Your home based concrete block business is something that you want to have for the rest of your life, or that you want to be able to package up and sell at some point. For this reason, you don’t want to enter into it without being fully prepared. There is a reason that the vast majority of businesses fail within the first few years, and the largest part of that has to do with preparation. This is particularly true with a business making concrete blocks. Buying a concrete block making machine and getting a dba does not make you proficient in the business of making concrete blocks. Just like any other business, but acutely so if you are starting this in your garage, preparation, or the lack thereof, will be the success or complete collapse of your business.
Let’s consider this scenario: you do your research, define your market, get your contracts in place. Then you go out, buy a machine and get started. Suddenly, there is a knock on the door. It is a code enforcement officer from the city handing you a noise ordinance ticket and telling you that you must cease and desist your business because your neighborhood is not zoned for commercial entities. You are now set adrift, having invested what may amount to your life savings in a business you can’t even go through with.
This and other nightmares can easily be avoided by checking out what codes there are for your area. Here’s a tip: if you are looking into a home purchase, but you know you are wanting to start a home based business that involves large amounts of noise, dust, and delivery trucks moving in and out of your driveway, look into the restrictions of the Home Owners Association (HOA) as well as the city codes. If you can, pick a home on the outskirts of town, where you will not be restricted by city codes. By the time the city annexes you, you will have grown to the point that you will have other property anyway.
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