I was actually going to ask the same thing. I’ve always been curious about one and you my guy…. Have made me really want to look into them. I’ve seen a few of your videos so far and I must say… very informative!!!!
Nice to see a carwash bay for what appears to be RV’s and semi truck tractors. Haven’t seen one here in Chicago in a coin carwash that cars can go to. Only see the chain company’s for semis
👍🏽Since traffic seems to be a good indicator of potential customers, I’m wondering if you’ve looked up the traffic counts for the roads in front of the locations. They’re regularly done by municipal agencies. I’d be curious to see if there’s any relationship between the two locations in this regard.
Thanks man!! I don’t charge extra in there as it has all the same functions as the other bays. Only difference is people can wash the roofs of taller vehicles which will result in a longer washing time anyway. Plus it’s a nice addition compared to other car washes around that don’t have the stair option.
Hello! I have watched all your video's and any questions you may have answered only lead to more questions in my mind. I have a nearby car wash that is mostly neglected, but I really have no idea what to ask the owner. I like your idea of leaving a note under the door, but what then? How do I know if their asking price is appropriate? Where do I purchase supplies, how hard is it to fix breaks. So many questions beyond this!! I look forward to your new video's, but really wish I had a local mentor to ask questions.
Ask them what they want for price before you ever make an offer, you might be shocked!!! A few guys here have told me sub $60k for 3 different 3 or 4 bay washes with a couple vacuums! I would have thrown out 2x that amount like an idiot
Could you also tell what’s the best way to find a professional to help you get the car wash up and running when you find an abandoned car wash that needs all or most new equipment? Also you said it could cost 50-70k to get it fixed of course depending on how many bays and vacuums… how much of it would be labor vs equipment? Let’s say on a 5 bay car wash. Thank you in advance and keep up the good work!
Thank you! I use a maintenance guy who my uncle and I found working at another car wash so he installed everything for me. Didn’t go through a big company otherwise that would’ve been a lot of labor expenses but with just a one man team who knows how to build car washes it’s much cheaper
@@patpat6719 I would drive around to other car washes and see if theres anyone working on them or ask an owner close to your area if they are willing to share maintenance guy with you
Hola Chris! I've been following you since the beginning. I am about to open my 4th self serve car wash here in Mexico and I don't use tokens, just coins. What is the main reason for you to use them? Greatings!!
Great Videos. On these Carwashes that you are renting from the landlord, are you covering all the costs of the property.. NNN lease? Or just a set amount of rent per month?
@@jeffspiccoli5265 Thanks Jeff! Yes I'm familiar with that one. My concern is the location of that one its a very quiet road. Im sure could make money but will max out based on location which might not be worth my while. I think its got a 100k asking price. maybe one day.
Greetings Chris! Great video once again! You are an inspiration! I’m looking to get into the car wash business and there’s one in my neighborhood for sale. They want to 2.2M and seller willing to finance 50% of it @ 6% interest up to 20 Yrs. Cap rate is 14%, so noi is about $300k. It’s a self serve with 5 bays and some vacuums. It has credit card readers. I went and washed my car there yesterday and it was pretty decent. It didn’t have certain amenities so it could be improved. What do you think?
With that price I’m sure it includes the land. It’s always best to get the land if you can of course. I’m sure it’s a great car wash and with that price point I’m hoping it brings in great revenue and must be on a super busy main rd. Seller financing is always good. 50% is ok if you have the other 50% to give him or have access to it. Honestly I don’t look for these deals because it sounds like it’s for sale for top dollar. Without knowing the land size and area hard to know but a 5 bay with land for 2.2M sounds quite expensive. What state/city is it in?
I finally spoke to the owner. He has accepted an offer and has 5 backup offers from other people :(. Late to the party but definitely learned some things. I drove around all day and left a few notes at other run down car washes. Fingers crossed!
Sounds like a ridiculous ass price unless its a crazy nice place with a LOT of prime land. Local super modernized upscale 8 bay with a full indoor detail center, 6 vacuums, and 2 auto washes sold for $500k here and took almost a year to get that with financing(they even have their own app and all) Any 2-4 bay sells for under $100k and its in a big city. I wouldnt pay more than 6 months income for a car wash myself
I would love to get into this business as a supplementary income until I retire from my horrible corporate job and then as a retirement income. I just can’t see an entry into the industry for a person without massive resources.
Nice videos!! How do you make sure customers are using only your tokens and not getting tokens from another place? Is there a way to make your own / only accept specific tokens?
