Restaurant investors - what do they want to see back?

[Rebel Rose]

I guess question #1 is, how should one go about attracting investors?  Has anyone here successfully found some funding that way?

 

Question #2, what do investors expect in return?  Is anyone here an investor?

[Edward J]

1)  Run a successful restaurant for at least 36mths.  Makes sure your books and your bank are congruent with your success.

 

2)a) Minimum 35% of the investment plus the original sum of the investment back within 18 mths.

   b) Failing the above, ownership of the property--NOT THE LEASE, but the actual property.

 

In other words,

basically, the same thing the Banks want.

 

Why do you ask?

[Jo Anne Edwards-Stevens]

With my husband's restaurants, a lot of it is ego, professional athletes who have never been in the business.  Most savvy investors steer clear of the restaurant business because the odds are so high that it will fail.

 

On the flip side, successful restaurateurs invest in their own.