Why Legato Living Franchise at a Glance

Legato Living is a first-of-its-kind franchise opportunity. The human dimension of owning a Legato Living franchise is just as profound as the amazing financial opportunity to build a successful local or regional business.

Franchise owners provide long-term care to residents living with many types of memory impairment in a residential assisted living setting. Living in a smaller setting like Legato Living, residents and their families often experience less anxiety and are more comfortable knowing help from familiar caregivers is close by.

Our franchise owners typically invest in multiple residential locations using the memory care business to pay off their real estate investment over a 10-year franchise term. We encourage you to discover the franchise option that’s right for you…

• Single location
• Multi-unit
• Multiple communities

Legato Living Successfully Leverages the Franchise Expertise of “A Place at Home”

About 10 years ago Jared Evanich and Dustin Distefano started an in-home care agency called A Place at Home. Franchising began about four years ago. In their growth plan they set out to find home-like facilities for people who could no longer stay safe in their own homes any longer, but wanted to stay out of a big box facility or nursing home.

During their research on how best to expand, they met Erin Render, who had successfully founded Legato Living, a residential group living business model, for people suffering with moderate to advanced stages of dementia. The business was profitable and had achieved high satisfaction ratings from both residents and their families.

Erin, Jared and Dustin decided to partner so they could expand the good work of Legato Living through a franchise business model. Everyone quickly recognized that Legato Living franchise owners would have two attractive vehicles to generate revenue for the business:

The residential home and the rents paid by residents on one side the business and the real estate property-related investments to build out the various locations

The Ins and Outs of a Legato Living Investment

People aspiring to make a multi-unit investment will find our franchise business model highly attractive. If you own 3-6 Legato Living residences you’d rent those homes back to the real estate side of your business; thereby paying off your real estate assets over 10 years.

By the time you’re ready to retire, you’ll accumulate a large asset with a memory care business generating six figures in three to six different homes. So, you’ve not only cared for a vulnerable group of neighbors in your community but in the process built a legacy business for you and your family.

We are the first franchise business model to pioneer the memory care management segment in a residential setting. By franchising with us, we can help eliminate potential start-up troubles. Just a few of the struggles that we’ve seen others experience trying to start a memory care residential group home are:

• Finding the right type of real estate and location
• Dealing with permits to the city, the county, the state, and homeowners associations
• How to put meal plans together?
• What kind of activities for residents?
• How do you market to find clients?
• How do you retain clients?
• What are your staffing ratios?
• How do you design the home?
• What’s the required paperwork for admissions?
• What’s the required paperwork for a new employee?
• How do you pay an employee once they’ve started working for you?

All these large and small issues and dozens more are addressed in our onboarding process for every franchise owner.

Six Business Models to Choose From

1. The total investment necessary to begin the operation of a Home when converting your existing assisted living facility to a Legato Living Home under a Franchise Agreement is between $19,300 to $189,400. This includes a franchise fee of $13,000 to $53,900 that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliates.
2. The total investment necessary to begin the operation of a Home when leasing your Home under a Franchise  Agreement is between $93,350 to $292,400. This includes a franchise fee of $50,500 to $53,900 that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliates.
3. The total investment necessary to begin the operation of a Home when purchasing the real estate and structure of your Home under a Franchise Agreement is between $373,350 to $1,522,400. This includes a franchise fee of $50,500 to $53,900 that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliates.
4. The total investment necessary to begin the operation of a Home when purchasing the land and building the structure of your Home under a Franchise Agreement is between $598,350 to $1,722,400. This includes a franchise fee of  $50,500 to $53,900 that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliates.
5. The total investment necessary to begin the operation of a Home under a Multi-Unit Development Agreement is between $151,850 – and $1,870,900. This includes a franchise fee of $50,500 to $53,900 that must be paid to the franchisor or its affiliates, along with a $30,000 development fee for each additional Home established under the Multi-Unit Development Agreement.
6. The total investment for an Area Developer Agreement can vary widely. Discuss your interest with Living Legato.