Thanks Cory. You can get custom tokens made up. I didn’t do that but every count I get like 3-5 random tokens from like Chuck E. Cheese or planet fitness. It’s not affecting me though. If I was getting 100 randoms I would change it but all good
If both of your washes are set up to use tokens why are you getting quarters mixed in the coin boxes? Is there a way to just have them except tokens so you don’t have to deal with the quarters.
I choose to program the coin acceptors to take tokens quarters and dollar coins so customers arnt limited. Machine separates them very easy. If just tokens and someone comes in with 10 quarters and no cash they wouldn’t be able to use my wash
I'm looking to buy a self serve, but the location is 3 hours away. I could probably be available 2 days a week. How often do you "need" to go to the location? (Empty trash, refill chemicals, etc.)
Can only work if you have a great reliable worker. I go twice a week but he goes the other 5 days. Someone really needs to go everyday to clean up and make sure everything works. Unless it’s a quiet location then could probably skip a day here n there
Chuck E Cheese is a children's pizza arcade, it's for birthday parties. Kids get to eat pizza and use coins to play games, and some games give tickets that can be exchanged for toys. Las Vegas for kids 😂
$3200+ is INSANE for just 1 week, even $2k a week is crazy money by the end of the year for such a passive "job"
Hey man love the videos. We are opening our first 5 bay self serve in about 60 days. Can you do a equipment video just highlighting your systems?
Thanks steven. That’s awesome! Congratulations! Yes I can work on an equipment video for sure. Thanks for the idea
I was actually going to ask the same thing. I’ve always been curious about one and you my guy…. Have made me really want to look into them. I’ve seen a few of your videos so far and I must say… very informative!!!!
How is your car wash doing?
Nice to see a carwash bay for what appears to be RV’s and semi truck tractors. Haven’t seen one here in Chicago in a coin carwash that cars can go to. Only see the chain company’s for semis
Big trucks and RV love it. Can actually get their roof
I know thats probably the best part. I don’t think the chains do that.
👍🏽Since traffic seems to be a good indicator of potential customers, I’m wondering if you’ve looked up the traffic counts for the roads in front of the locations. They’re regularly done by municipal agencies. I’d be curious to see if there’s any relationship between the two locations in this regard.
Yes. Good indicators for sure. Nice thought! 👍🏻
Love ur work I have 3 of my own car wash in London UK. Love to see what u do all separately in car wash and vacuum and from ur vending
That’s awesome. I’d love to visit UK and check out car washes. 👏🏻
Ur very welcome anytime I love come an visit usa an see ur car wash. U doing awesome job great too see what different car wash around the world like
keep em comin love the collection videos gets me inspired to invest in a car wash
Thanks George. Sure will 🙏🙌🏻
Come to oc..the car washes here could use a boost
You look like you make triple of what investment joy does. Your carwashes must be top notch. Keep it up.
Thanks so much. Very different locations so yes the incomes greatly differ but he is great.
Yo Chris, I think you could make it big on tiktok posting clips of earnings or other stuff, could get massive exposure on there
Yes already have a tiktok. It’s fun
I love these videos. Im very inspired by them. Ive wanted to open one for a long time. Im going to start hunting
Thanks Ed. Appreciate the kind words. Goodluck
Super great ! Just started watching 1 week ago ! I found an abandoned car wash and I am trying to see how to get it all going !
Awesome. There the best ones I like
@@CarWashChronicles maybe we can do a deal together if I can't get it all together myself.
awesome subscribed i loved your channel keep coming with new videos!!😀😃😆
Thanks so much Cody.
Good operation bro! Can you talk to us more about that super bay with the ramps on each side. Do you charge extra in there?
Thanks man!! I don’t charge extra in there as it has all the same functions as the other bays. Only difference is people can wash the roofs of taller vehicles which will result in a longer washing time anyway. Plus it’s a nice addition compared to other car washes around that don’t have the stair option.
Thanks for the videos, they are super interesting!
You’re welcome. Thank you!
Hello! I have watched all your video's and any questions you may have answered only lead to more questions in my mind. I have a nearby car wash that is mostly neglected, but I really have no idea what to ask the owner. I like your idea of leaving a note under the door, but what then? How do I know if their asking price is appropriate? Where do I purchase supplies, how hard is it to fix breaks. So many questions beyond this!! I look forward to your new video's, but really wish I had a local mentor to ask questions.
Yes. Lots of questions I plan to answer in upcoming videos as answers are to long to type.
