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Started watching the documentary on the Mustang Ranch. It's fascinating. Some observations with 10 minutes of research under my belt. Ahem.
There are 27 legal licensed brothels in Nevada, down from 35 in the peak year of 1985. They are legal in 10 of the 17 counties. Laws are as varied as the localities that host them, but there are state laws on top of them.
The women are ICs contracting with the brothel. The brothel gets 50%, they get the rest. I do not know who pays for or handles all the paperwork (licensing, medical clearance, etc) which I assume mounts up, although when brothels lose their license it's always over regulatory non-compliance so they are on the hook anyway. This seems like a good system to me.
The madams are all women. The property owners are two brothers, which I don't love, but hey maybe someday vertical monopoly. The pimp factor is all but removed.
The women are older -- 30s and 40s. They are refreshingly plain. The experience is definitely intimacy, not strip joint. Many have worked in the industry for a long time. Clients develop regular favorites. Men talk about their "experience count" with a particular women > 100 times. Many of the men are widowers or single but some are married and some are cheating.
Prices are negotiated on brothel property between the women and the clients. By law, nobody from the brothel can mention prices online or off premises. Insofar as I could figure out from reviews (yes, they have Yelp reviews) and comments, $200/hr is low, $1000/hr is not unknown.
The women can call security and walk you out any time they want. There are also several buffer layers that filter out the derps and drunks from the initial appointment which works as a phone screen to gate security to floor security to the staff to the women themselves. If you are drunk or high or obnoxious you're gone.
The brothels make money through operations but their owners really make a killing when they sell. It seems like typical ownership tenure is about 7 years, and the most recent flips were bought at $1M and sold > $5M. Not a bad ROI. They are sports franchises.
Started watching the documentary on the Mustang Ranch. It's fascinating. Some observations with 10 minutes of research under my belt. Ahem.
There are 27 legal licensed brothels in Nevada, down from 35 in the peak year of 1985. They are legal in 10 of the 17 counties. Laws are as varied as the localities that host them, but there are state laws on top of them.
The women are ICs contracting with the brothel. The brothel gets 50%, they get the rest. I do not know who pays for or handles all the paperwork (licensing, medical clearance, etc) which I assume mounts up, although when brothels lose their license it's always over regulatory non-compliance so they are on the hook anyway. This seems like a good system to me.
The madams are all women. The property owners are two brothers, which I don't love, but hey maybe someday vertical monopoly. The pimp factor is all but removed.
The women are older -- 30s and 40s. They are refreshingly plain. The experience is definitely intimacy, not strip joint. Many have worked in the industry for a long time. Clients develop regular favorites. Men talk about their "experience count" with a particular women > 100 times. Many of the men are widowers or single but some are married and some are cheating.
Prices are negotiated on brothel property between the women and the clients. By law, nobody from the brothel can mention prices online or off premises. Insofar as I could figure out from reviews (yes, they have Yelp reviews) and comments, $200/hr is low, $1000/hr is not unknown.
The women can call security and walk you out any time they want. There are also several buffer layers that filter out the derps and drunks from the initial appointment which works as a phone screen to gate security to floor security to the staff to the women themselves. If you are drunk or high or obnoxious you're gone.
The brothels make money through operations but their owners really make a killing when they sell. It seems like typical ownership tenure is about 7 years, and the most recent flips were bought at $1M and sold > $5M. Not a bad ROI. They are sports franchises.
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