the tough part about a franchise would be that there's nothing left near me. you have guys from nyc tht own as far up as rockland county and then my boss owns up as far as columbia county and then it switches to a guy who owns from albany up. im not sure about western ny. Another thing is if i was to do it i would want to do a worlds, which is still owned by pf but i'm not sure if thy still put new ones out anymore. It would be tough to compete with pf in my area and there are 4 golds gyms and 3 all sports plus 2 or 3 small gyms so i don't know how i would fair against them. I remembr doing the math about 8 years ago when my wife and i were going to buy out and older hardcore gym in newburgh and we knew the cheapest we could go is $39 per month. Thats still cheaper than golds or all sport but it's 2x as much as pf. My big thing was going to be that i would get dbs up to 200lbs, have awesome deadlift platforms, power racks, t-bars, hack squats, supplements with free counseling and training by me. I figured since i own the joint why charge for my services, i just want them to be members! I would like to have a daycare section too so that i can target the moms and dads who can't get someone to watch the kids while they work out. I would really hone in on everything pf doesn't have to grab the people who are there but wish they had a reasonably priced option that gave them what pf lacks.