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Hot Item! See The EXPRESS Exterior Car Wash page linked above.
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Hot Item! See all the VALERO pages inked above.
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Hot Item! See example of a SUPERSTATION linked above.
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Hot Item! See CASH on CASH Returns experienced / expected when using each of the 9 gas station and / or car wash investment scenarios listed below.
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| Many investors who were heavily involved in residential real estate are now contacting Jack Muellerleile asking about the cash on cash returns one may expect in the RETAIL PETROLEUM and CARWASH industries. They are considering the following strategies:
1. Buy a modern, well managed gas station (with land) comprised of fuel sales and a C-Store on a 1/2 acre lot and run it as is. Assuming full market price is paid, the Cash on Cash return will likely be at least that described on this exhibit (some ROCs run as high as 40%):
9.9% ROC @ 2 Profit Center Modern Gas Station .
2. Buy an existing gas station capable of improving its performance by upgrading / adding profit centers, then hold it for its seasoned income stream or sell it for a profit. See Cash on Cash Return some are realizing with this strategy by clicking on:
51.4% ROC @ Value Added Existing Gas Station .
3. Buy land, build a high volume, multiple profit center gas station, ramp up the volume to a seasoned level then sell it for a profitable price. See example of this by clicking on:
43.9% ROC @ NTI High Volume 3 Profit Center Gas Station .
4. Buy land, build a Self-Serve Carwash & operate it as an income stream. See the numbers on this strategy at:
35.6% ROC @ NTI Self-Serve Carwash .
5. Buy land, build an In-Bay / Rollover Automatic Carwash & operate it as an income stream. This strategy is available for review at:
37.4% ROC @ NTI In-Bay / Rollover Automatic Carwash .
6. Buy land, build an In-Bay Rollover 5 + 1 Self-Serve Carwash and operate it as an income stream. The numbers for this strategy may be viewed at:
98.9% ROC @ NTI In-Bay Rollover / Self-Serve 5 + 1 Carwash .
7. Buy or lease land, build a FULL SERVICE Conveyorized Tunnel Carwash, ramp-up the volume then sell it for a profit. The facts & figures for this strategy may be reviewed at:
30.5% ROC NTI FULL SERVICE Conveyorized Tunnel Carwash .
8. Buy land, build an EXPRESS Exterior ConveyorizedTunnel Carwash, ramp-up the volume & retain it as an income stream. The Cash on Cash Return for this strategy has industry veterans hungry for correctly positioned land parcels meeting the site criteria for this most popular concept that now outnumbers the Full Service Tunnel Carwash nationwide. To see the expected returns for this strategy, click here on:
141.0% ROC @ NTI EXPRESS Exterior Conveyorized Tunnel Carwash .
9. The NEW WAVE in Carwash Configurations! For a look at the strategy involving DUAL 60' tunnels on a small 20,000 SF corner lot, click here on:
35.0% ROC @ NTI DUAL 60' Tunnels .
10. If you want the links to all of the above published ROC Gas Station and Carwash scenarios on a single page exhibit, please click here on:
Links to all 9 ROC Scenarios on a single page .
Jack may be reached at:
J. R. "Jack" Muellerleile
V. 714.220.1806 ~ F. 714.826.1143 ~ M. 714.865.6494
E. sitepro1@ca.rr.com
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"Future Watch" & "Noteworthy Poll Results"
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- FUTURE WATCH ~ 12.14.06 CSPNews - Annual CSP Outlook Survey shows early optimism for the new year. Go to Energized for 2007 .
- POLL RESULTS ~ CSPNews - Over 60% of day # 1 respondents definitely plan to remain in the C-Store / Gas Station business. See 10.12.06 POLL RESULTS .
- POLL RESULTS ~ CSPNews - Loyalty Tactics - Asked what loyalty tactic works best, the largest number of day # 1 respondents (36%) say 'discounted fuel' but the other 7 tactics also get votes. See 10.27.06 POLL RESULTS .
- POLL RESULTS - # 1 Resolution for 2007 - Industry participants reveal a wide array of "Top Choices". See CSPNews 01.03.07 POLL RESULTS for details.
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- 11.02.06 ~ NPN MarketPULSE makes available its "NPN 2006 MarketFacts". For a look at the the report by what many believe has been the most reliable and trusted data source available for over 50 years, go to "Sneak Peak" .
