Owning Billboards

[BigFratDaddy]

anyone ever owned a billboard sign? If so what goes into and is it profitable?

Been thinking about this lately. theres some new retail development going on along the highway where i live so was thinking about there....

[BigFratDaddy]

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[The Judge]

Owning a billboard is kind like being a slum lord.

[Romanowski]

pretty retarded question

[Lukester]

What do u want to advertise? Do u want to offer a service that's not visible when driving by your house?

[RanPicks]

man, you boys are tough...

It's a legit question... just not sure you're in the right forum frat... owning something is usually better than not... obv

[BigFratDaddy]

Originally Posted by Romanowski

pretty retarded question

so you're telling me as the volume of traffic in crease advertisers won't play more to advertise in those areas. The billboards in Dallas are all beer and liquor companies because they are the only ones who can afford certain spots. Not really a retarded question. Your reply was rather retarded though so thanks for nothing

[ZoomVT]

i dont own any but i know some people that do in the jersey/pa area. it is very profitable if you can have a few.
If you have just one, you will get killed by the competition. if you get a few then you can have a block and if you are lucky and your area has good traffic you could make some money. I guess it all depends on what is the initial investment. It may take a few years to get it back. Lots of variables though: growth of the area, growth of the city and the economy as a whole, etc.

[BigFratDaddy]

Originally Posted by ZoomVT

i dont own any but i know some people that do in the jersey/pa area. it is very profitable if you can have a few.
If you have just one, you will get killed by the competition. if you get a few then you can have a block and if you are lucky and your area has good traffic you could make some money. I guess it all depends on what is the initial investment. It may take a few years to get it back. Lots of variables though: growth of the area, growth of the city and the economy as a whole, etc.

yea thats what i figured. do you know exactly what they did as far as the part of land they put the billboard?

[ZoomVT]

what do you mean by part of land?
depending on the area, you may have to jump through hoops, cause you gotta get a permit to use the air as well as the ground...in some places it is considered a "dwelling" for business purpose so you have to get a construction permit, etc.
are you planning on leasing the land? renting it? or buying it? the people i know have some under long term lease (30 years), and others he bought it outright. another possibility is to have as a profit share but the other party has you by the balls....

[BigFratDaddy]

Originally Posted by ZoomVT

what do you mean by part of land?
depending on the area, you may have to jump through hoops, cause you gotta get a permit to use the air as well as the ground...in some places it is considered a "dwelling" for business purpose so you have to get a construction permit, etc.
are you planning on leasing the land? renting it? or buying it? the people i know have some under long term lease (30 years), and others he bought it outright. another possibility is to have as a profit share but the other party has you by the balls....

I'm not in the works of anything quite yet. I was just wondering the process and what exactly goes into it. But this is some good info so thanks zoom

[ZoomVT]

no problem. it is something that if i could i would look into it myself but Vermont has a strict law about 0 billboards...

[Romanowski]

solid state electronics, huge lcd screens, will be the future billboards frattyson

this is a poker game you aint got the chips to enter, big investment

you did absolutely zero research, and think its a quick buck with no effort

u will never own a billboard, its you thinking aloud


4 reasons why its a retarded question

[BigFratDaddy]

Originally Posted by Romanowski

solid state electronics, huge lcd screens, will be the future billboards frattyson

this is a poker game you aint got the chips to enter, big investment

you did absolutely zero research, and think its a quick buck with no effort

u will never own a billboard, its you thinking aloud


4 reasons why its a retarded question

first of all it will be no sooner than 10 years extremely common

secondly i never said i had the chips to enter now dumbsht, and it will be awhile before i do, but why does it hurt to start researching now?

i dont think its a quick buck obviously if you read my post and took time to process it you wouldve realized i said it would be profitable in a few years as the area develops.

lastly, i easily could own a billboard one day if i absolutely wanted to and thought it would be a solid investment.


I dont know why you think youre the smartest fkn person around here but i didnt ask u to come in here and say my question is dumb, because really it wasnt. I honestly dont need or care to hear your shit. if you wanna be a decent person and give your honest opinion without trying to belittle someone that would be great. otherwise please dont come in threads like this and start talking shit.

[jaypasco]

i own a few billboards in billings montana