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Welcome to episode 52 of the Money Tree Investinging podcast. Hey everybody, I'm Joe Saul

See High from Stacking Benjamins and I am in the driver's seat today, which means we're

going to have some fun, aren't we? So sit back and relax because on this episode, we're taking

things a little different. We're going to talk about franchising. And why franchising?

Well, there's lots of ways to invest money, isn't there? First of all, there are passive investments.

Second, there's investing in yourself. But third, I thought, what about investing in a business?

What's that all about? And there are people out there that are friends of mine frankly who own lots of businesses

and they will tell you that that is an investment so i've always wondered what's it like to own a

franchise so we're going to talk about that on today's show let's go nesley tollhouse cafe by chip

franchises nearly 150 bakery cafes in the USA, Canada, and the Middle East.

They've been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 for the last nine consecutive years through 2015.

And Scott McIntosh, who's the vice president of franchise development at Nestle, Toll House Cafe by by Chip joins us. Welcome to the show, man.

Thank you so much, Joe. Glad to be here. Well, I know, Scott, how you made the list, the franchise 500.

You bribe them with that smell, don't you? That's how you get listed. You know, it never fails.

I can get on list, and I can typically get upgraded on my flights when I deliver cookies.

Well, I was going to say, you either bribe them with the smell or you bribe them by saying,

I'll never take the smell away because I would weigh 700 pounds. It's funny because my wife,

Cheryl, was excited about me interviewing you, but she said you needed to send samples so we could get a real feel for it first. Absolutely. Nothing is better than a Nestle

Toll House chocolate chip cookie in a 12-inch square. Oh, my goodness. Well, as you know, Scott,

we talk investing on this show. And when it comes to being a franchisee, when you look for the right franchisee, what type of investor are you looking for when you're out there searching?

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