhome care franchises because it
connects families directly withcaregivers without the need for
a middleman.
Traditionally, when you're youown a home care company, you
employ the caregivers asfull-time W-2 employees.
So this helps families savemoney while giving them more
control over the care of theirloved ones.
So the benefit for familiesworking with a Hallmark home

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care franchise is that they getto choose the caregiver they
need based upon their uniquerequirements, and Hallmark home
care does all the backgroundchecks and the interviews and
the family becomes the employer,not the franchise, which gives
them more flexibility andcontrol and they get a lower
cost For the franchise owner.
Hallmark Home Care is a greatbusiness opportunity because it
has low startup costs, fewemployees, because the family

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employs the caregivers.
Minimal overhead.
Franchisees don't need to dealwith lots of paperwork or
regulations like other home carebusinesses, and instead they
focus on connecting familieswith caregivers, all while
enjoying strong profits.
Plus, with a home-basedbusiness model and quick startup
, franchisees can begingenerating income within weeks.
That's pretty cool.

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So why Hallmark Home Care?
Lower investment, quick startup, no experience necessary, lower
overhead costs, fewer employees.
A growing, recession-resistantindustry.
Duh, you've heard me talk abouthome care a million times, so
you know what the benefit hereis.
Let's just kind of go over thestats real quick.
Franchise fee $59,500.
We save you $2,000 to $10,000on this franchise, but you got

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it.
Text 305-71050 to get a freefranchise consultation and to
see what kind of rebate you canget.
Royalties are 6%.
Total investment $134,500.
They want you to have a networth of $200K.
They've been around since 2013,.
Franchised in 2022, and they'vegot 141 territories awarded $50K

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.
Uh, but?
But territories awarded 141 andthey've got 55 franchisees,
which tells me most franchiseeshave multiple locations.
Um, they've got one corporatelocation.
So hallmark home care reallycool brand.
Uh, okay, healthy you vending.
We buy ugly houses.
Uh, these are all thefranchises that sold over the
last week, by the way.
Insulation commandos, naturalsto go.

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Puddle pool services okay, I'vebeen meaning to talk to you guys
about this one for go.
Puddle pool services Okay, I'vebeen meaning to talk to you
guys about this one for a while.
Puddle pool services keepspopping up.
What does it mean?
I don't know, but I see peopleare.
You know, anytime I start tosee people buying these
franchises at an increased clip,I'm going to talk to you about
it.
So, puddle pool services, let'slet's dive in here.
Puddle pools is a pool, spa andwater feature maintenance

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company built for scale in the U?
S and Canadian markets.
Okay, so both U?
S and Canada, pool, spa andwater feature care is deemed an
essential service, makingpuddles business model, a weekly
recurring revenue subscriptionmodel.
I mean, if you have a pool, youknow every week you got to have
that pool guy come.
I mean my guy comes everysingle week and my pool is
filthy.

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Seriously, my pool is filthy,filthy the day he leaves.
There's what they say the highprofit margins and low overhead,
mixed with their provenbusiness model, untouchable
training methods and support,will knock your flip-flops off.
Love that.
This executive model franchisehas taken the seasonality out of
the space and turned it into ayear round recurring revenue,

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scalable machine, all run fromyour smartphone.
See, I love that too.
And I would say my Pinksfranchise for what I do as an
owner.
Keep in mind, I'm not the GM ofmy Pinks.
I employ a GM who's out there.
He's managing the guys.
They're at a work site todaydoing a big job, by, by the way,
so I can do what I need to doon the financial side managing

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the business from my smartphone.
So I love that.
So this is one of thosefranchises.
You guys, I see it happening.
So anyone with a pool, spa oreven fountains, um family
households, hoa communities,apartments, airbnbs, hotels,
gyms, etc.
These are clients and puddles.
Marketing programs focus onboth B2B and B2C out of the
gates.
I mean again, you know, I'd saymost of these home services are

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B2B, b2c.
That's something for a lot ofyou executives out there, and
you guys make up the majority ofmy clients.
You're used to a B2Benvironment.
So you see some of thesefranchises and you're like dude,
a pool company, a windowcompany.
These are B2B companies.
My team today is out working ona very, very big job.
In fact we were there yesterdaytoo Big, big job.

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This one job makes up my weekof the revenue.
I would like to see myfranchise hit with one client,
one job that took two days.
So keep that in mind.
With these boring businesses,they're typically B2B and B2Cs.
Why, puddle pool services,recurring revenue, subscription
model, low investment withturnkey, mobile ownership model,
in-house call center, love that.

