being sure that you like the location of the business.

being critical and sceptical.

being sure that you like the previous owner.

an honest self-audit.

market segments.

vision.

mission.

responsibilities.

Nine (9)

Twenty-one

(21)

Seven (7)

Ten (10)

the business is not necessarily in trouble or struggling.

the business might be a large premises 

the business will stay in the hands of the owner because there is no real

people that you trust told you about the business.

There is too much freedom to act.

There are high operating costs.

There is a shortage of customers

There is a reduced income per franchise unit.

emotional

intelligence.

emotional and task.

emotional and family.

task and family.

finding management.

taking risks.

finding people.

time.

business analysis

self-audit

environment analysis