5 HOME BUSINESSES YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW

There are a few businesses that you can get up and running quickly if time is of the essence. If you’ve just lost a job or you can’t take the one you have much longer, here are a couple of fast start ideas.

1. Private Tutor. To start this business, you would have to be qualified in at least one academic subject or have some teaching skills and experience. The subjects usually needing tutoring help are math, foreign languages and any of the sciences. It’s less demanding than full-time teaching and you don’t have to put up with the bureaucracy. It will undoubtedly be evening and (perhaps) weekend work, but you can charge anywhere from $25 to $75 per hour depending on the subject.

2. Errand runner/driver. Many businesses today are in need of a runner to bring material around from place to place. A company who does a lot of printing may need constant business to printer assistance. As long as you have your own car and are a safe driver, you’re in business. You should be able to canvass local businesses for work and be paid upwards of $20 per hour.

3. Specialty grower. Let’s say you have some land and you love to garden. You enjoy working outdoors and are tired of working inside a building for a living. Why not become a specialty grower? Gourmet stores all over the country are looking for the unusual in the way of plants and edible flowers. Herbs are also popular.. If you already have the land and the desire to do this, why wait. Start it part-time if you want, but you may find dozens of outlets for your goods if they are up to the test.

4. Cleaning services. You’ll need lots of supplies for this, but commercial building maintenance people are often on the lookout for good help in this area. You’ll need a lot of cleaning supplies, but if you can handle the evening hours and can find reliable assistants, this can be a gold mine business especially if you specialize in the hard-to-do work like swimming pools, blinds and windows. People hate to do windows. You can charge per house or, for commercial buildings, per hour.

5. Caterer. If you like to cook, consider the catering business. If you have a good kitchen set-up and can cook large volumes well and have a few handy unusual, but tasty recipes, you can be become a local party favorite. Repeat business is the name of this game and you can charge per person for your catered meals or appetizers. Ethnic dishes are the in thing for parties these days and the more diversified you are the better.