MINI-OFFICES: Home For Start-Ups

The primary reason businesses start at home, or with a meager P.O. Box is 
because, renting an office can be very expensive.
On top of your basic rental, you will have to worry about buying and setting 
up tables and chairs, and bother yourself with a lot of moving-in blues when 
you should actually be concentrating on one thing: Making Money.
Therefore, for many start-ups, the kitchen table offers a "ready-to-go" 
alternative which is also rent-free. But what if there's an office "Cube" 
with a desk, a phone, access to a copy machine and a fax machine?  
What if it has a common secretary receptionist who can type your letter and 
charge you only based on the amount of work done? What if this office were 
to rent out at $200 a month? Would you take it?

INCUBATOR 
Many profitable businesses are born and raised in incubator situations. A 
mini office is just that - a slightly bigger mailbox where you can physically 
show up and do your work.

It's an ideal breeding ground for start-ups with limited capital, yet need 
legitimate workspace that neither the kitchen or a mailbox can offer. This 
is where you come in.

THE LAYOUT
   
Picture this mini office in a middlerange commercial location. The ideal 
space for you to rent would be around 1,800 square feet. You can build 
wall-to-wall cubicles that are about 5 x 5 each. Including common areas 
and a small corner for your secreetary, fax and copy machines, you can have 
30 Cubes that can each rent out for $200 a month.
If all your cubes are rented out, this will give $6,000 in gross rental 
revenues. If you can lease your space for around $0.75 per square foot, your 
1,800 sqft space will cost you $1,350 a month.
Add to this the salary of the secretary, and your margin can still be at 
around 50% of your gross rental revenue, or roughly $3000. In addition to 
your rental revenues, you will also make money on copies, faxes and 
secretarial functions.