Hi, I'm Bill and I'm located in Southern California. EZ-Up tents are a great way to attract customers. However, I found out real quick that the tents are not allowed in California for working on vehicles. First, you need to find out what the requirements are for licensing and permits in your state and community/city. If allowed, the best places are where you have a lot of drive by traffic. For instance, a shopping mall that is not located on a dead end street, a strip mall, etc. The people to contact are the owners of the property you want to get into or the property managers. If you are own your own you will have to cold contact. The names of property managers are normally posted somewhere on the property such as on an empty suite, a sign by the entrance of the property or on a marquee. They will also have their telephone numbers posted. You will probably have to have some presentation on paper to send the person who manages the property. As far as paying for the space you need, I was paying $20 for each day that I wanted to work in a month. The entire amount was payable at the beginning of the month. You can work out a flat rate for the month or a percentage of your gross. Depending on the volume you expect to do, a starting point woud be around $400 a month. It could be more if you do a lot of volume. If go for the percentage, 15 to 20% would be good. If you sat at your site all day and did no jobs, you wouldn't have to pay any thing for that day.

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