I've done some quick and dirty research, and according to
a study a few years back (
A), somewhere between 2% and 4% of American men said they've visited a sex worker in the last 12 months. I've seen other stats ranging right up to around 1/3rd of men having used a sex worker's services, but that's more likely to be a lifetime figure rather than an annual one.
It's important to note that the study makes no distinction between where a sex worker operates viz. in-house, outcalls, street walkers etc, but I'm not sure sex buyers are all that fussy as to the location of where they have them their penis sucked.
I'll be generous and assume that only half the men surveyed were truthful, so that's somewhere between 4% and 8%. I'll also assume that miners are twice as horny as the typical American male, so that could be anywhere from 8% to 16%. I'll split the difference and call it 12%
Based on a workforce of 2000, this is 240 customers for Russhole's new venture.
Time to throw in some more assumptions:
- the only clientele is miners
- the typical horny miner visits once a month and spends $500 per visit
- 50/50 split between the house and the workers
So, that's 240 miners visiting 12 times a year and spending $500 per visit. That's gross revenue of $1.44m per annum.
Assuming that the workers are independent contractors, the house is left with gross profit of $720k p.a.
I did a quick search for accommodation in Winnemucca, and the going rate for lower end motels seems to be around the $100-$140 per night mark. I'll assume that Waylon (being the property man) has negotated a special deal with the Scott Shady Motel for a long term rental. Being super generous, my estimate is $50 per room per night.
How many rooms will be needed for 2880 visits per annum? (i.e. 240 * 12). That averages to 8 visits a day, so theoretically one room is all that's needed. But I'll assume that there's going to be some surge capacity needed (say 4 rooms total).
From what I can gather, a typical brothel has an office, a waiting room / saloon or whatever, so that's a minimum of another 2 rooms needed there.
A typical Nevada brothel has a bar, which is another revenue stream. However I can't see the local authorities granting a liquor license to a brothel based in a motel, and I sure can't see Scott Shady being happy with that.
I'll assume Scott Shady would only go along with this if their rooms were fully booked all the time, hence 6 long term bookings @ $50 per night = $300 per night. That's around $110k per annum just on room rentals, but utilities are included.
$720k less $110k = $610k p.a.
That being said, Russhole wants an entire wing of the Scott Shady for his enterprise. I've forgotten how many rooms that is, so the rental overhead is likely to be much higher if he sticks with his plan.
My assumptions get wooly af from here on in, but they're probably still better thought out than Russhole's.
He'll need to employ his own housekeeping, as there is no way Scott Shady is providing that. Ditto laundry service. Why would any motel want their guest laundry monopolized by a brothel that is running from the premises? I have no idea how much these services cost.
A madam will also need to be employed.
I have no idea how much a madam gets paid, minimum wage for janitorial staff, how much a laundry service will charge (or indeed if there is a laundry service in Winnemucca that will take Russhole's business). Nor do I know about license fees, business insurances, security and all the other shit required to run a house of ill-repute, but I'll assume that it'll take up around 80% of the remaining $610k i.e. $488k.
Net profit before tax of $122k will most likely be paid as a dividend to the business's shareholders being Russhole and Waylon (50/50), and that each of them has to deal with his own tax stuff (which I honestly cbf looking up rn).
That's the grand total of $61k p.a.
each prior to taxes.
I haven't gone so far as to work stuff out like depreciation, amortization etc as it's not going to have a huge impact on the bottom line for this particular business.
Waylon would probably earn substantially more than $61k p.a. as a realtor, but then he does have that high maintenance trophy wife and an ex who needs her alimony/child support, so maybe the extra $61k in pre-tax income would be a huge help to the Huber household.
I doubt Russhole has ever earned even half that amount in a single year.
Divide $61k by 50 weeks (i.e. 2 weeks vacay) working a 40 hour week will earn Russhole the princely sum of $30.50 per hour before income tax.
Given the amount of headaches required to set up this venture, my only remaining question is which flavor of window does Russhole enjoy the most.
