From reading your post, I think you need to put a lot more thought into this before you jump into the deep end. Not to say don't follow your idea, because if it is what you want to do, you will find a way.

As far as the money part, you probably should have some "up front money" to help you with those little "suprises" that are sure to pop up.

Put your ideas on paper in a business plan, get with someone who could help you logically go through the process.

One idea, maybe start by "rebuilding" rather than build from scratch. Take the profits of the first few and go from there. Here are a few key elements you may want to read.

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