Are real estate investors the perfect match for franchising? Jon Ostenson

I think real estate investors are a great fit for franchising in a lot of ways because they want to be a little more hands-off traditionally. And with real estate, the feedback I continue to get, and I see it firsthand because I invest in real estate myself, there are only so many good deals to be had. Now, you guys do an excellent job of finding the deals, Ben, but you know, it's not as easy as it used to be to find out there. So I continually hear that theme, and I'd say we have cash on the sidelines, where can we get yield maybe outside the public markets to complement what we're doing? That's one piece of it. But also there's so many franchise businesses that really interest real estate investors. You know, if there were a common theme of what we're seeing across the landscape, it would be boring businesses, as I like to call them. It's understandable, cash-flowing, Amazon-resistant type businesses and things like