i should reach out to my brother’s dad. we don’t really talk but we’re not on bad terms either. he’s a florist/wedding decorator in my hometown and has a pretty successful thing going on there. does all the work himself, owns a nice big house with a pool, drives a land rover, all that. he probably knows something and would be willing to help me out. and his business has been running longer than i’ve been alive, so that’s saying something