Franchise Buying & Due Diligence

This course takes a complete beginner from never having opened a Franchise Disclosure Document to confidently running the full due-diligence process on a franchise opportunity. You will work through the legal framework set by the FTC Franchise Rule, the structure and meaning of all 23 FDD items, the fees and total-investment math in Items 5 through 7, the obligations and territory protections in Items 8 through 12, the litigation, turnover, and financial-statement red flags in Items 3, 4, 20, and 21, the validation calls that test the Item 19 earnings claim, and a complete investment-and-payback model. Every module is built on the real document, named resources, worked numbers, and the specific questions a buyer asks before risking a life's savings.