Housecleaning Service business. Clean up with a shoestring start-up -- as little as $150. Expect annual gross revenues of $15,000 to $30,000, and you can up your earnings by offering special one-time services that pay more. Charge your clients by the hour or by the job, based on going rat Business Overview In today's two-income and single-parent families, we don't have the time or the energy to clean our houses for ourselves. But if you get a charge out of making things...

Commercial Door Maintenance Service business. Business Overview Starting a commercial door maintenance route may be your opportunity to earn in excess of $100,000 per year. Best of all, this business can be started for peanuts. All commercial doors have one thing in common. They all need regular routine maintenance in order to be safe and work properly. Regular maintenance includes adjusting or replacing door closures and pivots, replacing automatic doormats, and lubricating...

Temporary Help Agency business. Connect qualified workers with businesses in need of temporary help. Business Overview Outsourcing, downsizing, and consolidation are buzzwords in today's business world, and all have helped to make the placement of temporary workers a thriving industry. In short, when businesses and organizations need temporary or seasonal help, many turn to the services of a temporary help agency to fulfill their manpower needs. It often costs less and is more...

Bed And Breakfast Operator business. Business Overview Providing you can get your home renovated to operate as a bed and breakfast accommodation, and you do not mind having overnight guests, you stand to profit by turning your home into a bed and breakfast tourist destination. Operating a bed and breakfast is a terrific way to meet new people and make new friends. It is also a great way to pay down the mortgage or stash away some extra money for retirement. Rates for B&B stays...

Online Secretarial Service business. Offer your secretarial skills to online clients. Business Overview More people are working from home or operating a business from home than ever before. This fact creates an outstanding opportunity to capitalize on the ever-increasing demand for secretarial services by starting a secretarial service that specializes in assisting clients online. An online secretarial service provides the same services that a regular secretarial service...

Corporate Retreats business. Business Overview Uniting corporate retreats from around the world into a corporate retreat vacation club may be just the answer to your business start-up dreams. There are thousands of vacation retreats owned by corporations from around the globe, and many of these corporate retreats sit vacant for a great deal of the year. Herein lies the business opportunity. Start a business that manages and rents corporate retreats to business and pleasure...

Hot Dog Cart business. Business Overview The biggest challenge to overcome in terms of starting a hot dog vending business is to secure a vendor's permit in your local community. However, even if a vendor's permit cannot be obtained, you can still operate a hot dog cart on privately-owned property and cater to functions such as flea markets, auction sales, sporting events, and fairs. Currently new hot dog vending carts are retailing in the range of $4,000 to $8,000 each,...

Paint and Wallpaper Store business. The quickest and easiest way to spruce up a space is to paint or wallpaper. Your store could be the go-to spot. Business Overview Starting a retail paint and wallpaper store is a relatively stable retail business venture to start, as there is no real threat from Internet sales of these products. However, this big threat comes in the form of big box retailers, so business location is of critical importance to the success and survival of this...

Online Star Search business. Make money off of other people's fame. Business Overview Here is a novel online business opportunity for the cybersavvy entrepreneur to tackle. Develop a Web site that enables wanna-be movie stars, singers, and performers of all sorts a chance at fame. People with a particular talent could submit digital video footage of their performance and the footage could be placed into the Web site under the appropriate heading. Visitors to the site could...

Garden Tilling Service business. Business Overview During the off season when you're not installing Christmas lights or removing snow from roofs, why not start and operate a garden tilling service, as this service is in demand and the business is very inexpensive to get rolling. The terrific thing about many small seasonal business start-ups is the fact that they do not require a great deal of investment or practical business expertise. And a garden tilling service falls into...