Am I too old for Business at 52?

Question

I am now 52 I work hands on in the handy man business. I am just making it work long hard and it does not feel like a business. I want a Business that I can build up and help it Run and Grow. Working for myself day by day is not the same as running a business. I still work for some one for a days pay. I been fooling my self that I own a Business. All I am is a Day worker. I need to know How I can find and start a busioness I can work hard and grow. AND PLEASE NO INTERNET BUS> Thanks.

Answer 1

Your "handy man " business would be great where I am from... Many MANY people need help with even little things. But if you are not happy then you must move on.

You are NOT too old. Find out what makes you tick, what makes you smile, what you wake up everyday thinking about !! Keep in mind with your age comes intelligence beyond compare to the younger folks!! Sit down, write a list of what you would find appealing to do and go from there!

Best Wishes on a prosperous future!

: )

Answer 2

You might be open to starting a home business. I have one that I started in April, and now have quite an income coming in. You are right in the fact that you are working for someone for a days pay. That is true in any service because you are trading your time for income. That can cause you to run into problems when you don't have enough time to increase your income because you are already busy doing a job and can't be two places at once.

Should you choose a product oriented business, you are freeing up your time and creating leverage as well as building residual income. When you start networking, you are no longer trading time for money. It's the old saying where you can work 80 hrs per week, or you can find 10 people who work 8 hrs/week.

52 is definately not too old to start learning how to run a home business. I am 46 and have mostly older people working with me, including my Father who got started at 71. Because of the nature of my business, many mature people are choosing this avenue because it works for them. They also know the most people who could really benefit from the product.

We offer excellent training and mentoring to be sure that each person realizes their goals and starts earning a lucrative income.

Answer 3

Dude, you're discovering what most of us who "go into business for ourselves" find out. You are just basically buying yourself a job. I'm currently employed, but have been "in my own business" several times in the past, and while I love the feeling of independence, it is usually just a illusion.
However, I don't see how being a handy man is not a good endeavor. You SHOULD be keeping your own books, paying taxes etc. By running it right, I'm sure there is the ability to grow and develop.

Answer 4

Your never to old. Seems like the best solution is to build a stable of dependable people under you that do the work so you can focus on selling and project management.

Look at the landscapers. Some guy invests in a truck, one or two mowers and misc. equipment then sends a bunch of undocumented day laborers out to do the actual work.

As more contracts are made, the guy adds more trucks, equipment and men. Suddenly it's an organization.

Take the risk. Good luck!

Answer 5

Your problem is you want to exclude the best vehicle for business these days, the internet! If you change your mind look at this website for a legit business that has been featured on a special hosted by Morley Shaffer from 60 minutes and many other publications. www.NonStopCashFlow.com

Answer 6

You are at your prime,You have paid your dues so to speak. Your knowledge that you will bring into your business will be an asset to it.
Think of something you like and are good at. and go for it. Housecleaning Business,Your the boss, and you send out your workers. Make up cards for Handy work and get people to work for you and you oversee it.

Answer 7

I don't know how many of you had heard about this e-book named "Honest Riches", it is written by an 24 years old single mom named Holly Mann. Recently I got one myself and I was indeed surprised when I went through the content in this e-book, it is amazing! It teaches sooo many things about making money on internet which are very practical and applicable!

Previously I had some very bad experience on works online and It gave me a thought that earning money from inernet is not possible for everyone, and if you want to earn a lot, you must invest a lot. But I was totally wrong! The author of "Honest Riches" simply proves that working at home, earning money from internet is possible for a down earth person like me! In "Honest Riches" it even shows that there r ways you could earn money without spending start-up cost.

Before I had spent bucks on several so-called e-books which claimed to be helpful but I was very frustrated and regret for that buy because I was left by a bigger question of "how-to". These intellegent ppl don't really provide you step-by-step instructions and it seems that they expect you to comprehenz it all in once. I felt like these people don't care about my hard-earned money, but Holly Mann is a different person from those who present their e-books in flasy way and marked up their junks by a double, or even triple price, with more than half of the content is filler, unvaluable!

Don't be so tempted to those well-packaged, high price e-books as I used to. You'll be very disappointed. It is true that many of them are SCAMS! (There was one cost me $97 USD! And as a matter of fact, if I want to earn money as what it tells I need to spend more bucks buying the stuffs told in that book!)

If there is only one e-book you could afford and there's only one to choose among all those on the web, in my opinions, "Honest Riches" is really that one worth for your look.

I'm not a creative person but now I'm able to work on to earn more at home by implementing what is written in this e-book.

This is my personal experience I'd liked to share to you honestly, wish you all the best in whatever you are doing in terms of money making online.

Life has never been an easy thing, but only when you find it a right way. :)

Answer 8

Sounds like you have alot of expieriance, why don't you find a location and strike out on your own?