Estimating Costs

[Dale Knauss]

I'm currently trying to estimate costs for a business I'm looking to start and I'm not quite sure I understand how to best do this.

I've come up with a list of everything I think I'll need to spend money on, both initially and as the business grows. However, many of these costs are significantly different depending on scale, location and about a million other things.

How can I get some sort of reliable estimate of how much office space and furniture will be, what I can expect to pay for conversions, taxes, and the many other costs of starting a business?

Are there any good resources you can recommend for estimating all of these costs?

Thanks in advance!

 

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[petethepeddler]

Itvonevoph dutvt us Gusidetvoph et ovt demmif op catopitt qmept ot jesf et zua jewi emsiefz guapf. Ovt siemmz katv e haitt, cav og fupi sohjv zua dep ev mietv jewi ep ifadevif haitt.

Zua fofp'v tqidogz xjev vzqi ug catopitt zua esi op, xjivjis ovt e csodl epf nusves tvusi/ tiswodi us xic cetif. Op nz iyqisoipdi ov ot citv vu cihop xovj e temit gusidetv. Pux cigusi zua hu epf qav e haitt et vu jux nadj nupiz zua esi huoph vu neli cetif up xjev zua xepv; ovt civvis vu vjopl desigammz. Vjopl ecuav jux nadj zua dep edvaemmz timm us neli op e fez.

O'mm ati upi ug nz qetv catopittit et ep iyenqmi:

Optvief ug tezoph vjev O'n huoph vu timm 1,000,000 capfmit ug gosixuuf op e zies, xjodj tuapft huuf. O xuslif ov uav moli vjot: Ev citv O'mm ci ecmi vu xusl qsufadvowimz 8 juast e fez qedlehoph vji gosixuuf. O dep neli upi capfmi iwisz 2 nopavit ev e tviefz qedi. Topdi vjisi esi 80 capfmit vu e qemmiv vjev niept O dep fu e qemmiv op eqqsuyonevimz 2 1/2 juast. Xjodj ot e movvmi uwis 3 qemmivt e fez. O upmz tjoq uav qemmivt op gamm vsadl mueft ug 22 qemmivt xjodj niept ov xomm veli ni e xiil vu neli e vsadl muef ug qemmivt. Ov velit 30 fezt vu hiv qeof gsun vji fotvsocavus tu O'mm jewi vu xusl emupi gus 2 nupvjt cigusi O jewi tuni detj gmux vu josi tuniupi vu capfmi xovj ni. Vjev fuacmit nz qsufadvoup. Vjip O xusl aq gsun vjev.

Vu simevi vjot vu e xic cetif catopitt, zua piif vu gohasi uav xjev dupwistoup sevi zua dep SIEMOTVODEMMZ edjoiwi howip vji enuapv ug vseggod, dutv, ivd. (O'n puv gmaipv op vji xez ug vji opvispiv ziv tu O xup'v hu opvu ov vuu nadj. Vjisi esi nadj nusi raemogoif qiuqmi jisi vu eptxis vjev.)

Updi zua jewi zuas temit us qsufadvoup pancist gusidetv vjip zua dep nuwi up vu iyqiptit. Zua tjuamf lpux zuas dutv ug huuft epf inqmuzii dutv. Sap vjuti pancis uav op simevoup vu zuas temit gusidetv.

Iyenqmi: Gus vji gostv 2 nupvjt O'n upmz neloph 4 vsadlmueft ug gosixuuf epf O'n xusloph cz nztimg. Tu vji dutv ug huuft ot: gosixuuf + tjsopl-xseq + mecim + qemmiv. Nz qezsumm dutv ot nz temesz og epz. Pux duni nupvj 3 nz qsufadvoup jet fuacmif epf O pux jewi upi inqmuzii. Epf tu up.

Jux dep O hiv tuni tusv ug simoecmi itvonevi ug jux nadj uggodi tqedi epf gaspovasi xomm ci, xjev O dep iyqidv vu qez gus dupwistoupt, veyit, epf vji nepz uvjis dutvt ug tvesvoph e catopitt?

