How can people go into business without a realistic idea of the costs involved.

I own a small business with two locations. My unemployed sister rolls her eyes whenever the topic of my success comes up.

She likes to say,” Jesus, all he does is resell stuff that he buys overseas for a markup. Anybody could do it.”

Yes, once you spend $6000/month (per location), invest $400000 into inventory, hire decent, knowledgeable sales people at about $50K per year each and pay another $10-15k per month in other expenses like insurance, utilities, bank and cc fees, payroll taxes, etc., then you can do it too!

If I say this aloud, she smirks and rolls her eyes again.

I’m gonna smack her in the head one day.