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Which of the following business ideas has the best chance of success in todays and tomorrows economy?

(1) Home theatre design and installation company
– go into someones home and help them decide what hardware/equipment to purchase and how to install their home theatre to get the best sound quality and results. Then install it for them.

(2) Buy or build a set of cabins near the popular lake resort of Big Bear California and retool them with a British theme, ala Fox and Hound, Cabins would provide an elegant old world feel and feature unique, home made British style pastries and treats made fresh on the premises.

(3) A husband and wife home improvement team, where we come into your home and work with you to do your own DIY – i.e. show you how to do your own painting, tiling, etc and how to achieve professional results.

(4) A Business efficiency consultant – Go into a business, interview the people, figure out what they do, and then report on how the company could do things better and/or do away with unneeded steps in their processes.

(5) Handyman service – Come out and fix whatever is broken – a window, hot water heater, whatever… nothing too outrageous – they wont reroof your house but they could fix a leak or repalce a toilet or repair a door, etc.

(6) After school Robotics clubs – Kids sign up, parents pay for it, and kids learn how to create and program robots – for school systems not offering such classes.

how should i prioritize the following home improvements? fireplace, new kitchen, bathroom in basement?

i eventually want to do all three of these things. in what order should i do them in order to maximize my return on investment in the event i had to move and sell before i completed all three things? there is currently a fireplace now but it is ugly painted white brick and want to replace it with a floor to 5 foot high mantle with granite worked in and a gas fireplace log set. the whole cost of that job would be 5k. i have read that fireplaces add more value as far as home improvements go than any other improvement.

the current kitchen was from the 1960s and redoing that with granite countertops and new cabinets and tile and a new fridge and oven would probably be 10k-15k for the quality we wanted.

adding a bathroom to the basement would change the house from 1 to 2 baths and would probably cost about 5k for the level of quality we wanted.

how should i order these projects?