You'd be better off buying a couple condo's and hire him to manage them for short to medium term rentals. Worst case scenario is you end up with property you can flip. There is nothing about the store idea that will work with someone who isn't motivated.
I owned a small store once in the Pacific Islands and worked seven days a week from 7:30AM to 11PM with an hour lunch and zero drinking(or video games). I put every penny back into the place for three months before I took any profit from it. The DR isn't exactly a place I'd bring someone in if they like living easy and you'd want them to work hard.
You'd prob do better having him sell dollar store items to colmados distributing. Crap like cigarette lighters, toys, beauty products and other items you'd sell at least a dozen at a time at a 100% mark-up over import cost. He'd need a truck(eventually) but he could start small and scale it up IF he could make it work. You haven't mentioned whether he is fluent in Dominican Spanish..
The other thing you could do is have him fulfill orders in NYC, pack shipping barrels for you, and ship down to the DR through one of the established shipping companies. You'd need someone on the DR side to wholesale or retail the products, but he would actually be of use.
Does your brother speak fluent (Dominican) Spanish?
I owned a small store once in the Pacific Islands and worked seven days a week from 7:30AM to 11PM with an hour lunch and zero drinking(or video games). I put every penny back into the place for three months before I took any profit from it. The DR isn't exactly a place I'd bring someone in if they like living easy and you'd want them to work hard.
You'd prob do better having him sell dollar store items to colmados distributing. Crap like cigarette lighters, toys, beauty products and other items you'd sell at least a dozen at a time at a 100% mark-up over import cost. He'd need a truck(eventually) but he could start small and scale it up IF he could make it work. You haven't mentioned whether he is fluent in Dominican Spanish..
The other thing you could do is have him fulfill orders in NYC, pack shipping barrels for you, and ship down to the DR through one of the established shipping companies. You'd need someone on the DR side to wholesale or retail the products, but he would actually be of use.
Does your brother speak fluent (Dominican) Spanish?
