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Which business would be best for me to start?

I'm a senior in high school and would like to start my own business this summer. I plan on going into real estate development and was trying to think of a business I could start now that would lead me along a career path to real estate development, if not a business that I could start easily and operate while balancing school. Please don't tell me about having to have a passion and idea of your own to be succesful because I know all of this, I'm a marketing and business student. I just have trouble of developing an idea, once I have it I can easily run with it. I used to own an eBay store where I used a dropshipper for electronics. I didn't like it too much.

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1. If you are 18, you should be able to take a mortgage broker exam and get your license. You'll have to seek out a brokerage that hires new licenses but that should be an easy way to start in your field.
2. a popular one where i am is student painters. you an hire some friends to work for you and paint the exteriors of houses and fences. you can also extend it into general labour
3. There are actually entire magazine devoted to business ideas. Check the magazine rack at your local bookstore. One mag name I can think of is Entrepreneur.
4. One vehicle that might work for you is an online business. I've started a website that is purely informational, but I hope to monetize it once I get enough regular traffic through affiliate sales. The advantage to this is it'd be something you could work on while at school. Unfortunately, you are the best person to figure out the best idea for you. It's got to be something you're really excited about so you can stick with it through all the drudgery. Forunately, SiteSell (the folks that host my e-business) gives you tools to find the ideas that you can be both passionate and profitable about! Good luck.
5. if u have investment go with the franchise its pretty risky and u pay royaltie fee depends on the business.kahala corp offer pretty good chain in the us. some of are low cost to start out with. I am in college i already own two business so far.not bad for 22 yo.
6. Have you considered simply talking to some local builders and developers? Most would enjoy a chance to be interviewed by you. There will be opportunities that arise from this. They might need independent contractors, or sub contractors, to help out. They might also need interns. While an internship is different from being self employed, it may be a faster route to revealing what you like to do within real estate development, which is a huge field. Your local community college, or etc., might have some courses on construction management, architecture, excavation, financial management, etc. Try talking to the professors who teach these classes. They will definitely know some folks on the inside, too. They also have a pretty good pulse on what is hot today and should be hot tomorrow, like LEED Certified Building. (Green or not, there are long term cost benefits, etc.) You might get lucky and even find an investor.