Dreams & Pipes - Page 2

lookout123 · 09-24-2004, 12:56 PM

having spent some time in the family owned bar business i can tell you that it isn't a job or a business - it is a life. unless you are blessed to find the one in a million manager who only accepts top notch staff who feel that the bar is a family, not just a job - you will be there all the time.
if you have employees like most places do, you will be there when it opens and still be there when it closes.

wolf · 09-24-2004, 09:04 PM

Option 2, plus shut up and keep working for the rest of us.

Unless you can buy a block of flats outright, and put up with the hassles of stuff that breaks all the time and deadbeats who refuse to pay.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2004, 09:25 PM

Marry money and do all three.

Rental property can drive you nuts trying to find people to do the repairs/maintenance, that are reliable and affordable.
Doesn't England have odd liquor laws, like the hours you can open, and container sizes. Nevermind, they wouldn't be odd to you, would they.

When the economy tanks, the very rich are still rich and the rich are still wealthy. High end houses will still sell.

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It's an idea I've had for at least 3 years just never had the funding, or the confidence.

So that's why you've been sucking up to Jag.

cowhead · 09-25-2004, 02:24 PM

I'd have to go with the nightclub.. sure the risks are high and you have to deal with many many more variables/employees (I don't know if you have much experience in running a bar/resturaunt, but it can be quite a bit of a pain in the ass), however! people always want to drink, and if you set up something they can't get anywhere else... and keep it running consistantly, the profit margin is much much higher, and in theory if you wanted to sell it eventually the return can be quite a bit higher.

ps. good luck

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09-24-2004, 12:56 PM	#16
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	having spent some time in the family owned bar business i can tell you that it isn't a job or a business - it is a life. unless you are blessed to find the one in a million manager who only accepts top notch staff who feel that the bar is a family, not just a job - you will be there all the time. if you have employees like most places do, you will be there when it opens and still be there when it closes. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-24-2004, 09:04 PM	#17
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Option 2, plus shut up and keep working for the rest of us. Unless you can buy a block of flats outright, and put up with the hassles of stuff that breaks all the time and deadbeats who refuse to pay. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-25-2004, 02:24 PM	#19
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	I'd have to go with the nightclub.. sure the risks are high and you have to deal with many many more variables/employees (I don't know if you have much experience in running a bar/resturaunt, but it can be quite a bit of a pain in the ass), however! people always want to drink, and if you set up something they can't get anywhere else... and keep it running consistantly, the profit margin is much much higher, and in theory if you wanted to sell it eventually the return can be quite a bit higher. ps. good luck __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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