Sure.
-Four year university with 25k students
-Small town with pop of 12k
-92% white
-50k median household
income for the town (not the students, obviously)
-1 salon in the entire area, very small, low quality beds, about a mile from campus.
Prospective site is pretty much on campus. It is a brand new strip mall that sits in between the campus and student housing. Northern, Mid-West climate (cold -under 70 degrees) 8-9 months of the year.
I've been lurking these forums for a while now; and I'm fully aware of the doom-and-gloom attitudes about opening salons in the current economy. I am also aware that it is not as simple as "build it and they will come". However, I feel that with only one small salon, the market in that area is no where near saturated nor highly competitive.
I have a BS in BA: Management / Marketing and have been a Construction Manager for the last 15 years. Most of the buildout could be done for materials cost only, and a lot of my sweat. Uncle is a master electrician for added savings. My wife would be the one running the salon. She has a 4 year degree and 15 years of experience in Hotel management. She has had management positions in Q.A., Sales, Operations, Engineering, F&B, and is currently a GM of a hotel. We have enough cash to buy 6-10 beds outright.
I'd be happy to answer anything I missed if you had a specific question.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.