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5 High Profit Businesses You Can Start This Weekend For Under

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The biggest complaint I get when talking to people about

starting a business is the cost. But frankly, the cost of

starting a business (to include the materials needed to get your

first customers) can easily be under $100.00. With that in mind,

let's take a look at some you can start this weekend.

1. Major Home Appliance Tune Up - My stepbrother ran this

type of business in California for 12 years. I thought it was a

great idea I started it myself and make a little under $40 an

hour doing it. Here's what's involved: Clean the refrigerator

coils, drain the sediment from the water heater, change the

battery in the smoke detector, and change the forced air system

filter. Add dryer motor/hose/vent cleaning for and additional

cost. Tools you'll need include a coil brush, a 2-foot piece of

garden hose with the end that goes to the spigot still attached,

a 1-liter Pepsi or Coke plastic bottle, some rags, 9-volt

batteries, and filters for the forced air system. Advertise in

your local Senior Center Newsletter and you're on your way.

Average time for each appointment is about 1 hour.

2. Internet Online Business Directory - Yes, you can

actually make money on the Internet by setting up a directory of

legitimate home business opportunities. Register a domain name

with godaddy.com (about $9) get a year of hosting and use the

website builder that comes with the hosting and your on your

way. If you don't want to go thought the hassle of setting all

of this up yourself, you can go to the example site below and

find "Plug In Profit" under the "Featured Listings" and you can

be set up in less than 24 hours. There are people that make

$300,000 or $400,000 a year (and even more) from these types of

sites. Here's a good example of a directory site -

www.MakingMoneyWithTheInternet.com. Everything on this site is

verified and legitimate work at home opportunities. Do a little

research and get one set up! These types of sites are easy to

start and have a huge demand for the information.

3. Express Detailing Business - This is my main business

and it's very profitable. You'll need a bucket, some rags, bug

remover, tar remover, a vacuum and window cleaner. Now, I

operate a full service auto detailing business but you can offer

what I call an "Express Detail". Charge $29.00 for smaller cars

or $39-49 for larger cars and SUVs. Add an additional $15 or so

if they want to have the vehicle waxed. Just give it a basic

wash and vacuum and clean the windows inside and out. Average

about $29-40 an hour.

4. Pressure Cleaning Mobile Homes - You wouldn't think it

but there is good money in this business. I did one of these

just yesterday. It took me 4 hours and I charged $225.00 to wash

it and apply a spray was on. That comes out to a little over $57

an hour. Now, you don't need to run out and buy a pressure

washer right away. You can get one from the local rental shop

and you'll still come out way ahead. But you will need about 50

feet of hose and about 50 feet of extension cord. Beware of

doing the roof. In fact I don't even do them myself because of

the potential damage that you can do given how some of these

homes are built. You can get a pretty good Karcher pressure

washer for about $139.00 at Costco when you go to buy one.

Average $40-50 an hour.

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5. House Cleaning - I run into senior citizens all the

time asking for referrals for sometime type of job to do around

their house. The most popular request is if I know anyone that

does housecleaning. If you adopt the attitude of "if you can

see, then you will clean it" then you will have more business

than you can handle. You see, many of the people are looking for

a new house cleaner for 2 reasons. Number one. The person they

had didn't do a good job. Number 2. The person they had doing it

raised their prices too much. You will have this second problem

after word gets around and you can pick and choose what clients

you want. Average $15-25 an hour. Tip: Low-ball the competition

on price and you'll have an immediate customer base. I read

about one woman that did this and had her 1st customer in less

than a half hour!

The last thing you need to do is print up some flyers and

distribute them or have some kids deliver them. I know there are

people say these don't work - whatever. This is exactly what I

did when I started the Home Appliance Tune Up Business. Now word

of mouth is starting to take over on that and I may have to hire

someone soon!

Best of luck!!

Gary Rambo

About the author:

Gary Rambo owns and operates 2 home service businesses. In

addition, he also publishes a Small Business newsletter and does

occassional consulting work for those wanting to start a

business from home.