How to Pay for Your Garage Business: Savings, Microloans and Other Options
Most garage businesses need modest startup money, not investors. Here’s how savings, family loans, SBA microloans, Kiva, bank loans and crowdfunding compare.
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How to Start a Sewing Machine Repair Business From Home
A practical guide to sewing machine service and repair as a home business: learning the trade, tools and parts, pricing tune-ups and repairs, workflow and finding customers.
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How to Start a Mobile Windshield Chip Repair Business
How windshield chip repair works, which damage can be fixed, what the equipment costs, and how to price jobs and find first customers.
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How to Start a Reusable Moving Bin Rental Business From Home
How plastic moving bin rentals work, what customers typically pay, who rents them, and how to handle inventory, cleaning, deposits and local rules from a home base.
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How to Start a Kayak and Paddleboard Rental Business From Your Garage
Running a small kayak and paddleboard rental from home: pickup or delivery models, gear costs, life jacket rules, waivers and insurance, pricing and storage.
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How to Start a Leather Goods Business From Your Garage
Starting a home leathercraft business: the basic tool kit and what it costs, choosing leather weights, workshop safety, what sells and how to price hand-stitched goods.
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Selling Firewood From Home: Cords, Labels and Local Rules
Firewood is an easy seasonal product to sell from home, but it comes with rules on measuring, labeling and moving wood. Here’s what to check before your first cord.
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Can You Run a Business From Your Garage in Los Angeles? Home Occupation Rules Explained
Los Angeles allows home occupations, but its code requires the work to happen inside the house and limits garage use to storage. Here are the city’s rules, prohibited uses and the registrations you’ll need.
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Taking Card Payments at Craft Fairs: Square, PayPal and Venmo Fees Compared
Shoppers at craft fairs expect to pay by card or phone. Here’s what Square, PayPal Point of Sale and Venmo charge per in-person sale, plus tips for fair day.
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How to Start a Custom Picture Framing Business From Home
The equipment a home framing shop needs, realistic startup cost ranges, glass-handling safety, pricing tips and where framing customers come from.
