College HUNKS News
Awards, franchisee wins, territory openings, and the moving and junk-removal industry, called play-by-play. Straight from Tampa HQ.
This week’s headline.
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They Left Corporate America for a College HUNKS Franchise
Todd and Anne Smith left 25-year corporate careers, trained virtually during COVID, and built an award-winning College HUNKS franchise in Asheville, NC.
Fresh from the newsroom.
Franchisee wins, growth news, territory openings, and what’s moving the industry.
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What Franchise Royalties Actually Pay For
What do franchise royalties actually pay for? A plain-English look at the ongoing fees, what they fund, and whether the…
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A Veteran’s Path to Financing a Franchise: SBA and VetFran
A veteran’s guide to financing a franchise: SBA loans, the VetFran program, and franchisor veteran incentives, plus what you need…
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Moving Company Franchise: What to Look For Before You Buy
A moving company franchise is worth owning when the demand engine, revenue lines, territory, and fees hold up. Here is…
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Junk Removal Business License: What You Actually Need
Do you need a junk removal business license? Here are the permits, DOT rules and insurance to line up before…
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Junk Removal Business Plan: How to Write One That Holds Up
A junk removal business plan needs nine sections, but lenders read two closely: the market analysis and the financial projections.…
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What Is a Franchise Disclosure Document? All 23 Items
A franchise disclosure document is the 23-Item disclosure a franchisor must give you 14 days before you sign. What each…
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How to Build a Junk Removal Pricing Sheet
A junk removal pricing sheet, built from your own truck: the truckload ladder, the nine cost lines every tier must…
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Is a Junk Removal Business Profitable? An Honest Look at the Economics
Is a junk removal business profitable? An honest look at where the margin comes from, what quietly eats it, and…
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What Information Is Included in a Franchise Agreement?
What information is included in a franchise agreement? The 10 clauses every agreement contains, what each one controls, and what…
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Buying a Franchise vs Starting a Business: How to Decide
Buying a franchise vs starting a business: an honest look at upfront cost, ongoing fees, speed to revenue, control, and…
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What Is a Multi-Unit Franchisee?
A multi-unit franchisee owns two or more territories of one brand. What changes when you scale, and what a franchisor…
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12 Questions to Ask a Franchisor Before You Buy In
The questions to ask a franchisor before you buy: earnings and Item 19, real support, a protected territory, and owner…
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How to Start a Moving Company: An Honest 2026 Guide
How to start a moving company: the real steps, licensing, startup costs, and whether to go independent or buy a…
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How to Start a Junk Removal Business in 2026
How to start a junk removal business: the five steps to launch on your own, plus how a College Hunks…
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How Much Does It Cost to Buy a Franchise? Fee vs Item 7
How much does it cost to buy a franchise? The fee is the small part. See what Item 7 adds,…
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What Is a Franchise Broker? Who Pays Them and What They Do
What a franchise broker does, who pays them (the franchisor, 40-50% of the franchise fee), what they cannot do, and…
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What Is a Master Franchise Agreement? A Buyer’s Guide
A master franchise agreement makes you a sub-franchisor for a region. How it differs from area development and multi-unit ownership,…
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Buying an Existing Franchise: What to Check Before You Sign
Buying an existing franchise means paying more upfront for real revenue history. How franchise resales are valued and approved, and…
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The Junkluggers Franchise vs College Hunks: A Fair Look
How The Junkluggers franchise compares to College Hunks on cost, ongoing fees, service lines, and where the jobs come from.…
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Shelly Sun Berkowitz on What Makes a Good Franchisee
Shelly Sun Berkowitz built and sold a $750 million franchise. On Hunks Talking Junk she says what makes a good…
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Owner-Operator vs Semi-Absentee vs Absentee Franchises
Owner-operator, semi-absentee, and absentee franchises explained, plus how to check in Item 15 what a brand actually requires before you…
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Scott Leffel: Corporate Job at 50 to Dallas HUNKS Owner
Scott Leffel left a corporate sales job at 50, went 18 months without a paycheck, and set a College HUNKS…
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College Hunks vs 1-800-GOT-JUNK: 2026 Franchise Comparison
How College Hunks and 1-800-GOT-JUNK compare on investment, fees, territory and ownership, with every figure sourced to a named FDD…
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Franchise With the Fastest Return on Investment
Nobody can honestly quote you a payback period. Here is what the disclosure documents do let you compare, and how…
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Low Cost Restaurant Franchise: What Cheap Costs
A low franchise fee is not a low investment. Where the rest of the money goes in a restaurant franchise,…
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Is Owning a Fast Food Franchise Worth It?
