https://bizopsplaybook.com/tags/sba/Recent content in SBA on bizOpsPlaybook — Practical Business Plans for Solo EntrepreneursHugoen-usMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/how-to-buy-existing-laundromat/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/how-to-buy-existing-laundromat/<p><img src="https://bizopsplaybook.com/img/blog/buy-existing-laundromat.jpg" alt="Atmospheric interior of a laundromat with rows of commercial washers and dryers shot in low light"></p> <p>Most first-time laundromat buyers shop the wrong things. They visit the store at 2 PM on a Tuesday, count machines, eyeball the line, and ask the seller &ldquo;what does it gross?&rdquo; Six months later they own a $300,000 store that pulls in 60% of what the seller claimed and a utility bill that quietly doubles their operating cost. Every part of that mistake is preventable, and the prevention is unsexy: it&rsquo;s a books audit, a utility audit, and a lease audit, in that order.</p>