50 GREAT BUSINESSES TO START FOR UNDER $500 There are some of you out there that will scoff, "What kind of business can really start with $500?" Well, consider the fifty we present here. When most of us here phrases like "Start a new business" or "start-up costs," our minds picture figures with a lot of zeros in them. While it is true that most businesses do require several thousand dollars to start up, there are certainly some that don't. They exist; it's just a matter of focusing in on them. The businesses listed here range from computers to consulting,from accounting to auto repair, and many more. All can be operated from your home, eliminating the need for expensive formal office space. They are quite diverse; the one thing they have in common is that they can be started for $500--and sometimes less. As you are thinking about what kind of business to operate, consider where you live, your job skills, hobbies, the equipment you own, the needs of your community, and certainly, the work you enjoy doing. Some people operate small manufacturing businesses out of their garage or basement while others set up service-oriented businesses in their kitchen or truck; some have discovered the lucrative field of importing goods, and others have tucked mail order companies into spare rooms, since they don't need a store front but only a mail box and space for inventory for this type of business. Naturally, you shouldn't expect these ventures to make you millions, but if you take them seriously enough you'll be able to do well at them. Some of these businesses might be better suited for a part-time endeavor, while others (with a little luck and a lot of hard work) will allow you to devote yourself to them full-time. And who knows? Maybe they will make you millions. In any case, here are fifty opportunities. ACCOUNTING. The "simplified" tax code has the public more