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"Bigger is Better"
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- The Butterfly Placeby 4VQP.com's Jim Mitchell and his award-winning, innovative crew at Mitchell Design Group is very likely the first true "convenience" store in the country. Owner Bill Douglas has ten (10) profit centers under one roof. For details about his FUEL ~ CONVENIENCE STORE ~ DRIVE-THRU BEER ~ WINE ROOM ~ SUBWAY ~ KRISPY CREME ~ BUTTERFLY CAFE ~ BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY ~ 60' CAR WASH ~ GIFT SHOP, click here on What's New & Mitchell Design Group .
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- C-Store Industry Consolidation Analysis ~ A 4 part series by CSPNews:
Part I - Analyzing Acquisitions ~ 05.02.06 Convenience store industry consolidation activity highest since 2001.
Part II - Grow or Go ~ 05.03.06 Small, midsize jobbers faced with tough choices.
Part III - The Art of the Deal ~ 05.04.06 Dealers play a growing role in recent industry acquisitions.
Part IV - An Emerging Acquirer? Retailers take notice to WilcoHess' new growth path. CSPNews 05.05.06
- Population Shift ~ 05.18.06 npn MarketPulse. With growth of Hispanic population, marketers see new opportunities. Go to Marketers' Plans .
- Small Operators Take Note ~ CSPNews 10.09.06 - Small operators find ways to compete in a crowded pack. For a look at their tactics, go to If you can't run with the big dogs...
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"Car Wash"
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Self-Serve Car Wash Industry Leaders Review results revealed, including: ~ Wand bay revenue ~ Wand bay wash cycles sold ~ Money spent on capital improvements ~ # of wand bays @ largest facility ~ # vacuums @ one facility ~ Largest # of locations ~ # wand bays @ all locations ~ Self-serves by acreage @ largest facility ~ # in-bays @ one facility ~ Total # in-bay automatics Source: Professional Carwashinhg & Detailing Magazine - June 2005 edition For all the details, go to: Top Performers .
- Sell washes from your onsite gas pamps...or from remote gas station locations? See 08.30.06 newsflash from DRB Systems Inc. Go to More Choices at the Pump .
- 10.23.07 CSP News - Assessing Big-Box Wash Threat .
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- GAS PRICE CHECKER ~ This is pretty cool...just enter your zip code in the site below and it tells you which gas stations have the cheapest (and the highest) prices in your zip code. It's updated every evening.
Click on http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx
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Ethanol? Biodiesel? Hydrogen? Hybrid mixtures w/ popular fuels? With lots of industry "buzz" on this subject, we will track same and post some of the comments here for your review.
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Big-Box Alert! - 06.27.06 ~ According to CSPNews, big-box retailer Meijer Inc has launched a new gasoline marketing technique in the Indianapolis area by giving customers advance notice of upcoming fuel price increases. for the full story, go to Big-Box Alert ! 4VQP Comment: This technique of forwarning customers in the wholesale tier of business has been common for as long as anyone's memory. Telling the customer that "the price is due to increase so load up now" always delivers many benefits including: 1.) strengthening the existing bond with the clientel; 2.) lessening the sting caused by the increased prices; and 3.) temporarily warding off the attractiveness of competitive offers. But it has never been attempted at the retail level. Of course, "technology + free market forces = customer benefits"...and this is just the most recent example of what can be expected in this highly competitive business.
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Costco's Cheap Prices - 07.03.07 ~ CSPNews reported that Fast Company looked at how the big-box retailer can sell gas so cheaply. For the answers, go to Costco's Equation .
- Major Brand vs. Flying Your Own Flag - Independent-brand gas not such a mythical beast anymore. For this story, go to CSPNews article entitled Griffin vs. Pegasus .
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BIG OIL ~ BAD GUYS AGAIN? - Profit tax, efforts to boost stockpiles may be part of political backlash. For details, go to CSPNews article Oil Company Results in the Spotlight . 4VQP comment by Jack Muellerleile: When, if ever, will our political leaders acknowledge the true facts associated with America's VOLUNTARY DEPENDENCE UPON FOREIGN NATIONS for a big chunk of its vital energy supplies? When will they place our nation's energy supplies on par with other huge projects like NASA, war-fighting and so forth? Why do they permit shortsighted people to undermine our national security needs with arguments of much less importance? If energy independence, alternate forms of energy, low gas prices, low home heating oil prices and low natural gas prices are what Americans want, our nation has the ability to achieve and maintain these conditions. Americans need to be given THE FACTS including objectives / costs / timeframes / etc. Thereafter, Americans need to vote in a gameplan. Only after this type of process will our nation GET SERIOUS about solving its energy-related problems and take full advantage of the limitless possibilities available. If it REALLY WANTS TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE, why not look at it as a world problem (or world opportunity), develop a world solution, utilize the solution domestically and SELL THE SURPLUS GENERATED to those nations less able to replicate America's success in this regard?
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