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Learn How to Find, Evaluate & Acquire Your First Car Wash or Laundromat
The complete step-by-step training Hannah Ingram created to help aspiring business owners understand how to search for opportunities, evaluate potential deals, approach owners, explore creative acquisition structures and operate these “boring businesses” with confidence.
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Car Washes • Laundromats • Business Acquisitions • Creative Finance Education
What If You Bought an Existing Business Instead of Starting Another One From Scratch?
Most people who want to own a business immediately think about starting from zero.
- Coming up with the idea.
- Building the brand.
- Finding customers.
- Creating systems.
- Figuring everything out as they go.
But there’s another path:
Buying an existing business.
Car washes and laundromats caught my attention because they are simple, established business models with physical locations, existing equipment and an existing customer base.
Buy One Instead was built to show you how I approach the acquisition process—from identifying opportunities all the way through evaluating, negotiating and operating the business after closing.
You don’t need another random collection of YouTube videos.
You need the entire process organized in the right order.
Meet Your Instructor
I Bought My First Car Wash at 22. Then I Built the Training I Wish I Had When I Started.
I’m Hannah Ingram.
I started working in the real estate industry when I was 17, earned my real estate license at 18 and eventually became interested in acquiring existing businesses.
At 22, I purchased my first car wash.
But the road to getting there wasn’t simple.
I had to learn how to find opportunities, talk with owners, understand the numbers, structure deals and determine whether a business was actually worth buying.
Over the years, I’ve continued buying, operating and studying these businesses—and teaching other people what I’ve learned along the way.
Instead of making you piece together years of trial, error and experience on your own, I organized the process inside Buy One Instead.
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MAKE ITThe Hard Part Isn’t Wanting to Buy a Business.It’s Knowing What to Do Next.
You can spend months scrolling through listings and still have no idea which opportunities are worth pursuing.
You can find a business you like and have no idea what questions to ask the owner.
You can look at financials without knowing what should make you excited—or concerned.
And even after finding a promising opportunity, you still have to understand how the acquisition, negotiation, transition and operation of the business fit together.
That uncertainty is exactly why Buy One Instead exists.
Instead of guessing your way through your first acquisition, you can follow a structured process built specifically around car washes and laundromats.
One System. From “Where Do I Start?” to Business Owner.
01
Find Opportunities
Learn a structured process for identifying car washes and laundromats that may be worth investigating.
02
Approach Owners
Learn how to start conversations with business owners and uncover potential opportunities professionally.
03
Evaluate Deals
Understand what information to gather, what questions to ask and how to think through a potential acquisition.
04
Understand Acquisition Structures
Learn about traditional and creative approaches that may be available when structuring a business acquisition.
05
Prepare for Ownership
Understand the operational side of owning a car wash or laundromat before you buy.
06
Avoid Beginner Mistakes
Follow a process instead of trying to piece everything together while negotiating a real transaction.
This page isn't designed to teach you the entire method.That’s what Buy One Instead is for.
You’re Not Building Everything From Zero.
One reason I became interested in existing car washes and laundromats is simple:
They’re already businesses.
- There may already be customers using the property.
- There may already be equipment in place.
- There may already be operating history you can review.
- There may already be systems you can evaluate and improve.
Instead of beginning with nothing but an idea, you're evaluating something that already exists.
That distinction changed the way I thought about entrepreneurship.
A Core Focus of the Course
The Ownership Loophole Formula
Buy One Instead places a major emphasis on creative finance—what I call the Ownership Loophole Formula.
Instead of assuming every acquisition has to follow one traditional path, you’ll learn how to think through creative deal structures that may allow a qualified buyer to acquire a car wash or laundromat with minimal money down.
This is how we’ve been able to approach these acquisitions: by understanding the business, the seller’s priorities and the different ways a transaction may be structured.
The course teaches you the framework so you can evaluate what may fit each specific opportunity—not rely on a one-size-fits-all financing promise.
Real Student Interviews
Hear Directly From Buy One Instead Students
Watch the interviews and stories featured on Buy One Instead.
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How Jahleel Turned Setbacks into a Successful Car Wash Business!
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How My Student Closed Her First Laundromat Deal
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My Student James Bought a Car Wash and a Laundromat After Three Months
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A Great Testimonial From One of My Students!
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My Student Joey Owns Two Car Washes
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I Flew to Texas to See My Student’s First Laundromat! [Live Stream]
Introducing
Buy One Instead
My Complete Car Wash & Laundromat Acquisition Training
Buy One Instead gives you access to the complete training I created around searching for opportunities, communicating with sellers, evaluating potential acquisitions, understanding deal structures and preparing to operate the business after purchase.
Rather than trying to figure out each step as it happens, you’ll have the training and resources available when you need them.
Everything Inside Buy One Instead
Inside the program, I walk you through the acquisition process step by step so that you understand how the individual pieces work together.
