Dive Shop for Sale???

[treasurediver]

My wife and I are looking to purchase a dive shop. We are ready to start working for ourselves and not for someone else, and why not do something you love. Does anyone know of any good sites to check out?? We would like to purchase a shop located where we can dive a lot (Florida, California, Hawaii, etc.). Any information will be helpful.
Thanks

 

[Web Monkey]

My wife and I are looking to purchase a dive shop. We are ready to start working for ourselves and not for someone else, and why not do something you love. Does anyone know of any good sites to check out?? We would like to purchase a shop located where we can dive a lot (Florida, California, Hawaii, etc.). Any information will be helpful.
Thanks

If you have 2 million dollars, you can open a nice dive shop, then when you have 1 million left, you can close it and retire.

The locations you mentioned are pretty much saturated with dive shops and they open and close on a regular basis.

Sorry if this sounds too negative, but I visit Florida fairly often and it's depressing watching shops open, muddle along for a while, then close.

Terry

 

[Tom Winters]

Terry - maybe he wants to stay open longer than six months. Better start with $3,000,000 - $1,000,000 doesn't go as far as it used to.

 

[Sharkbait]

My wife and I are looking to purchase a dive shop. We are ready to start working for ourselves and not for someone else, and why not do something you love. Does anyone know of any good sites to check out?? We would like to purchase a shop located where we can dive a lot (Florida, California, Hawaii, etc.). Any information will be helpful.
Thanks

You want to open a dive shop AND dive a lot. Ok now that statement is really funny.

 

[Cacia]

Aloha in Hawaii Kai around 200 K I think....give or take 50 k

 

[Makin Raider]

I wouldn't say all areas are saturated. Two dive shops opened in here in Santa Clarita within the last three years, one about 5 months ago and both seem to be doing well. We also have a Sport Chalet so you could say we have three shops and it doesn't look like anybody is closing their doors anytime soon. It would just take some local knowledge and research. Good Luck!

 

[Gary D.]

We have one that might go in the 200K range. Worth 50K so 200 is a bargin.

Gary D.

 

[Rick Murchison]

My wife and I are looking to purchase a dive shop. We are ready to start working for ourselves and not for someone else,

Ah.... let me introduce you to your new partner, "government". He'll be your highest paid executive, whine and complain continuously, tell you "you can't do that" every time you try to do anything that makes sense, contribute nothing and steal from the till.
And you can't fire him.
"But don't let that discourage you... if you don't bet, you can't win." (Heinlein)
Rick

 

[Robert Phillips]

W.E.T. (Water Education Training) in San Diego is going out of business and selling all their inventory. Make them an offer!

 

[LavaSurfer]

My wife and I are looking to purchase a dive shop. We are ready to start working for ourselves and not for someone else, and why not do something you love. Does anyone know of any good sites to check out?? We would like to purchase a shop located where we can dive a lot (Florida, California, Hawaii, etc.). Any information will be helpful.
Thanks

Don't let the dream stealers beat you down.
Just go into this with eyes wide open and do your due dilligence.
Any business venture is a risk.
Figure out what you can offer that nobody else is offering and do it for less.
It can work but there are a lot of challenges in your future. Be ready for them.
They are part of the fun.