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And marketing team?
I mean again, just like withpinks.
Pinks puts most of the, theconsumer business on our uh, the
, the, the estimates on ourschedule.
So I love to see thesefranchises that will help with
the marketing.
Here's who they're looking forEntrepreneurs, soon to be future
entrepreneurs with a passion orexperience in home services,

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people who are driven to meetand exceed goals.
I think that's exactly right.
If you're going to be afranchise owner, you have to be
goal-driven.
You want that big number right?
I'm always, always asking youknow our pinks guys and, by the
way, as I weave in my pinkstories here, it's not to sell
you on pinks, it's to share,kind of my perspective as a
franchise owner.
So I am texting, you know,brandon from pinks.

(08:18):
Always I'm asking him hey, youknow, when you guys were X
amount of months in where, wherewere you revenue wise versus
where I am now?
Now, he can't always answerthat, but I wanna know, right, I
wanna know.
This is why I've been a topperforming franchise consultant
and a top performing franchiseeand I know that sounds cocky,
but, guys, I'm here to share myexperience with you.

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It's because I'm focused onnumbers.
I wanna know who the top gal orguy is and I wanna beat that
number right Franchising.
For those of you out there whoare thinking about this and you
think you're just going to buythis business and it's going to
be a nice thing, that you'rejust going to kind of run as a
side hustle and make someoneelse do all the work, don't do
that.
You want to get into this andyou want to win and you want to
be special and you want to builda great business.

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The market's set up for you todo that.
You're going to have low taxes.
You're going to have a verybusiness friendly administration
, you guys, but you should wantto be the winner here.
You should want to be the guythat comes in and says hey,
jack's pink franchise is doingthis.
I can't wait to kick his ass.
I want to do better.
That's the mentality that youreally want to have as a
franchise owner.
If you're more, if you're lesscompetitive, stocks and real

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estate are great for you.
So they're looking for strongcommunication skills.
Puddle was founded in 2018.
They started franchising in 22.
They've got 22 franchisescurrently operating.
They've got 20 internationalfranchises that's cool and one
corporate locations.
So, guys, puddle Pool Services,if you're starting to think
about a business in the new year, that's low investment
franchise fee of $49,500, wesave you $2,000 to $10,000.

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Text 305-710-0050 to find outhow much you can save if you
work with us on puddle pools,because if you go with another
consultant, you don't get thatrebate that we generate.
Royalties are 7%.
Total investment.
They say $119,000.
It's probably for a single unit, but pretty darn low.
They want you to have a networth of 3k.

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They are sba approved.
Puddle pool services.
You heard it from me.
First, this one.
Here's one, two, three, fourplacements, meaning four, four
different buyers over the lastweek.
Rolling suds sold over the pastweek.
That is the.
The power washing franchise.
I own a power washing franchise.
I own a power washing franchiseGreat business, awesome
business.
To be in Senior Helpers, one ofthe best senior care businesses

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out there.
Love Senior Helpers.
I've placed many, many, many,many clients with Senior Helpers
over the years.
One of my clients, hector.
He's close to hittingPresident's Club.
If you want to hear what Hectorhas to say about his
experiences as a senior helpersfranchise owner, go to the.
We bought a franchise podcast.
That's Jill and I talking aboutour experiences as franchise
owners.
Hector Munoz he's I don't know,maybe episode three or four.

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Really great podcast from avery successful franchise owner.
Again, he only started in 2021.
He's already thriving.
Up closets sold again this week.
This up closets seems to sellevery single week.
I see it.
There's something there too,guys.
Okay, what else sold?
Medi?
Weight Loss Naturals To Goagain.
Wait a second, three more forRolling Suds and guess what?
Another UpClosets.
Wavemax two people boughtWaveMaxes.

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That's the laundry franchise.
You guys want to know about anyof these?
Text me 305-710-0050.
I'm also going to tell you realquick because I was looking at
this this morning.
Over the past three months,here are the franchises that
people bought the most BestOption Restoration.
Comfort Care that's in-homesenior care.

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Home Vestors that's homeflipping.
Home Watch, caregiver, seniorcare, mighty Dog, roofing,
roofing, mr Electric, electricalrepair, home services, property
management, ink rolling suds,power washing, temporary wall
systems that's a really coolfranchise where you can build up
these sort of temporary wallsat construction sites.
That one painter.
Top Rail Fence Top Rail Fenceis cool.
That's a quick, scalingbusiness.
Voda Cleaning, anotherrestoration and Pink's Window

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Services.
Those are the top sellers overthe last three months.
You like this kind of data.
You want to have these types ofconversations.
Just hear what people arebuying.
And why give me a call?
305-710-0050 for today,december 20th, not yet December
17th 2024.
I'm Jack Johnson with yourinside franchise scoop.
Thanks for tuning in.