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FRANCHISE YOUR BUSINESS OR PURCHASE A FRANCHISE

Advantages of Franchising

• The franchisor can have a continual flow of cash from royalties.
• Increased buying power
• The franchisor enjoys pride in their ownership.
• The franchisee manages the businesses, which allows more freedom to the franchisor

How We Help

• We will help you build your brand name with the establishment of your trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• We will help you either Create or review the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular.
• We will help you create a Franchise agreement that meets the Federal and State Regulations.

The following essential elements will be part of your franchise agreement

• Use of your trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Location of your franchisees.
• Term of the Franchise
• Fees and Royalties
• Leases
• Duties and Obligations of the Franchisor.
• Duties and Obligation of the Franchisee
• Transfer of the Franchise agreement allowance and termination
• Jurisdiction and arbitration

FRANCHISOR CHECKLIST

• If you are a Franchisor We will also put together an application for the Franchisor to use in interviewing prospective franchisees before selling them a franchise.
• If you are a prospective franchisee looking to purchase a franchise we will create a checklist of information to acquire from an existing franchisor before making a purchase.

Help navigating State and Federal regulations

• Help meeting the FTC 436 regulations.
• Help meeting the state regulations.

Ongoing Help

• For a fee our firm can help you maintain FTC update and disclosure document requirements due before the close of the fiscal year.

State and Federal Advertising / Website Compliance Review

• $2,750: Review all of your advertising, including your website, for federal and state compliance for a full year.

Our Texas FDD Fees

• We will help complete your circular for $6,995.00 and help you complete your franchise agreement and ancillary documents [including help with the creation of territory information and territory information tables] for $5,399.00. If you want to offer direct lending we can help establish the proper lending documents and help you achieve governement compliance for $7,499.00 + any filing fees. Most prospective franchisors already have their Franchise Operations Manual drafted, however, if you do not, we can draft the General Operations Manual for additional $6,899.00 or review the one you have for a flat fee. We can prepare a training manual for your franchise for $6,299. We can generate a lease buildout manual for $8,375. We can help with Initial registrations and help acquire an advertisement identification number, a bond (if needed) a trust account (if needed) with the state for $975.00, plus any filing fees. Finally we will help you maintain your ongoing updates and disclosures for your FDD for $7,725.00 plus any filing fees per year, for the state of Texas. Franchise closing is $2,150 per purchased franchise (Walk-in closings additional $275 - $575).