For Investors
Choose the Right Franchise — Before You Invest a Dollar.
We represent you, not the brands. 700+ franchises with territory still open, plus resales that never reach a public listing. In English or in Spanish.
We represent you, not the brands. 700+ franchises with territory still open, plus resales that never reach a public listing. In English or in Spanish.
You choose the location and build it your way. The full contract term is yours, not what’s left of someone else’s. Lower cost to get in, no one else’s habits to undo, and the team is yours from day one.
No revenue while you build, so a lender will want more of your own capital in it. You plan with the brand’s averages rather than one location’s history. Usually twelve to eighteen months before it feels like a business.
Revenue from week one. Staff and customers already there. Real numbers for this specific location, and a trading history to show a lender.
Costs more to get in. You inherit what the last owner did, including the parts you’d rather undo. The franchisor has to approve you, and you take the remaining term before renewal.
Most buyers arrive certain they want one, and leave with the other. We’ll run the numbers on both.
The Franchise Disclosure Document’s Item 19 is a financial performance representation, and brands choose what to put in it — sometimes only their strongest locations. It’s a starting point, not an answer.
Validation calls are conversations with current franchisees. Three gets you the ones the brand sent you to. Fifteen gets you the truth.
The brand you’d enjoy as a customer and the brand that fits your experience, your capital and your market are rarely the same one.
Thirty minutes. Your capital, your experience, where you want to be and what you actually want your week to look like.
We build your profile and sign a Buyer Broker Agreement with a retainer.
A shortlist each week, a standing weekly call and a WhatsApp group so nothing waits for a scheduled meeting.
Introductions to corporate teams, and we sit in.
Conversations with existing franchisees. We tell you what to ask and what the answers mean.
One to three territories, and financing through an SBA loan or ROBS. We’ll introduce you to lenders who do this every day.
We’re with you through the brand’s approval and closing, and your retainer comes back when you complete the purchase.
There’s a retainer when we start working together. It’s credited back to you when you complete a purchase, and the brand pays our fee. If you decide not to buy anything, the retainer isn’t returned: it covers the months of searching, introductions and validation work we do either way. We’ll tell you the amount, and exactly how it works, on the first call.
Many of our buyers are investing from outside the United States. We help with the business side: finding a franchise that fits the investment you’re making, getting you the documentation the brand provides, and working alongside your attorney through the purchase.
The E-2 is a nonimmigrant visa, and it is only open to citizens of countries that hold an E-2 treaty with the United States. Not every country does. Your immigration attorney confirms whether your nationality qualifies — it’s worth asking that before anything else.
Franchise Connectors is not a law firm and does not provide immigration advice or services. Your immigration attorney handles your visa; we handle the business. We work alongside them, and we’re glad to coordinate.
Most buyers use an SBA loan or ROBS, which lets you use retirement funds to capitalize a business without an early withdrawal penalty. We’ll introduce you to lenders who do this every day and tell you which route fits your situation.
One brother in Texas, one in Mexico, and a tight budget between them. They bought a commercial cleaning territory and used it as the basis of an E-2 investment, working with their own immigration attorney.
“Queremos felicitar y recomendar a Yeliv y Laura por su invaluable apoyo durante casi un año en nuestra búsqueda de negocios en Estados Unidos. Gracias a su ayuda, logramos encontrar una empresa 100% remota que se ajusta perfectamente a nuestra experiencia previa.”
“We want to congratulate and recommend Yeliv and Laura for their invaluable support over almost a year of searching for a business in the United States. With their help, we found a 100% remote company that fits our previous experience perfectly.”
Fair question, and you should ask it of anyone in this business. Two things. First, the brands that pay a referral fee pay roughly the same one, so there’s no brand we earn more by steering you into. Second, your retainer is what buys you our honest opinion: it’s why we can spend a month telling you a brand is wrong for you, and why we’ll show you resales and independent businesses that pay us nothing. If we only got paid when you signed with a brand, you should trust us a lot less.
Most of our buyers start with around $200K in available capital, though it depends heavily on the brand and whether you’re financing. We’ll be straight with you about what’s realistic for your number.
A franchise gives you a proven system, training and a brand, in exchange for royalties and rules. An independent business gives you freedom and no royalty, and you build everything yourself. We sell both — our sister firm DealMakers USA handles independents — so we have no reason to push you either way.
The Franchise Disclosure Document is what a brand must give you before you sign, covering fees, obligations, litigation and the franchisees who left. Item 19 is the section where a brand may — and isn’t required to — share financial performance figures. We read both with you.
A retainer when we start, credited back when you complete a purchase. It isn’t returned if you decide not to buy, because we work your search for up to twelve months either way. The brand pays our fee.
A resale transfers once the brand approves you, often in a few months. A new territory takes as long as the site and the build take, which varies enormously by concept — a van-based service can open far faster than a buildout. The brand’s approval sits in the middle of both.
We help you find and buy the business. Your immigration attorney handles the visa. We’re not a law firm and we don’t give immigration advice.
Sí. Reuniones, documentos y acompañamiento en español.
A thirty-minute exploratory call. Your capital, your experience, and what you actually want your week to look like.
We reply within one business day. Hablamos español.