Do you know everything you need to be a successful B&B innkeeper?

Buy one or buy the whole set -- design your own education program! The books are sent electronically via email, or on CD-ROM via the mail.

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The Buying Series
This eBook with Quick Guides will give you a foundation for how to buy a B&B inn. Buying a bed and breakfast is unlike buying a house. Make your journey a positive and successful one. Approach your B&B purchase professionally and like the business you want to buy.
• Buying a B&B Inn
  Buy with confidence backed with the wisdom in this eBook. The content combines my 12 years experiences as a B&B broker, knowledge from the B&B appraiser and other B&B brokers, input from other lodging brokers, and my 20 years in the business. The insights you gain from my eBook on Buying a B&B Inn makes the buying process less mysterious, more enjoyable, and successful.

• Questions B&B Buyers Should Ask
  Make your buying experience a positive one. Knowing what questions to ask can make the difference between buying the inn you expected to and buying a "bill of goods". Asking the right questions will improve your business decisions and increase your chance at success in the B&B business. This Quick Guide offers suggestions for questions you should ask of various people as you conduct your search and enter negotiations for the purchase of your ideal B&B inn.
• B&B Inspection Tips and Checklist
  Perform some ealy due diligence and conduct a visual inspection as you review the properties that can work for your B&B. This checklist doesn't replace a professional inspection, but it can help you save time and money by highlighting the "lemons" and "cherries". If you find a "lemon" you can keep moving without spending the time writing an offer having an inspection done. If you find a "cherry" you can proceed with your purchase. This Quick Guide gives you the tool you need to screen B&Bs as you look so you won't have surprises later.

The Seminar Series
These five eBooks are each from a half-day module of my Indepth Seminar, The Innkeeping Balancing Act: Business vs Hospitality, on being a successful B&B innkeeper. Information found in my eBooks is based on what I've learned from innkeepers across the U.S and Canada as well as Europe. I've learned from successful and struggling innkeepers alike. Absorb details that will help you gain profits more readily.
• Building a Good Foundation -- So You Don't Find Yourself In A Hole
  Understand your strengths and weaknesses so you can buy the "right" B&B and develop the business that suits your style. Learn what the B&B experience means to you so you can attract guests who want what you will offer in ambiance and hospitality. Ascertain how the B&B trends will shape and support your bed and breakfast operations to better success. A strong foundation creates a stable and viable business model from which you will enjoy and profit. Start with the Foundation eBook for the rudiments of your success.
• Planning Your Business -- Getting A Handle On The Nuances Of Implementing Your Idea
  Research your business concept to make sure you get the results you want and deserve. Evaluate whether the location and the number of guestrooms you are considering will allow you to make the money you desire. Hone your market niche for success. Solid research lets you modify your plans before you put money into the project and to create a profitable situation. This eBook is your planning guide.
• Show Me The Money! -- Great Expectations
  Ascertain if you have the money you need to buy and create the bed and breakfast you desire. Understand how you'll create income and manage expenses to generate a bottom line that's viable for you. Contemplate other income streams you can produce from your B&B operation so you make even more money. Money is at the core of your B&B decision. Do you have enough and can you make enough are the basics of that decision. Use the Money eBook to ensure your B&B business' financial health.
• Marketing -- Standing Out From The Competition
  Brand your inn to attract the people you enjoy serving, creating more success with less effort. Learn where to promote your B&B and how to do it most effectively. Write a viable marketing plan to map out your successful path. Your marketing budget is closely aligned with your success; it's sacred and can't be trimmed when money gets tight. The Marketing eBook will share secrets you can "take to the bank".
• Daily Operations -- The 8-Ring Circus
  Create an organizational structure and routines that supports your operations and brand. Determine who you will allow to answer your business phone. Analyze whether your amenities and hospitality gestures reflect your stated guest experience. Balancing business and hospitality is the challenge of innkeeping that separates success innkeepes from everyone else. This eBook will help put you in the category of successful bed and breakfast innkeeper.

Quick Guides
These Guides were devolped for those wanting some quick assistance in a specific area. Don't recreate the wheel. Learn from successful innkeepers who have gone before you. Use the checklists and manuals as templates. They provided examples will fill in the gaps of your knowledge and spark your imagination for ways to improve your bed and breakfast business.
• Job Description and Checklists
  Streamline your employee training and daily operations. These job descriptions and checklists will help you organize your days and employees. Enhance your hospitality and service with the consitency that comes from using checklists. Airline pilots use checklists to ensure all details are attended to for a successful flight. Their wisdom is now yours.
• Operations Manual
  Augment your operations and training with thorough manuals covering how to run the inn. Dump your brains onto paper so others know what you know about running and managing the inn. You'll step away from the inn for any number of reasons -- vacation, illness, or emergency. These manuals will let others step into your shoes to keep the inn going as if you were there. Ensure your business viability as you ease your mind by creating your own Operations Manual with the help of this Quick Guide.
• Questions B&B Buyers Should Ask
  Focus your thinking in regards to what questions to ask as you search for you ideal B&B. You first have to ask yourself probing questions so you can understand what you need in a B&B. There are also critical questions to ask of real estate agents, the seller, regulatory officials, and others. Don't get caught off gaurd because you didn't ask enough questions, or the right questions. Get the help you need focusing your thoughts with this Quick Guide.
• B&B Inspection Tips and Checklist
  Sharpen your eyes and consider the physical structure as you look at B&Bs. You may find your perfect B&B has major flaws. It's wise to evaluate whether you want to go forward with this B&B and face the repairs required to make it what you want, or to keep searching. If you use this checklist you can make some early determinations before hiring an inspector. Keep your eyes open so you don't accidentally buy a money pit. This Quick Guide is the perfect tool to keep you focused.