In his most recent episode of the “How To Buy A Franchise Show,” Dr. Hayes explains that one of the options many will consider is franchising.

According to Home Health Care News (HHCN), home-based care companies are proving to be recession-proof and many are seeing an uptick in interest among franchise prospects.

As commercial real estate becomes increasingly available at lower prices post COVID-19, global fitness franchise Gold’s Gym is introducing a new scalable footprint model designed to better suit these spaces at a lower investment.

The show must go on, and that is the case with the International Franchise Expo. The world’s largest franchise expo has moved its date for 2020 to Oct. 1-3 at The Javits Center in New York City.

Unlike owners of mom-and-pop businesses, franchisees have the support of seasoned professionals in the brand’s corporate office in a time of crisis. Franchise-focused organizations are available to provide resources, as well.

If history is any indication, the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 will have many looking for ways to take control of their financial futures.

Edible®, the world’s largest franchisor of fresh fruit arrangements and all-natural fruit snacks and dipped treats, has created a new path to franchise ownership with its new “Manage-To-Own” program.

“Like most people, we had a seizure of terror,” Rob Price, CEO of national music education franchise School of Rock, told USA Today.

Gary Findley, known as “The Redneck CEO,” serves as head of the rapidly-growing Restoration 1 and bluefrog Plumbing + Drain franchises.

Since the beginning, franchising’s mantra has been “in business for yourself, not by yourself.”

One of the many challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic was the need to find safe environments for seniors being released from health care facilities to make room for COVID-19 patients.

“There’s no safer way to get into business for yourself and begin building personal wealth than to buy a franchise.