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4 Challenges to Starting a Second Hand Store

Allen Francis / January 20th, 2021 / No Comments

In this pandemic wrecked economy, second-hand stores are going to get a lot of business. Interested? Starting a second-hand store will require a lot of business planning and time sacrifice. And money. It may cost you between $10,000 to $50,000 to open a second-hand store. Here are a few challenges you will face starting a second-hand store. Sourcing Free, Cheap, and Quality Inventory One of the biggest...

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Business Franchises You Can Launch For Less Than $15K

Allen Francis / January 6th, 2021 / No Comments

As of now, well over 100,000 small businesses have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic and may never reopen again. More small businesses than that have probably closed temporarily or permanently as well – those are just the statistics of the moment. And those statistics are very frightening when considering the future of small businesses in America. About 99.99% of all American businesses...

Best Side Hustles For College Students

Allen Francis / December 29th, 2020 / No Comments

One of the hardest things to have collectively experienced as a shared humanity was the closing of schools and colleges as the pandemic first appeared. If a cure or mitigation technique is not found soon, our country, and every country in the world, could be dealing with a lost generation of kids in the future. Before the pandemic, many students left college with massive student loan debt to enter...

Posted in: Education, Money Tagged with: college, extra income, side hustles, side hustles for college students

Where to Keep Your Money While Saving for a House

Allen Francis / December 17th, 2020 / No Comments

The typical cost of a new house is over $330,000. That is a lot of money to save for in a pandemic wrecked economy. So where should you keep your money while saving for a house? You should keep in mind that saving for a house is a time-exhaustive process. It takes time to save enough money for a down payment, closing costs, and pay for all of the ancillary costs that come after buying a house, like...

Posted in: Home, Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: down payment, saving for a house