Landscaping

Whenever I leave my house to do some chores, I always see in my neighborhood or on the roads, a number of landscaping trucks either parked outside the houses they will or are working on or going towards a certain place. This landscaping business seems to be huge, as I did not see that much in the city where I lived before but here in the suburbs, it is somewhat a fixture. Although I don’t know if it is an easy business or not, but this I know that if you invest a little bit, you can also start your own.

The key here is to build a business and know what you are doing. It is not that much labor intensive but it is definitely hands on owner intensive. Once you have a front yard or back yard, you have to have some landscaping guy take care of it, if you are not that into cutting grass, putting in fertilizer and seeds or generally take care of the lawns. You can spend anywhere from two hundreds to several hundreds on the maintenance of your lawns depending on the size of it. If you are lucky the initial investment (when you bought the house) will be not that much, but if you have a not so great back and front yard, then expect to pay thousands of dollars to upgrade, fix of modify it to suit your needs. This is also one of the on going expenses that people seem to forget if they are going to buy houses in the suburbs. It is not only the mortgage, but also the physical maintenance of the house that costs you a lot of money.