Owning a fast food franchise can work, and the real cost is time. What to check on opening timelines, capital,…
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How Long Does It Take to Open a Franchise?
How long does it take to open a franchise? Most owners go from signing to launch in about three to…
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Meet Eric Osborne, Director of Franchise Development at College HUNKS
Eric Osborne joined College HUNKS as Director of Franchise Development in May 2026 after closing 100 franchise agreements in a…
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How to Finance a College HUNKS Franchise (SBA, ROBS & More)
See how to finance a College HUNKS franchise – SBA loans, ROBS, HELOC and lender options – plus the $193,100-$345,500…
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How Much Do Franchise Owners Make? An Honest 2026 Answer
Most answers to this conflate revenue with income. Here is the difference, what franchisors can legally disclose, and the 2026…
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Erica Fine: Single Mom to 7-Zone College HUNKS Owner
Erica Fine left a corporate finance career at GE and opened a College HUNKS franchise in Chicagoland as a single…
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How to Read Item 19 of an FDD: A Plain-English Guide
How to read Item 19 of an FDD without getting misled: averages vs medians, tenure cohorts, and what EBITDA really…
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Converting Your Junk Business to a Franchise: How It Works
Converting an independent junk removal business to a franchise: what you keep, what changes, and what a national brand and…
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College Hunks vs Junk King: 2026 Franchise Comparison
Comparing a College Hunks vs Junk King franchise? See how the revenue model, territory size, fees, and booking support differ…
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From Homeless to Franchise Owners: The Thomas Brothers
Adrian and Austin Thomas went from a truck (and, for Austin, living in a car) to owning the College HUNKS…
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Junk Removal Franchise Cost: What It Takes to Buy In (2026)
Junk removal franchise cost explained: franchise fee, trucks, buildout, and ongoing fees, plus what a College Hunks Hauling Junk franchise…
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College Hunks vs Two Men and a Truck: Which Moving Franchise?
College Hunks vs Two Men and a Truck compared for franchise buyers: two-in-one junk and moving vs moving-only, support, brand,…
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Home Service Franchise Opportunities: The Dual-Revenue Model
Exploring home service franchise opportunities? See how College HUNKS combines moving and junk removal into one dual-revenue business – and…
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Best Junk Removal Franchise to Own in 2026: An Honest Comparison
Comparing the top junk removal franchises in 2026 by cost, model, and support – 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Junk King, JDog, and College…
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College HUNKS Franchise Requirements: Do You Qualify?
What does it take to own a College HUNKS franchise? See the liquid capital, net worth, and credit requirements -…
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Erick Ramirez, Owner, College Hunks Albuquerque Scales Operations
Meet Erick Ramirez, a College HUNKS franchise owner in Albuquerque who scaled from one territory to two in under a…
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Top Junk Removal Franchise | Franchise Times Award
Franchise Times named College HUNKS the Top Junk Removal Franchise. See what the honor says about our people, culture, and…
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Why College HUNKS Was Named a Top Franchise for Veterans in 2025
College HUNKS earned a spot on Entrepreneur’s 2025 Top Franchises for Veterans. See why 15% of franchise owners are U.S.…
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College HUNKS Hauling Junk and Moving Named Among the Top Franchises in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500® Ranking
Entrepreneur ranked College HUNKS Hauling Junk and Moving in its 2025 Franchise 500. Here is what that ranking actually measures.
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Inc. Magazine Names 9 College HUNKS Franchises to the Inc. 5000
Inc. Magazine named nine College HUNKS franchises to the Inc. 5000. Here is what that says about the model.
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New franchise partners Brad and Jeff Ackman join College HUNKS alongside sister Kelsie, VP of Franchise Development
Brad and Jeff Ackman joined College HUNKS as franchise partners. Read what brought them to the brand and the territory…
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College HUNKS Named Top Franchise for Veterans and Most Innovative Franchise!
College HUNKS was named a Top Franchise for Veterans and one of the most innovative brands in franchising. Here is…
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Our North New Jersey Franchise Is Under New Ownership
Our North New Jersey territory has new owners. Meet the couple taking it over and what drew them to the…
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Franchisee Spotlight: Jeff Tietjen Of Columbus-Delaware, OH
Meet Jeff Tietjen, the College HUNKS franchise owner in Columbus-Delaware, Ohio, and the way his team lives out the brand…
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Get An MBA Or Buy A Franchise?
An MBA and a franchise are both six-figure bets on your future. Here is how the two compare on cost,…
