Locksmith business. Help people in their time of need -- when they're locked out. Business Overview Working as a locksmith on a mobile basis, from home, or from a retail storefront, you can offer customers a wide range of locksmithing services ranging from key cutting, installing new passage sets, emergency entries, sales of locks, safes, and related equipment and installation. In the United States there are more than 30,000 locksmiths, of which 50 percent are self-employed and...

Mobile Oil Change business. Bring the oil change to your customer to ensure repeat business. Business Overview The oil change industry generates a whopping $15 billion in annual sales! Getting your piece of this very lucrative pie may be easier than you think, especially when you consider that specialized equipment is available, which enables the operator to quickly, and without mess, change oil at just about any location'home, office, business, or on the job site. Best of all,...

Leather Fashions business. Rope in customers by offering leather clothes and accessories with large profit potential. Business Overview Selling leather fashions is another great fashion retailing business to initiate. Worldwide there are thousands of manufacturers of leather fashions and accessories, so securing a wholesale source for products should not prove to be difficult. In the spirit of being unique, consider retailing the leather fashions in nontraditional methods...

Niche Greeting Cards business. Let others use your unique perspective to express themselves -- with a niche greeting card biz. Business Overview If you love picking out and sending just the right card for every occasion, and if you're a whiz at designing that perfect card yourself, then niche greetings cards is the business for you. This is a field with room for growth, and while the big players like Hallmark do tend to dominate the market, most of the country's more than 1,800...

Mortgage Broker business. Help clients get the mortgages they need to purchase a home. Business Overview Help people fulfill their dreams of home ownership by becoming an independent mortgage broker. The primary function of the mortgage broker is to bring together people who want to borrow money to buy real estate, with lending institutions that advance funds for the purpose of real estate purchases. It should be noted that the rules and policies for obtaining a mortgage...

Community Entertainment Directory business. Make sure residents never say "There's nothing to do tonight" again. Business Overview Calling all aspiring publishers. Are you seeking to start a homebased publishing business that has the potential to generate a great profit, as well as be started on an initial investment of less than $10,000? If so, perhaps you should consider launching a monthly entertainment guide that services your community. The entertainment guide can be...

Line Painting business. It's a simple concept, but someone needs to do it -- painting and repainting lines. Business Overview Help give your fellow humans the directions they need by starting a line-painting service. Line painting is needed in parking lots to delineate spaces, show handicap zones, directions, and reserved parking areas. Line painting is also needed for sports fields and running tracks, temporary marking for special events, and for interior uses such as marking...

Moving Service business. Don't mind heavy lifting? Help people move. Business Overview Local residential or commercial moving rates are currently in the range of $60 to $90 per hour for two movers and a truck, making this service potentially very profitable, especially if you hire additional movers to handle more work and increase billable hours. Providing clients with additional services and products can also increase revenues and profits. These can include packing and...

Herb Farm business. Feed the popular organic market with fresh herbs. Business Overview Herbs are tremendously popular these days -- from the smallest shop to the largest discount warehouse, you'll find medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, and herbal teas, baths, candles and aromatherapy essences. If you love the romance and mystique of herbs and you like gardening, then an herb farm might be just the business for you. You'll plant and raise your herbs, then sell them to...

Hardwood Floor Refinishing business. Don't worry about heavy flooring supplies -- refinish the hardwood floor that's already there. Business Overview Fifty or 60 years ago, if you had hardwood floors it meant that you couldn't afford carpeting, and everyone who had the funds put heavy pile over those burnished boards. Nowadays, hardwood floors are valued for the beauty and warmth they add to a room. Homebuyers who find an older house with original hardwood floors count...