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Choosing A Car Wash Location

 When I first starting working for what I consider a "renowned" local commercial real estate developer, I would come back to him with what I thought were good locations for a few banks and pharmacies that he represented. They would have good traffic counts, sometimes corner locations, and sometimes even had a high density of homes nearby. When we would start discussing the properties that I thought were good, he would ask me what is nearby? Are there any banks, pharmacies, fast food, or any other "shopping" district attributes, initially my answer would always be "no, but it has many other great attributes"! He would reply, "we really do not want to be the ones who create the shopping district, we just want to be in a good location where a shopping district already exists". With this said, I quickly learned that if a prospective location is not where people shop, eat, bank, or run other errands, then it is too risky. Now, I only look at locations