Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Criterium Engineers | |
| Investment | 18900 - 63000 | 66175 - 125950 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 20% | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1993 | 1957 |
| Year Franchised | 1999 | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Criterium Engineers | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills | |
Financing Options |
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| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Criterium Engineers | |
| Franchise Fees | Yes | Yes |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Criterium Engineers | |
| Training | Training is an intensive 5-days provided at our offices in Portland, Maine. We invite you and an unlimited number of your supervisory employees to attend. Training instruction covers franchise administrative matters, bookkeeping and reporting systems, marketing, customer service and technical training. We do not require persons owning offices which convert from the Predecessor Company's "Home Inspection Consultants" network to attend the initial training program. | |
| Support | Newsletter, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations | Every other year, we host a conference with featured speakers addressing a wide range of engineering and business development topics. We also sponsor additional programs, webinars and seminars periodically, to keep our engineers updated and informed about relevant engineering- and real estate-related developments and trends. Technical support Business support Marketing support |
| Marketing | ||
| Operations | Franchise can be run from home. Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Criterium Engineers | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | 20% |
| Criterium Engineers | 6% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Year Founded | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | 1993 |
| Criterium Engineers | 1957 |
| Year Franchised | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | 1999 |
| Criterium Engineers | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
| Criterium Engineers | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Yes |
| Criterium Engineers | Yes |
| Start-up Costs | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Equipment | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization} | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Inventory | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Receivables | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Payroll | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | Training is an intensive 5-days provided at our offices in Portland, Maine. We invite you and an unlimited number of your supervisory employees to attend. Training instruction covers franchise administrative matters, bookkeeping and reporting systems, marketing, customer service and technical training. We do not require persons owning offices which convert from the Predecessor Company's "Home Inspection Consultants" network to attend the initial training program. |
| Support | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Newsletter, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations |
| Criterium Engineers | Every other year, we host a conference with featured speakers addressing a wide range of engineering and business development topics. We also sponsor additional programs, webinars and seminars periodically, to keep our engineers updated and informed about relevant engineering- and real estate-related developments and trends. Technical support Business support Marketing support |
| Marketing | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Operations | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | Franchise can be run from home. Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Criterium Engineers | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |
| International Expansion | |
| PRO - President's Resource Organization | |
| Criterium Engineers | |