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We're the only franchise offering that offers all four pillars of property management to our franchisees. So, our franchisees come in, and they can pick a sector or a pillar that they want to specialize in and offer that type of management. And as they grow in the business, they can bolt on the additional pillars.

You could help us but just getting the awareness of what we do and hopefully have other communities that want to bring an IDEA Lab to their areas as well, because obviously, our goal is to have several of these opened up in Georgia, and all over the metro Atlanta area, and, and all over the state of Georgia.

That was one of the reasons I chose to go to franchise rounds and start over again, from scratch. And although I am starting over from scratch, I have the support of the franchisee, you have a coach that they assigned to you, which is huge, so that you have someone to bounce ideas off, if you run into any kind of areas where you're not sure of how to handle it, they're available to you, within 24 hours to talk you through whatever it is, and come up with some kind of game plan that you want to do.

And one of the benefits of our franchise model versus others in our space is we've got a lot lower cost of entry. Our franchise fees are pretty consistent, but our buildouts are quite a bit less. So, you can get into a workout anytime facility for a lot less than you could with some of our other competitors.

So, I think we have the skill if somebody wants to become an entrepreneur and wants to become a business owner and has no experience. We definitely got the skill set to teach them how to become a business person, an entrepreneur. But it's going to be easier if they’ve got some sales experience, for sure, I think.

We have really kind of two paths that we look at one, we're looking for a multi-brand franchisee, who has other brands and is looking to diversify their portfolio. They understand the systems of a franchise and the procedures, and they tend to be a great partner for us. And then we also like what I'd kind of consider like a mom-and-pop operator where they're really putting their heart and soul into their location.

After the Air Force Academy, back in Denver and newly married, Bryan Park and his new wife came home from dinner and saw that their puppy had eaten all the carpet. A flooring company came to install floors and Park asked about working there. Bryan worked with that company for 2 years, until he was let go in 2008 during the recession.

Marietta Snetsinger is committed to supporting entrepreneurs as they convert to a franchise system.