Ask them what they want for price before you ever make an offer, you might be shocked!!! A few guys here have told me sub $60k for 3 different 3 or 4 bay washes with a couple vacuums! I would have thrown out 2x that amount like an idiot
Can you show up the steps you take when you order your soap and what to do when it arrives please?
Sure. I’ll do next order
@@CarWashChronicles Awesome
Guys please dont fall for those bots and awesome video man
Yes! And thank you!!
I always report them as spam when I see them... I hate watching people get scammed.
Can you slow down the counting currency? 400 notes per minute??
If your change machines keep running out of change/tokens then why not get more tokens or add another change machine? Is it not worth the investment?
Awesome video
It’s a hitachi brand; I’m not surprised if things are spraying 😏
Is the gross income of $4,172.25 from both your car washes or just one location?
Just the one
Someone needs to check those vendors more often! Empty shelves is a good thing but after that it doesnt make a penny.
Right. I’m slackin 🤣
Hello, love your videos, just curious, have the new fancy car washes that you drive thru hurt the business??
No. Different customer base. Business keeps growing
Could you also tell what’s the best way to find a professional to help you get the car wash up and running when you find an abandoned car wash that needs all or most new equipment? Also you said it could cost 50-70k to get it fixed of course depending on how many bays and vacuums… how much of it would be labor vs equipment? Let’s say on a 5 bay car wash.
Thank you in advance and keep up the good work!
Thank you! I use a maintenance guy who my uncle and I found working at another car wash so he installed everything for me. Didn’t go through a big company otherwise that would’ve been a lot of labor expenses but with just a one man team who knows how to build car washes it’s much cheaper
@@CarWashChronicles yes thats what I thought. Any idea where to look for such a professionak to help me out once im ready? Any advice ?
@@patpat6719 I would drive around to other car washes and see if theres anyone working on them or ask an owner close to your area if they are willing to share maintenance guy with you
Hola Chris! I've been following you since the beginning. I am about to open my 4th self serve car wash here in Mexico and I don't use tokens, just coins. What is the main reason for you to use them? Greatings!!
That’s awesome. Congrats!! People less likely to break in for tokens. Not affected by coin shortage or people taking quarters for laundry
@@CarWashChronicles thanks for answering! Keep up the videos, loving this channel 👏🏼
So 4700$ in a week that’s amaizng and your expenses are probably around 5-6k. So you making 10-12k a month not bad
Thanks. Expenses around 8500 month. Still not bad
@@CarWashChronicles thank you so much for your response and honesty
Great video! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
A lot of dollar bills seemed to keep getting mixed up, so I think you might've been miscounting, despite the machine still separating things.
Oops
Great Videos. On these Carwashes that you are renting from the landlord, are you covering all the costs of the property.. NNN lease? Or just a set amount of rent per month?
Yes it’s a NNN lease
@@CarWashChronicles Take a look at this one.. Victorville which isn't far from Hesperia.. 15658 Village Dr, Victorville, CA 92394.
@@jeffspiccoli5265 Thanks Jeff! Yes I'm familiar with that one. My concern is the location of that one its a very quiet road. Im sure could make money but will max out based on location which might not be worth my while. I think its got a 100k asking price. maybe one day.
Great video. How much is this taxed and how do you report it?
Amazing job ,
I from somalia
Thank you!! That’s awesome. I’ve never been.
Never seen an update on your soda vending machine. How's it working for you?
Meh. It’s ok. Just got through winter so not that we’ll but 100 degrees in summer people might want a cold one
What is the weekly/monthly/yearly costs to keep the carwash running, this includes everything, its the capital expeniture.
I made a video on all the expenses might be worth checking out for the best answer
When you call a car wash that you are interested do you call onces or you call 2-3 times to see if you able to speck with land/carwash owner?
I’ll call once and leave a message if no answer. Than again few days later
@@CarWashChronicles thank you champ for your support 💪🙂
Greetings Chris! Great video once again! You are an inspiration! I’m looking to get into the car wash business and there’s one in my neighborhood for sale. They want to 2.2M and seller willing to finance 50% of it @ 6% interest up to 20 Yrs. Cap rate is 14%, so noi is about $300k. It’s a self serve with 5 bays and some vacuums. It has credit card readers. I went and washed my car there yesterday and it was pretty decent. It didn’t have certain amenities so it could be improved. What do you think?
With that price I’m sure it includes the land. It’s always best to get the land if you can of course. I’m sure it’s a great car wash and with that price point I’m hoping it brings in great revenue and must be on a super busy main rd. Seller financing is always good. 50% is ok if you have the other 50% to give him or have access to it. Honestly I don’t look for these deals because it sounds like it’s for sale for top dollar. Without knowing the land size and area hard to know but a 5 bay with land for 2.2M sounds quite expensive. What state/city is it in?
