Finding The Right Franchise You need to consider the length of your contract.

What do you want to be when you grow up? That sounds prettyelementary until you realize most franchise agreements have aninitial term of 10 years, and that means performing your basicduties as a franchisee for an entire decade. Consequently, when youbuy a franchise, you must envision the day-to-day routine.

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