A long time ago a good friend of mine had a Stihl dealership in the garage of house, if he had never grown any larger, he would still have a Stihl dealership in his house. He did grow and is now a millionaire, absolutely true. If you went to Stihl today and told them you had plan to build a huge Stihl dealership but you had to start in your garage, they'd tell you to stuff your plan where the sun didn't shine! Dolmar would likely let you start out of your garage or at least on a much smaller scale than Stihl would want. I am involved in a power equipment dealership myself, we will be taking on Dolmar for 10 saws and $500.00 in parts.