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Overhead is generally the largest drain on a small business. If you have to make large monthly payments plus keeping a payroll going and purchasing materials, its not easy.

The other factor is the yoyo affect that the economy can have on the auto restoration support businesses. One year they may have overwhelming orders that are hard to fill and the next year may be dead as a doornail.

Anyone getting into a restoration support business needs to be flexible enough to survive the bad times and keep up with the good. Folks that have all their equipment paid for with lower overhead can weather a lot more than those that don't.