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6 Family Business Ideas for a Sound Future

February 4, 2020 By Derek Lotts Leave a Comment

Starting a family is always filled with challenges, especially financial ones. People want to provide all of their attention to their spouses and kids, but that’s difficult to manage when you have a regular 9 to 5 job. That’s why many people decide to start a home-based business and try their luck in the entrepreneurship world.

The fact of the matter is that owning a home business does include a lot of responsibilities, but it also provides a lot more flexibility than a regular job. What’s more, everything you earn belongs to you and you can manage your wealth as you see fit.

Being both stay-at-home parents and entrepreneurs may be difficult at first, but the entire family is together in the long run. With that in mind, here are a few family business ideas you should consider for a sound future.

Home-based food business

Handmade food, such as pastries, is always in high demand. People simply love traditional recipes that were passed down through generations. If you like cooking delicious food for events, such as birthdays, weddings, parties and so on, you can consider a home-based catering service.

Aside from investing in kitchen equipment and marketing, among other things, you’ll need a permit from the health inspection, as well as business licenses that are common for the food industry. Also, make sure you check the local zoning laws to determine if a food business is allowed in your neighborhood.

Organic gardening

If you have a large garden or a backyard, you should know there are a lot of business opportunities sitting on your property. Organic gardening is very popular nowadays, especially since people are losing trust fast in the major industries that provide consumers with various products through mass-production.

Therefore, you can consider business opportunities, such as selling flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs produced in your own garden. You can also use your garden to become a landscape professional or a garden decorator and tutor others on how to maintain their gardens.

Investing in real estate

Property investments can be a lucrative job and you can do most of the work from your home. Real estate investments consist of buying and selling properties. However, you can do a bit more and invest in renovations before you flip properties to inflate the price so that you don’t have to wait for the market price to rise on its own.

If you don’t want to bother with such dynamics, you can simply buy properties and rent them for a rental income. Still, if you’re new to the whole real estate business, it’s advisable to find a reliable property investment company and consult with them on how to make your business more efficient. The real estate market is quite stable but it doesn’t hurt to get some advice, beforehand.

Tutoring

Sharing your knowledge and your skills with others is a great way to earn a living and all from the comfort of your home. Whether you can teach art, music, foreign language, history or anything else, you can make a business out of it. The good thing is that people or neighboring kids can come to your house for classes or you can teach people online. The choice is yours, and there’s a lot of flexibility to enjoy as well.

A pet daycare

If you and your kids are animal lovers, you can create an entire business from it. To be more precise, a pet daycare is a very famous endeavor that’s always in high demand. Pet owners won’t leave their pets with just anyone while they’re away, so they will be picky about it.

You can create a daycare for dogs, cats or any other pet you wish. Just make sure you include other services, such as feeding, walking, grooming and so on. The more versatile your pet daycare is, the more customers you’ll have.

Freelancing

The most famous type of home job is freelancing. You can create a freelancing business in just about any industry. As an example, you can opt for freelance writing, web design, web development, digital marketing and any other activity that can be conducted online.

You can also create a home office and enjoy the benefits of being self-employed. Self-employment may not be as fancy as working for a company, especially since you have to worry about taxes on your own. However, working from home and spending time with your family can be more rewarding than a full-time job.

Family business opportunities are numerous and you can choose to do whatever you want. Creating a home-based business is also a lot cheaper than starting a regular business since you don’t need to buy or rent an office. That being said, do some research to determine which type of home business will be ideal for your family both financially speaking and otherwise.

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