All journeys

Car Wash Buyer

Investor or owner-operator evaluating car wash acquisitions. Cares about site format economics (tunnel vs. in-bay vs. self-serve), membership churn, stacking and ingress-egress, water/environmental permitting, and the 1031/bonus-depreciation angle.

Car WashBuyer8 emails · quarterly

Who it's for

Buyers and investors looking at car wash property: the contacts you want to hear from you before they call someone else.

A taste of the writing

“An express tunnel and a self-serve site can sit on similar parcels and still be two entirely different investments.”
  1. Day 1Welcomes them to your network and shows car wash listings that fit.StoryListings
  2. Day 5A light, friendly note with a fun fact about car wash.StoryFun fact
  3. Day 14Why tunnel and self-serve washes should be valued very differently.Story
  4. Day 28Which numbers to ask a seller for first, starting with members.Story
  5. Day 45What a major operator's bankruptcy teaches about valuing the property itself, with cited figures.StoryMarket figure
  6. Day 60How tax depreciation rules could change their exchange comparison.Story
  7. Day 75Water limits and nearby competition worth raising with the city early.Story
  8. Day 90Picking a car wash by its market first, with listings that fit.StoryListings
  9. Then every quarterA fresh note every quarter, for as long as they stay on the journey.StoryMarket figureListings