How does one become a licensed/certified business appraisor?
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All real estate appraisers spend a specified amoutn of hours as an apprentice.  I recommend you call a few local real estate appraisers and inquire with them.  A good appraiser to work under is your ticket to success.
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Go to your local government offices and ask how you would obtain a business license. There is probably a department of business licensing or a department of professional and trade services... in my area its handled by the office of permits. And if all else fails there is always an office, kiosk, or a phone number for general information. Also the directory from the local phone company will list various departments within the local govt. And sometimes they are listed by topic, (e.g. Business licensing).
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Every business needs some type of licenses.  Check with your county, AND state tax collector's office, they can help you.  That is the agency where you get the license
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Some people have become small business owners without even a high school diploma, but the more education you have the better off you are. You need either good accounting skills or you need to be able to afford a good Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to take care of tax information, records and problems and you need you need money to operate until you start making a profit.  You should know that it usually takes up to 5 years to make a new business actually turn a profit...not that you won't be making money during that time, but it may not be profit...that is above and beyond the costs it takes to run the business and if necessary to pay employees.  The Small Business Administration helps new businesses in several ways.  The biggest way they help is in finding supplies at wholesale that you may need to either run the business or to sell in the business.  Anything from shelves to candles. They have every wholesaler and supplier list in the United States and probably some that are not in the US.  Those things are free to research for any business owner, but you have to pay for copies unless you write the information down for yourself.  They also have many videos including how to make candles, soaps, etc. And many other helpful videos to help you run a business.
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I am assuming you are pretty knowledgable about Siding and Roofing and are looking for help on the business side of things.\n\nTry starting with the Small Business administration's website.
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Call your bank for an appraisal specialist:)
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Go to CalGOLD Database of California. Select the business type (they don't have a listing for handyman but they have electrical contractor, masonry contractor, etc), select your city/county and the database will show you the permits and requirements you need to do to start your business:\n\nhttp://www.calgold.ca.gov/Default.asp?VW=OUT&TOP=N&KYWD=
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It depends on where you are located, if you are going to lease your own office or will you simply work from home, and the requirements of your city/county business offices.\n\nIf you are in the Los Angeles area, for example, you will be required to get the following  if you are starting a janitorial business (if it applies to your situation):\n\nBusiness License (Business Tax Certificate)\nBurglar Alarm Permit\nFire Department Permit - Fire Protection\nLand Use Permit\nZoning Approval\nFictitious Name Filing (DBA)\nAir Tanks Permit\nCorporation, Company or Partnership Filings (if considering)\nIndustrial Activities Storm Water General Permit\nSales & Use Permit (Seller's Permit)\nState EPA Identification Number\n\nThe point is that the licenses you need may be as simple or as complicated depending on the requirements of your city/county. Call them up or visit them and ask them the requirements you need to start a janitorial company.
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It's really not as difficult as it seems just some effort that will seem like nothing compared to actually running your own business.\n\n1. You will need to register your business "DBA" at the County Clerk\n2. The city your business will be located in will need you to register for tax purposes this is the BUSINESS LICENSE\n(many small businesses have the city taxes waived for the first 3 years to help with development)\n3. Get a business Bank account.\n4. get your resale license (http://www.boe.ca.gov/)\n\nThere are some serious things you need to consider and doing some research will help you organize your business and have less headache. Make sure once you've done some research on what type of business you'll be starting (sole proprietor, partnership, LLC, corporation etc) you follow the correct order of steps to acquire your status as business. It will keep you from running around in circles and it will save you from potential penalties and or delays.\n\nWhen I started my first business I used went to Boarders and picked up a book by nolo press "how to open up a California business in 24 hrs" http://nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/9FA25870-14F1-4657-9778F19FB41FB93D/111/228/\nThere are many books that are specific to steps required to open it in CA just do some research it will make this seem less daunting.\nGood Luck
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You need to obtain a state real estate license.
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Contact Amerispec.  They have a full program that will allow you to become a licensed home inspector in less than a month.  Of course, you have to buy a franchise, etc.  But they can help you with that, too.
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Sunny is correct in telling you that you need only get your RE license to start selling.  However, what Sunny failed to mention is that these companies (at least the successful ones) will want you to have at least bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting or Economics.  Most of them will want you to have your real estate brokers’ license as well.\nAlso, please don’t be fooled by Sunny’s flippant comments about just taking the classes and getting started.  I’m not saying you can’t do well at it, I’m saying it takes a lot of VERY HARD WORK to make your self successful at it.  I know several commercial brokers, and a few successful ones, and the ones that are successful don’t half ass it, they work 60-70 hrs a week.  The payoff for these few is Huge, I’m talking high six and sometimes seven figure incomes but you have to want it, and you have to work for it!\nI hope I have given you a little bit better insight into the world of commercial real estate.  \nI truly wish you the best!
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a Certified public accountant?, i certanly dont know ... but you can try to find out
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First, check with your local government to see what the licensing requirements are. You will need a DBA (doing business as) certificate. Buy books on locksmithing (inexpensive way to learn):\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071448292/104-0070440-4230360?v=glance&n=283155\n\nor enroll in a correspondence course (expensive way to learn, but has its benefits). Join an association like The National Locksmith. You will get a monthly magazine and an optional $15,000 bond with an ID card. Check eBay (search 'locksmithing') for supplies and educational material. \n\nHope this helps.
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Contact your local real estate board or real estate association. They will info on the required courses you need to take and pass in order to obtain a license.\n\nhttp://www.newsrealestatesite.com/archives/04042006/how-to-become-a-real-estate-agent
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First thing is to make sure you are getting the service you deserve. Make a few calls, (get names!) and offer to send faxes of the documentation. Then, after a month of no action, find the information for the city property tax appraiser. Tell him/her you want a re-appraisal based on the failure of the city/county to clean the property. If you get no action in 30 days, hire a professional property appraiser, then send the lowered property valuation to him/her. You can use the lower tax to do the clean up, or you can watch Mr. Tax-Man do his little jig and dance. They may not promise to do it with a certain period of time. Tell him you either want the property taxed at the new, lower, assement amount, or cleaned. You may have to hire a shyster. My folks did after Charlie, and came out even. But put the bug in their ear. They are there BECAUSE you pay taxes. Always call the lowest man in the totem pole. (I.e., the county tax person.) He/She don't want to lose a nice, cushy job. And they, in some places, have pull to increase a property value.
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you need to find one that is board certified.  takes considerable skill and time on the job to get certified.