Building a dealership or car lot on a budget requires a strategy that includes planning for a balanced lifestyle as well as a healthy profitable business.

 

In opening this new location, I have had some challenges. I now know that challenges are there to highlight what is being ignored. In this case, I was ignoring my fears of opening a new location.

 

Because the last time I had a car lot, life was not ideal. I worked too much. I did not take care of myself and things fell apart.

 

So this time, I need to support the areas in my life that are likely to be neglected with the extra attention on the new location.

 

On the business side, I was also ignoring some facts about profitability. Before I open this new location, I need to know my break-even point, my fixed costs, and my profit per car. 

 

I need to identify the team I need in place to sell the minimum number of cars to break even and the other systems needed like customer...