Review Competitors

Long before you open a community homes business in your town, it's a good idea to determine what the competition looks like. Use the link below to generate a list of competitors in your area. After clicking on the link, type in your city, state and zip code to get a list of community homes businesses near you.

• Locate Community Homes Businesses Near You

Before you open up shop, make sure you know what you will offer to your customers that provides a significant advantage over your competition's offering.

Learning More About the Industry

Once you've finished assessing the competion, you really ought to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. If you think your local competitors will give you advice, you're being overoptimistic. It'd be crazy for them to teach you the business.

Fortunately, somebody who runs a community homes business outside of your community may be willing to share their entrepreneurial wisdom with you, as long as they don't view you as a competitive threat. Indeed, many experienced entrepreneurs enjoy offering advice to startup entrepreneurs. It can take a while to find an entrepreneur who is willing to talk, but it's well worth the effort.

Where do you find somebody who runs a community homes business who is willing to talk to you but doesn't live nearby?

Simple. Let your fingers do the walking by using the link below.

• Find Your Community Homes Business Mentor

Franchising May Be a Better Way to Go

If this is your first venture, you ought to check into buying a franchise rather than starting a business from scratch.

If your goal is to start a community homes business, you ought to determine whether there are good franchise opportunities available that might be the right move for you.

The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.

• Franchise Businesses