Rather than giving you isolated tips, the training is organized around the actual journey of pursuing and acquiring a car wash or laundromat.
PHASE 01Getting Started
PHASE 02Finding Opportunities
PHASE 03Communicating With Sellers
PHASE 04Evaluating Potential Deals
PHASE 05Acquisition & Deal Structure Education
PHASE 06Ownership & Operations
Fast-Action Bonuses
Get More Than Just the Core Buy One Instead Training
When you enroll, you’ll get immediate access to the core course materials inside our online student portal, including real-life examples, videos, walkthroughs and before-and-after case studies. You’ll also receive these bonuses to help you put what you learn into action.
Bonus #1 · Done-For-You Research
500+ Car Wash & Laundromat Leads Compiled For You
Choose an address and our team will compile a spreadsheet containing at least 500 car wash and laundromat leads based around the location you select. You’ll receive a list you can keep and use as a starting point for your outreach and acquisition research.
- 500+ leads
- Based around an address you choose
- Delivered in spreadsheet format
- Yours to keep
Bonus #2 · Profit Multiplier Toolkit
27 Strategies for Improving Existing Locations
Once you become an owner, the work shifts from finding the business to improving it. This toolkit gives you 27 strategies plus upsell and cross-sell implementation guides to reference as you evaluate the customer experience and operation.
- 27 improvement strategies
- Upsell implementation guides
- Cross-sell implementation guides
- Designed for existing locations
Bonus #3 · Private 1-on-1 Consultation
Close On Your First Location? Let’s Talk About What Comes Next.
After you close on your first car wash or laundromat, you’ll receive a private one-hour consultation with Hannah to discuss your new business, ask questions and talk through your priorities as you move into ownership.
- Private 60-minute consultation
- Available after your first closing
Bonus #4 · Virtual Assistant Training
Learn How to Delegate More of the Day-to-Day Work
Learn how Hannah approaches delegating operational and administrative responsibilities to virtual assistants, including identifying suitable tasks, creating clear processes and working with remote support.
- Delegation framework
- VA training process
- Day-to-day task organization
- Remote support systems
Bonus #5 · Private Facebook Group Access
Get Access to the Buy One Instead Community
Review answers to previous questions, ask questions of your own and connect with other entrepreneurs who are working toward similar acquisition goals.
- Ask questions
- Review previous discussions
- Connect with other members
- Learn alongside aspiring and current owners
Bonus #6 · Buy One Instead Automation Suite
Learn How to Build a More Remote-Friendly Operation
Learn how to think about systems, delegation and technology when managing a car wash or laundromat from a distance, with approaches that can reduce how much the operation depends on you being at the property.
- Remote management concepts
- Delegation systems
- Operational workflows
- Tools for managing from a distance
Everything You Need to Learn the Acquisition Process—and More Support to Help You Put It Into Action.
Buy One Instead Core Training + All 6 Bonuses
$997 ONE-TIME
Lifetime access to the core course materials.
This Isn’t Just Another Course You Watch Once and Forget About.
An acquisition can involve months of searching, conversations, research and decision-making.
That's why Buy One Instead is designed to become a resource you can return to throughout the process.
When you find an opportunity, go back to the relevant training.
When you're preparing for a conversation, revisit the framework.
When you're evaluating something unfamiliar, reference the resources.
And when you finally become an owner, you'll still have access to the operational material and bonuses.
Lifetime Access to the Core Training
Get Complete Access to Buy One Instead
$997
One-Time Payment
- Complete Buy One Instead Training
- Lifetime Access to the Core Program
- Done-For-You Research With 500+ Leads
- Profit Multiplier Toolkit
- Private 1-Hour Consultation With Hannah
- Virtual Assistant Training
- Private Facebook Group Access
- Buy One Instead Automation Suite
One-time payment • Lifetime access to the core training
Buy One Instead May Be a Fit for You If…
This may be a fit
- You want to understand the process of buying an existing car wash or laundromat.
- You're willing to research opportunities and communicate with business owners.
- You want a structured process instead of piecing together random information online.
- You're new to business acquisition and want to understand the fundamentals.
- You've already started looking at businesses but aren't confident evaluating them yet.
- You value having training, resources and support available throughout the process.
This probably isn’t for you if…
- You're looking for a get-rich-quick program.
- You expect someone else to find, negotiate and purchase a business for you.
- You aren't willing to contact owners, evaluate opportunities or do the work required to pursue an acquisition.
You Can Keep Trying to Piece It Together.Or You Can Learn the Process.
The next opportunity you look at will still require you to make decisions.
You'll still need to know what to ask.
You'll still need to evaluate what you're looking at.
You'll still need to understand what happens before, during and after an acquisition.
Buy One Instead was created to give you a framework before those decisions are sitting in front of you.
If owning a car wash or laundromat is something you've been seriously considering, start learning the process today.
$997 ONE-TIME