imho: With a brick and mortar store, as with any other business, there's always a change you'll crash and burn. Unlike an internet business, you have less flexi

imho: With a brick and mortar store, as with any other business, there's always a change you'll crash and burn. Unlike an internet business, you have less flexibility about certain things such as cutting costs. It'll be hard for you to spend less on overhead, for example, or move to a new location, etc. You speak about moving the store somewhere else, and you can never know what impact it'll have. A store's location is part of its brand value (and as you say some customers will be lost for sure). I think the big question here is whether you'll have the time to put your heart and sole into it, and get the things the current owner doesn't do done. The follow up question is whether you should. Perhaps the reason the current owner isn't 100% into it is because it's not worth his time. If that's the case... maybe it's not worth yours either. Anyway - good luck. It's important to be passionate about the things you do :)