Re: Question about buying alarm accounts

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh nooooooooooo, you had to go there, didn't ya........

"Mr.Double-sided tape" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Save your money. There's no need to buy existing accounts.
> Those accounts will run you close to $50,000.00 and the law of averages
> says at least 20% of them are crap. Rather than blow 50k on someone
> else's headache use it to fund equipment/overhead on new accounts.
> If you really want to make some money just have Bob Campbell set you up
> as an area rep in his Loxxon Authorized Dealer territory.
>
> Stephane Laviolette wrote:
>> true its not much
>> but i'll be starting on my own
>> 100 accounts could give me a good start by at least paying for my store
>> rent
>> or part of it
>> but the technical aspect I got warned about already..
>> and it makes sense, it could be alll junk
>>
>>
>> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:LTszf.13$I35.31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Be really really rweally careful - if they're junk installs, or slow
>> > pays,
>> > you're buying a headache.
>> >
>> > 100 accounts is not very many for a "jumpstart"...you could easily do
>> > that
>> > in 6 months with a couple of installers on your own. Besides it aint
>> > much
>> of
>> > a monthly income after you pay monitoring and billing costs and taxes.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Stephane Laviolette" <manouche_j@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:AHizf.48528$Fl2.1205627@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > | Hi
>> > |
>> > | I hope this is the right place to ask this question...
>> > |
>> > | Well i'm looking to get into alarm sales & monitoring and may have an
>> > | opportunity to purchase existing alarm account.
>> > | If contracts have 12 + months remaining and charge 16$ monthly what
>> > do
>> you
>> > | thin is a resonnable price to buy 100 or so of these accounts ?
>> > | This would be great and give us a jump start and a steady monthly
>> income.
>> > | any advice would be appreciated
>> > |
>> > | Stephane
>> > |
>> > |
>> > |
>> >
>> >
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