Apartment Preparation Service business. Business Overview By offering a full line of services that includes painting, carpet cleaning, minor repairs, and trash removal, you can help busy landlords and property managers, properly prepare an apartment for rental, making sure it's in great condition and able to demand top dollar. Advertise your apartment preparation services in traditional ways utilizing newspaper and fliers, as well as by joining landlord associations and...

Book Indexing Service business. Are you a master organizer? Try book indexing. Business Overview When you dip into a nonfiction book, hunting for a particular piece of information, your first stop is the index at the back. There's everything neatly organized, alphabetically by subject matter with the exact page or pages on which to find that nugget of data. Who puts together that index, tidily chronicling each page of text? If you love books and snippets of fact, you're...

Trophies business. Reward yourself -- and someone else -- with a business that makes trophies. Business Overview Each year in North America millions of trophies are given to winning sports teams, game MVPs, and to people being recognized for outstanding achievement. The demand for trophies is not only proven, it also continues to increase every year as the population of people and popularity of sports continues to grow. A trophy supply and engraving business can be started for...

Aerial Photography business. Take your love of flying and photography to new heights with an aerial photography business. Business Overview Aerial photography equipment is available in various styles, including telescopic aluminum masts that can be outfitted with a camera and extended to heights reaching over 100 feet. There are also helium-filled blimps available ranging in size from 5 feet to 25 feet, that can be outfitted with cameras that reach heights of up to 1,000 feet....

Furniture Delivery Assembly business. Business Overview Starting a furniture delivery and assembly service is the perfect new venture for the handyperson with a truck and basic tools to get rolling. The business can be managed from a homebased office and the fixed operating overheads are minimal. Get started by contacting local furniture and office supply stores in your community to see if they are currently providing their customers with a delivery and assembly option. If not,...

Auctioneer business. If you have a way with words and like being in front of a crowd, try being an auctioneer. Business Overview Have fun and make lots of money by starting and operating an auction service. The first thing you have to know about becoming an auctioneer is that training is required, and each state and province has its own criteria for auctioneer licensing. However, with that said, there are dozens of auctioneer schools across the United States and Canada. Contact...

Self-Publisher business. Don't want to deal with agents? Become a self-publisher. Business Overview Not too long ago, self-publishing was looked down upon as the venue only of people whose work was truly awful. Now, however, self-publishing is not only respectable but 'in.' Major publishers are concentrating their efforts on mega-blockbusters, leaving the midlist or smaller writers out in the cold, which has led to the advent of the self- and small-press publisher as a solid...

Alteration Service business. Help others look their best with an alteration business. Business Overview Calling all homemakers, students and retirees! It's time to capitalize on your sewing skills by providing garment and fabric alteration services right from a home work space, and earn a bundle of money in the process. Dry cleaners, fashion retailers, uniform retailers, bridal boutiques, drapery studios and consignment clothing shops all are potential customers for your...

Personal Assistant business. Busy executives and business owners can use your help with everything from answering phones to purchasing gifts. Business Overview Independent personal assistant services are becoming extremely popular and widely utilized by business owners and corporate executives that occasionally have a need for a personal assistant, but not on a full-time basis. Duties performed by a personal assistant include everything from booking appointments to returning...

Off Road Tours business. Stay off the beaten track of 9 to 5 and start your business on a different path. Business Overview Off-road, or four-wheel-drive, tours have become an extremely popular day excursion for many vacationers, as it is a reasonably priced vacation activity that can be enjoyed by every member of the family. Generally, off-road tours are offered in half-day or all-day packages to clients and are currently priced from $50 to $100 per person. Advertising and...