15 per day/75 per week. You should be able to service about two pools per hour, including driving time if the route is condensed.

Twenty to thirty (20 - 30) minutes. This also depends on the size of the pool, weather conditions, and the quality and type of service.

Typically, a new buyer will get anywhere from two to four (2 - 4) weeks of training depending on how quickly the buyer learns the business.

You should always get a business license, but in most cases you do not need any additional certifications to service residential accounts. Commercial accounts require immediate liability insurance, and, in some areas, health certifications, workman's comp, and a contractors license are required.

Typically, 70 - 100 accounts by themselves.

Normally, it's 60 - 90 days, depending on the final multiple (9 - 14x's) used in the selling price.

If both buyer and seller do as agreed upon in the contract, cancellations are minimal, usually 0% - 10%. If there are any cancellations, they usually take place when the customer first receives the buyer/seller notification letters within the first couple weeks of the guarantee period.

A well-established pool route will cost anywhere from nine to fourteen times (9 - 14x's) the monthly service, depending upon density, rates, area, additional charges, and longevity.

Then yes, Depending on the motivation of the seller and the buyers' experience level.

Typically, routes are paid in full less 10% of the final purchase price which Pool Route Pros Inc. holds back in a trust account for the guarantee period to be distributed accordingly once the guarantee period is up. In some cases, depending on the seller, we can sometimes offer a 1 - 2 month work off, thus shaving off 1 – 2 times of the total purchase price. At Pool Route Pros Inc. we also allow you to put the deposit down on a major credit card if you choose too (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or PayPal) which would be equivalent to two times (2x's) of the total purchase price once you view the route and would like to move forward.

then yes, in all of the sunbelt regions i.e. pool states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Florida).

Anytime is GREAT! But for a brand new buyer, probably the winter months (October - March) because the chemicals and usage of the pool are at a minimum.

On average, conservative overhead will range from 15% - 20% which would include your chemical costs, postage, gas, cell phone, and insurance. During the winter months, your chemical cost will be cut by 50% - 60% from what summer months.

No. All your pool route needs and supplies can easily be stored in the back of almost any pick up truck, you only need to pick up the chemicals you need from the distributors.

Your busiest time of the year would be from March to September since that is when the pools right the most useage.

Yes. Once you have established your DBA, business license, and business checking account, you can open up an account at any local pool supply distributor. Pool Route Pros Inc will provide you with a list of all local distributors plus a application for each with our buyers packet.

It can range anywhere from health reasons, desire for a career change, geographics, retirement, and of course personal reasons as well.

Yes! A pool route business will always have a market to sell, even when the economy is bad, customers still need to protect their investment and pay to have their pool serviced correctly.

Yes. You just have to find the right niche to locate them, newspapers, colleges, distributors, friends and family, word of mouth, etc. Pool Route Pros Inc. will also provide you with a list of referrals for service, repair, or any other issue you may have with our buyers packet.

A good pool cleaner/technician will be paid $10 - $12 per residential stop. This will also depend on who is supplying the chemicals, gas and insurance for the tech. Some route owners will pay there techs a percentage (%) of each pool that way they are more responsible for what they are getting paid on. Example: Tech 1 - Supplies their own gas and chemicals will usually get paid 65% - 75% of each stop. Tech 2 - Services the route which the owner provides the chemicals for him/her would get paid 30% - 50% of each stop. A good repairman will usually do he repair for you and teach you how to do the repair as well will typically give you anywhere from 10% - 30% depending on the company.

Yes, There are a few organizations out there that will offer affordable liability insurance and specialize in helping out pool route owners. Pool Route Pros Inc. highly recommends you get insurance with any pool route that you purchase and we will provide you with all of the available options in our buyers' packet. It runs about $70 - $90 a month.

If you become a member of one of the pool associations, then in case of sickness, injury, etc, your own chapter members will cover your pools at no cost for up to six months.

Most route owners have their customers set up to be billed either the 1st, 15th, or end of the month and use a certain program to do so. There are certain companies that provide computer and mobile software and applications that cater to the pool industry allowing you to inform your clients of everything going on with their pools, send them a bill, keep updated notes, amongst many other things. With any pool route purchased through Pool Route Pros Inc. we will provide you with a variety of options to choose from with our buyers' packet depending on your preference.

