Received confirmation an hour ago that my first franchise with over 100+ bath remodeler owners is coming onboard today. They'll start with a pilot of just a few clients. 5 to be exact. Each pilot will spend $5,000 per month with me, buying leads that I'm generating through https://betterhomes.today My home service brand. I generate the leads for between $3 and $20 and I sell them for $40. that's a 2x-10x return on my adspend. That means I will spend $5k and make $25k every month... Just with the pilot locations. Oh and the brand president will be paying me $2500 per month as a free fee on top. Rent is $2700, groceries for 4 little kids is hundreds per week.. truck is $1500 and credit cards are all maxed to the hilt and late more than 4 months.. Nobody said this was going to be easy... It's been hard as fuck to get these businesses off the ground. I've got nothing left in the bank account... My wife is stressed out AF. Card got denied on her at checkout when buying groceries. While I'm in the parking lot taking a meeting from my cold calls. No the only way isn't up. I could still get kicked out of this rental and my truck could get repossessed, (haven't made a payment in two months, going on three) I thought I was a fairly humble person before trying to start a "real" business, but the last 5 years has really, really humbled me. I'll charge this franchise $2,500, probably moments before facebook tries to bill me again for the ads I have been running. Thumbtack doesn't pay for net 30, so that's been a bitch.. Things could still go terribly wrong, I'm aware of that. All I can do is pray to God that he has mercy on me while I openly pursue something that is clearly not his desire for me. If all goes well, this month I will make enough to keep the lights on for another. That'll give me enough breathing room before the results come in on the close rate of the leads for this pilot. September 3rd will be my 43rd birthday. I have been trying to build a business since I was 18. Had many, lost many. I've made a lot of money, but today I have little to show for it.