If you live in an urban area and want to make a living, you have many options. If you can afford it, you can find an architect like http://ozarch.com/practice-areas/urban-living/ to help you re-design an existing building to fit your business model.
If you don’t have the finances to operate a business outside of your home, there are numerous ways you can still make money.
Dog Walking
If you are a pet lover, starting a dog walking business can be very lucrative. Many people who live in apartment buildings own pets.
Owners who work long hours and don’t have yards where their dogs can play might be interested in paying you to take their dogs out for a walk.
It will also be helpful that your neighbors know you well enough to trust you to care for their pets. You can post flyers in your building and ask others to help spread the word about your business.
Urban Backyard Farming
How about investing in agriculture? You can make modifications to your yard and grow vegetables, herbs, and fruits that you can sell at farmer’s markets and to schools and restaurants in your community.
Food Truck
If your dream has always been to open a food service business, but you don’t have the capital to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant, why not consider a food truck?
Depending on your location, a food truck business can be a good investment. Many communities host outdoor events, markets, and festivals where residents would welcome the idea of having low-cost snacks or meal options available to them.
There is also an added benefit of being able to drive your business to where the crowds are gathered.
Tutoring Services
No matter where you live, some families will have children. Some of these children will have trouble in school. Parents will be more likely to hire someone they know to tutor their children.
If your business is successful, you can always expand it by hiring other tutors to work with you. When looking for tutors to hire, rather than choosing people who say they are experts in all subjects, select those who specialize in one subject area like science or math.
Home Improvement
If you live in a senior community or know someone who does, you are probably familiar with the concept of a handyman.
Many homeowners, especially the elderly, need help with little things around the house like unclogging a sink, window screen replacement, installing a storm door, and setting up electronics like television sets.
If you are generally handy around your own house and have relevant experience, offering your services to others in your neighborhood or apartment building for reasonable prices can be quite lucrative with very little overhead.
Stay away from areas that require licensed contractors like certain plumbing or electrical jobs – unless of course – you are licensed.
You might be very surprised to learn how quickly word of your reliable services will spread through your neighborhood and how many calls you will get.
Errand Services
Working parents have to juggle their time from their jobs and chauffeuring their children to and from after-school activities.
Not much time is left in the day to take care of personal errands like mailing packages, picking up dry cleaning, and even shopping.
Most people have busy lives because they are working harder and have less time to spend at home. They would prefer to pay someone to take care of their errands for them so they can spend more time at home with their families.
The elderly sometimes have trouble with managing daily tasks like picking up their medicine and shopping and would welcome the opportunity to pay someone else to take care of these tasks for them. It is a good idea to launch an errand service business if you are healthy and motivated to run around town taking care of tasks.
Home Organizer
Some people hate clutter in their homes but find getting organized to be overwhelming. If you have a knack for bringing order to chaos, especially in small living quarters, why not offer your services to help those who either can’t or don’t want to do it themselves?
Living in a cluttered home or working in a cluttered office can actually cause some people to feel anxious. Hiring someone to turn their home or office from disorderly to orderly can be very valuable to them and lucrative for you.
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