@@CarWashChronicles It is near Portland, Oregon. It does seem expensive.
I finally spoke to the owner. He has accepted an offer and has 5 backup offers from other people :(. Late to the party but definitely learned some things. I drove around all day and left a few notes at other run down car washes. Fingers crossed!
Sounds like a ridiculous ass price unless its a crazy nice place with a LOT of prime land. Local super modernized upscale 8 bay with a full indoor detail center, 6 vacuums, and 2 auto washes sold for $500k here and took almost a year to get that with financing(they even have their own app and all) Any 2-4 bay sells for under $100k and its in a big city. I wouldnt pay more than 6 months income for a car wash myself
I would love to get into this business as a supplementary income until I retire from my horrible corporate job and then as a retirement income.
I just can’t see an entry into the industry for a person without massive resources.
Nice videos!! How do you make sure customers are using only your tokens and not getting tokens from another place? Is there a way to make your own / only accept specific tokens?
Thanks Cory. You can get custom tokens made up. I didn’t do that but every count I get like 3-5 random tokens from like Chuck E. Cheese or planet fitness. It’s not affecting me though. If I was getting 100 randoms I would change it but all good
@@CarWashChronicles thank you!
Dude just works out just to lift the coins.
You know it lol
Interesting video 👍🏽
Thank you!
may Allah give you alot more
🙏
Hi from Ghana
Hello! 🙌🏻
wow awesome week. what made you get into car washing business?
Thanks. My uncle is in the business and saw how well they did.
Question how much do you spend on utilities like electric, water and the car wash products? Or is that just pure profit?
I made a video on all the expenses. Worth a look
With more tokens and bigger token holders could you only come once a week?
Yes absolutely. I’m also putting bill acceptors in the bays which will mean less use of tokens
I would love to the expenses/cost of the products and the bills to run the Car wash.
Check out my channel
If both of your washes are set up to use tokens why are you getting quarters mixed in the coin boxes? Is there a way to just have them except tokens so you don’t have to deal with the quarters.
I choose to program the coin acceptors to take tokens quarters and dollar coins so customers arnt limited. Machine separates them very easy. If just tokens and someone comes in with 10 quarters and no cash they wouldn’t be able to use my wash
I'm looking to buy a self serve, but the location is 3 hours away. I could probably be available 2 days a week.
How often do you "need" to go to the location? (Empty trash, refill chemicals, etc.)
Can only work if you have a great reliable worker. I go twice a week but he goes the other 5 days. Someone really needs to go everyday to clean up and make sure everything works. Unless it’s a quiet location then could probably skip a day here n there
What are those tokens for chicly cheese?? Are they worth money I never see them in US. Currency
Yes chunky cheese tokens. Worthless
Chuck E Cheese is a children's pizza arcade, it's for birthday parties. Kids get to eat pizza and use coins to play games, and some games give tickets that can be exchanged for toys. Las Vegas for kids 😂
Hi I just start following on ur carwash video and it's great u r getting successful good but I want to be like u can u help me please
Thank you juan. Feel free to message me on Instagram. I know offer phone consultations to those serious people who actually want to do this
no cards accepted ? only cash income ?
Not at the moment but working on getting card machines in the coming months.
Nice
Thank you!
Wow! Man
hey chris! i was wondering what were the total costs from the whole week.
Hey! I have a video with all the expenses broken down..
Can you help me on how start a car wash company??
Feel free to DM me on Instagram. I offer phone consultations if interested
How did u buy your car wash
Contacted landlord. Made a deal
Your arms got jacked by lifting those pennies.
Haha. It’s the secret to muscle growth 😆
hire me
Haha. I like that pitch
I think $20s are the lowest
Do you ever wonder how many g strings of strippers some of the $1 bills have been in ? 😆😂😆
G’day from Cowra Australia mate ! 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Haha. All the time. Lol. Cheers mate 🍻
Bay 1😂😂😂😂😂
Heyyyy that’s main st lol
Lol. Sure is
Bro do you put your money in your bank account
The name CHEESE FF IS GOING TO BE MY GAME.
Sure do
Never been this early😅
Welcome early one 😄
Hi daer I need a Job....
You give me a job
my car wash does better in the winter because we have alot of poeple that hunt and get their four wheelers and side by sides muddy
That’s great. Year round business. 👍🏻
Dude.. are you a kiwi? Or whats going on with your accent? Haha
Nice
Cheers Carlos