by BarnBratCSA » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:24 am
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#OK, so my best friend and I were talking about finding a farm to rent with a house on it so we could live together with our horses....basically, we both drive 20 mins from our houses twice a day to feed our horses, but if we lived together, we'd have to just walk outside, and we could split the chores. BUt we were really just toying with the idea, not too serious. THEN, we came across the most perfect property, so we went to meet with the people... It's a 12 stall facility with an indoor... 2 barns, 6 stalls each. Plus a small cottage for us to rent. The cottage is reasonably priced, and includes all utilities. They'll rent us the lower barn (connected to the INDOOR!!) for $125/stall. It has TONS of goreous pastures/paddocks, and the facility is really just a nice place. They only have 2 horses, so are open to letting us take on more stalls as needed. We got to discussing it, and we think we ccan do it, IF we have 3 boarders and we lease out two of our horses. We want to get $450 for board, which is cheap for the area...the barn a mile up the road with similar facilities charges $525, and they're turning people away, so there's definitely a market for us. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Here's my question - how do I market our facility to pick up the boarders and leases we need to open?? We need to be sure that we have boarders/leases before we can open, as without that income, we cant swing it. Any help will be appreciated! #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#