The last two weeks have been very busy and the next two are going to be just as busy. That being the case I am a little behind on updating my blog but dont worry. I am still here. Enjoy this post and let me know what you think.
Getting our own office…
So now I am in a tough situation. I had to keep growing my business and at the same time I had to find a place to teach them, and fast. I got online and started searching like crazy. I found a few places but the prices just seemed way to outlandish.
I settled on a few places to check out and took a trip to see them in person. I knew of some just because I’ve lived in the area for so long. A few of them I gave a chance to even though I didn’t think it was the right fit. I wanted to find the right place, not just a place to do a class. After all, this location might very well turn into an actual office space for future employees. I had plans in mind to rent an office space, and then I was going to look online at office furniture outlets (such as this one here, check it out) so I could finally start building my very own office space up.
Some of the places were pretty nice but the layout was just not right. I had a specific idea in mind but I didn’t know where to find it or even what it really was.
After doing some searching I narrowed it down to 2 locations. One I thought was almost perfect and the other had an odd layout but wasn’t too bad. I decided to go for the first one. There was just 1 problem. It had been abandoned for the past 3 years and there had been a false wall that the previous tenant ripped out. Litteraly.
There was a line down the middle of the ceiling where you could see to the roof and there was metal brackets hanging dangerously. The carp
I called up a buddy of mine that does construction and asked him to take a look at it and tell me what he thought it would take to make it useable. He offered me a deal at $1500.
At that point I decided to talk numbers with the leasing agent. He told me to make an offer and so I started trying to figure out what would work for me. I finally gave him an offer that I felt really comfortable with. After waiting for a week he said they agreed to the offer but the owner wasn’t going to be in town for a while so we would have to wait.
I followed up with them and eventually they said they got another offer that was better and they were going to take it. I was pissed that they led me on but what could I do. So I set out to find another location.