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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PatEllis15" data-source="post: 1149838" data-attributes="member: 1718">Depending upon what your wife does you may want to rethink this.  That is the plan that I always thought about when "I" dreamed your dream.  But the local store here in Portsmouth NH has made it with a different Strat.Here, the owner continued to work, insuring that he was gainfully employed, and not a burden on the family.  Further, it allowed him to maintain his Health Insurance, which if you are getting from your current job will probably cost about as much as hired help!!!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> He would close the store each day, and get it set for the hired help to open shop in the morning.  He would also work on most weekends.  Clearly still a LOT of work, but he didn't jeoporize he career, and continued to support his family, and could generat a little extra personal income to assist the store as needed.as for other idea:  I have heard from some friends that down in Baltimore MD, a game store there made a nice solid profit by having Anime for rent and sale.  This is a bit of a specialty item, that is not always connected with gaming, but there is some common ground.  They did very well by it...  That said the store up here used to offer all kinds of sci-fi and fantasy movies for rent, but they have liquidated their inventory....  of course I CAN go rent T2 down at the local video shop, not necessarily the case with Sailor Moon et al.Taro SaraskPat E</blockquote>

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