Jim Hughes
Chicago, IL
Scott and his team were our Rosetta Stone quickly educating us on the fly to ensure we secured the best possible deal. He helped us navigate this new venture with his easy to follow, structured process, constant coaching, feedback, and guidance from his years of experience in franchising.
From the very first call, I could tell we were partnering with a quality organization led by Scott. I have been in corporate for over 25 years and B2B sales to boot. I have been sold to and, unfortunately, sold others on the premise of “what’s in it for me?”. With FGP, never once were we a means to an end to or just another transaction. I knew that we were getting into a partnership where our best interests were the motivation.
First impressions are big, and Scott and team deliver masterfully. From the first conversation, Scott took the time to get to know us personally. He was truly interested in us. Who we are, what motivates us, and what led us to the point where we wanted to invest in a franchise? Scott has a natural energy level that is infectious, and his humility was on display through the entire process despite him clearly being an expert in his field.
While I had experience investing in residential real estate, the world of commercial real estate was another language. Scott and his team were our Rosetta Stone quickly educating us on the fly to ensure we secured the best possible deal. He helped us navigate this new venture with his easy to follow, structured process, constant coaching, feedback, and guidance from his years of experience in franchising.
How would you find a commercial space? Drive up and down the streets and call the listing number on the signs. Sure, I’m guessing you could do that, and it would take you 6 months and likely cost you thousands in lost dollars to invest in your business. What I would recommend is that you call Scott and team! Within hours of our 1st call, his team had sent over hundreds of available listings allowing us to preview and select those that we wanted to see. After prescreening landlord brokers, FGP helped us coordinate site visits with specific directions as to how to conduct ourselves, what to say but more importantly what NOT to say. His coaching was invaluable to ensure that we didn’t cost ourselves additional dollars during our negotiations. Scott’s process is very transparent engaging us as active or passive participants in every interaction with the landlord/broker. This openness further ingratiated themselves as I always knew they truly had our best interest at hand.
I could say that Scott and team, helped us navigate strange new worlds in franchising and commercial real estate, which they did! I could say that they helped negotiate tens of thousands in savings with landlord build out, which they did! I could also say that they helped us secure favorable leasing terms that will deliver savings in the thousands, which they did! However, on top of all that what he really did was generously share his personal knowledge, experience, and life lessons on how to be a better businessman to ensure that my family and I benefit for years to come.
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