I’d like to start a home-based service business. I would like to do event planning. Where do I start? I’m not even sure if this business will work in my "somewhat" small area. I don’t want to put a lot of money into start up and fall flat on my face. Do I need to see a lawyer? How to keep track for income tax purposes? Sales tax in Michigan??

Entrepreneur.com offers lots of good research for starting this type of business

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