Always. Most of the trade shows, seminars, and classes are offered from October through March as well as a few others throughout the year when pools guys aren't slammed with work during the summer months (working season). Pool Route Pros Inc. provides all our new buyers with updated dates for events of the year on our buyers packet.

Yes there are a couple publications out there that cater to over 15,000 pool professionals all year around, plus there are several books, manuals, and publications that are available. Pool Route Pros Inc. provdies its buyers with 5+ manuals/pamphlets to start you out with your new pool route in our buyers packet as well.

Yes. We offer a 10 step marketing plan as part of our buyers packet that will give you many different proven techniques that will teach you to grow your business more without spending a ton of money out of pocket and also how to run you business more efficiently while your growing on your own.

Yes, we include our "Buyers Packet" at no charge to you for all of our completed sales. The 50 page detailed booklet, also provided to you on a jump drive, will cover all of this and more, it is your A to Z on everything you need to know from how to start your business, what you will need, where to get it, educational books, as well as how to operate successfully in our ever growing industry.

Yes. With every pool route purchased through Pool Route Pros Inc. our contract has a standard five(5) year non-compete agreement for any accounts purchased.

A well-established route, with above average rates, five to ten (5 - 10) mile radius, with a lot of automatic cleaners, filter cleans, algaecide, and conditioner charges (salt charges are a plus), with two to three (2 - 3) weeks vacation per year built in can be sold in less than a week, but can take up to three months. We can move as quickly or as slowly as you would like us too, we have experienced cash buyers ready to purchase solid accounts immediately.

With today’s economy, it is a sellers market since we have a higher inventory of buyers than we do sellers. With that said, routes now are selling for anywhere from nine to fourteen times (9 - 14x's) of what the gross monthly service income is. This again again is based upon location, density, longevity, extra charges, vacation time, billy cycle, customer history, again reports, amongst a few other variables.

No!!! With Pool Route Pros Inc, we are one of the few brokers out there that does not require you to sign an exclusive listing agreement with us for any period of time. With our philosophy, we feel if you give us the opportunity to sell your route, we should earn it. So we will take the opportunity to sell your route as a priority and bring buyers to the table immediately for you, if you should happen to find a buyer on your own while we are searching fro you too, than by all means we want you to make a sale where possible if it is the right opportunity for you.

With the pool industry it can really vary who is buying your route and how much experience that they have. Most new buyers coming to us have already researched the pool industry and know it is something that they want to get involved in, so Pool Route Pros Inc. will often recommend our potential buyers going out with a friend or someone they know in the pool industry to ride a long with them and start to learn right away. We always have a handful of both experienced and new buyers, keep in mind that experienced buyers will not want to pay top dollar for a route since they already know the industry and will not need any training in most cases. Whereas on the opposite side of the spectrum, a buyer new to the business will tend to be open to paying a little more for the route since there will be anywhere from two to four (2 - 4) weeks of training involved once the route is purchased.

Anytime is a fine time to sell a pool route. We just want you to make sure that you will be able to devote the little time we need from you in order to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible.One of the few things we need is for you to be able to get us the details we need on the accounts to show our perspective buyers,as well as having availability to show the route to interested parties, etc.

For new buyers, two to four (2 - 4) weeks, for an experienced buyer, sometimes one week of training is required. Training will usually consist of the buyer going out with you on the pools he/she is buying as you normally service them. Repairs are not usually included with the average 2 - 4 weeks provided.

The standard guarantee period for a pool route sale in our industry is sixty to ninety (60 - 90) days.

Most commonly, routes are paid in full with cash or cashiers check once terms are agreed upon, less 10% of the final purchase price that Pool Route Pros Inc. will hold in a non interest bearing trust account for the duration of the guarantee period. In some cases, our sellers will offer a “work-off” to the buyer. This meaning that the buyer wold pay for the pool route in full up front, and work off one to two times (1 - 2x's) from the total purchase price for the first couple of months into the transition.

Pool Route Pros Inc. provides both parties with a variety of different notification letters that will be sent out in correspondence with each other after both parties have reviewed the letters at the appropriate time, usually within one to two (1 - 2) weeks of the closing date.

Yes, but you can not solicit any of the customers that were sold for a period of five (5) years.

If the buyer approaches you for help, then sure that is fine, but again, you can not approach any of the customers that you sold yourself. If a customer should contact you be accident for a pool service need, it is fine to help, but you must first go through the new buyer.