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Want to buy a restaurant, but I found out the current owner is paying off the Health Inspector! HELP!!!?
There is a restaurant I want to buy. It is a historic building in the small town where I live and it does need work and restoration. Which is perfectly fine with me. The place isn't for sale, but I am planning on making an offer because the owner doesn't care about the restaurant and because of that the business is struggling. I have a killer plan to turn that around. But my question is, I recently found out that the owner is paying off the Inspector to keep their restaurant open. How do I proceed? Like I said, I know the building needs work. It is incorporated into my business plan. (Plus since it is a historical building I wanted to use that to my advantage and get a grant or a special loan to restore it.) What do I do about the bribery? Do I tell someone about it? I am going to try and take part in a mentor type program from the local SBA. Do I tell them about it? What about the inspector himself? Can I request not to be inspected by him? What if he purposely fails us because I told on him? Or because I won't continue the bribery? What do I do? The building is the key to my business plan. It has a ballroom over looking the city on the 2nd floor from the early 1900's that needs to be restored. My mom has experience and connections for booking events such as weddings, company parties, etc. The menu is really great, but it is the building itself that makes the plan outstanding! So...it is vital to the plan. I have to do whatever it takes to obtain it. It's not going to be just a restaurant, but a rental space for events as well.
3 weeks ago - 4 answers
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dear Black wid; seems like you are WISHING to be between a rock and a hard spot. interesting. a; temporarily ignore that space. NARC on him with the local city DA. b; use your skills and find an out-of-biz restaurant in a strip mall, let me help you take it over and at a distance, watch the inspector thing and your preferred bldg only those who want to become private eyes walk into the cooking pot, to use your industry analogues. it will be a challenge to get any new restaurant to make a profit do not enter this situation with a need to look over your shoulder. YOU could also hire a RE buyer's agent to make an offer on the bldg LATER. I can help you open all the bizs you wish and when you find unique NEGATIVE circumstances at any site, stay away from it if you don't have plenty of reserve $.
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by Fredrick- 3 weeks ago
beweare of retaliation just fix the deficiencies and contact the supervisor and request him to inspect it to correct he will give you abatement time to correct he can tell you how to correct or prevent any situation. develop a repora with the supervisor.
by razorraul- 3 weeks ago
what if you buy it and then find out it will cost a fortune to restore and you CAN'T get a grant? and what exactly is the health inspector covering up - could that be something else that will cost a fortune to fix? - must be something major to require bribery to keep operating instead of just fixing the problem I would anonymously rat out the health inspector, then step away and wait for the investigation to finish - like you said the building isn't even up for sale - he could be holding onto it for other reasons - I wouldn't put any money into anything until teh health inspection issue is addressed
by Doctor Deth- 3 weeks ago
Well if you have the funds and financing to totally refurbish the building properly up to code, and money to keep it up and build your business -forget the past inspector problem and forge ahead. Just don't give the inspector any reason to find you in violation for anything. You will get a clear inspection before you open I'm sure right? If you get a bad inspector just don't pay and file a complaint! Most importantly and I repeat don't give them any excuse to complain about.
by grandpa- 3 weeks ago