Earnings Potential: This line of work has the potential to offer a full-time income or it can be a part-time business.

Special Knowledge or Skills: You must be handy (obviously). You will need vast knowledge of everything from carpentry to plumbing and more

What you will be doing: For the most part you will be working for home owners and small businesses. Likely projects are door hanging, plumbing repairs and installs, cabinet building, etc.

Where to Start: As always, Business Levers recommends that you start with a business plan. Though we did not find a plan specific to starting a handy man service, you can start with the small service business startup plan.

Start and Run a Handyman Business (Perfect) Start and Run a Handyman Business Anyone who enjoys fixing things and has the skills to do it can make a successful career with his or her own handyman business. With the easy-to-read tips and business strategies taught in this book, readers will learn how to make a handyman business profitable. This book will give both tips for doing the jobs and the skills needed to run the business. Handymen can set their own hours and be their own bosses. But they will need the business skills to make it profitable, too, since only they will be responsible for finding customers. This book demonstrates step-by-step how readers can make a name for themselves as the handymen in their communities.

Additional Resources:

http://www.handymanconnection.com

http://www.handyman-quickstart.com