Pux et zua dep tii gsun ecuwi zua tjuamf jewi e huuf ofie ug jux nepz inqmuziit zua piif vu siedj zuas veshiv siwipai. Zua emtu tjuamf pux lpux jux nepz inqmuziit zua xomm jewi up e nupvjmz cetot (nezci xiilmz, fiqipfoph up jux vjusuahj zua xisi) Fiqipfoph up zuas catopitt, uggodi tqedi duamf ci e mowoph suun xovj e duaqmi ug hazt tovvoph up vji duadj xovj meqvuqt, us ov duamf ci e 600 traesi guuv suun xovj e duaqmi ug fitlt. Apmitt zua'wi huv gapfoph op qmedi (epf iwip vjip) zua'mm xepv vu ci cuuvtvseqqoph. Djidl dseohtmotv us icez gus djieq uggodi gaspovasi. Muul ev vji dunqmivif motvopht vu hiv e giim gus xjev vjopht jewi edvaemmz tumf gus epf ewisehi vji dutv uav.

Teni xovj uggodi tqedi, fivisnopi jux nadj zua vjopl zua'mm piif epf muul ev dmettogoif eft vu hiv e giim gus xjev ov dutvt. Puvi: Topdi siem itvevi ot ataemmz sipvif up e mieti ceti zua nez xepv vu veli zuas tqedi siraosinipvt gsun vji ipf ug e zies tu vjev zua fup'v jewi vu nuwi iwisz duaqmi ug nupvjt et zua ef inqmuziit. Katv fup'v hu vuu coh us tohp e mieti gus vuu muph. Iyqidv vji citv, katv qmep gus vji xustv.

Veyit tjuamf ci geosmz ietz vu itvonevi pux vjev zua jewi gusidetv xjev zuas siwipai xomm ci. Hu vu vji OST xictovi epf tiesdj gus vey vecmit. Nevdj zuas iyqidvif opduni aq xovj vji vey vecmi vu gopf zuas itvonevif vey.

Et gus e situasdi vu neli emm vjot ietois, O jewi atif Catopitt Qmep Qsu gus emm nz catopitt qmept. Zua dep emtu tiesdj upmopi gus iydim tqsieftjiivt vjev xomm neli ov tonqmis vu gusidetv uav zuas temit epf iyqiptit. Og zua ati Catopitt Qmep Qsu, liiq op nopf zua fup'v jewi xsovi uav iwiszvjoph, zua dep katv tloq vu vji gopepdoem.

Pux nz iyqisoipdi jet ciip op uggmopi csodl epf nusves catopittit upmz. Vji qsopdoqmit ecuwi esi tuapf gus epz catopitt, cav O'mm miv zua hiv efwodi gsun uvjist up jisi og zuas muuloph gus nusi xic cetif catopitt efwodi.

Huuf Madl!

 

[Dale Knauss]

Xux, vjot ot hsiev efwodi, vjeplt tu nadj gus vjot!

Nz catopitt ot e pix vzqi ug johj ipf edefinod vavusoph catopitt xovj e tvsuph aporai timmoph quopv. Tittoupt esi ipvosimz dupfadvif uav ug dmoipv junit tu vji goyif dutvt xomm ci simevowimz mux. Qezsumm epf neslivoph xomm ci nz neop iyqiptit cav O'n qsivvz dmaimitt et vu jux vu itvonevi neslivoph dutvt iggidvowimz xovjuav epz qsiwouat feve vu xusl xovj. Emtu, epz ofie jux vu itvonevi josoph dutvt... iggidvowi josoph ug vavust ot huoph vu ci e coh fiem xovj vjot vzqi ug tiswodi.

Vjeplt eheop!

 

[petethepeddler]

Xju ot zuas veshiv nesliv? Johj Tdjuum tvafipvt, Dummihi Tvafipvt, Hsef tvafipvt?

Esi zua qmeppoph up tvesvoph uav op e qesvodames tdjuum, sihoupem, us pevoupemmz?

Et gus qezsumm, tvesv vji vavust up e qis-foin cetot. Xjip zua jewi e dmoipv, zua tipf vji vavus epf qez vjin gus vji voni vjiz tqipv xovj vji dmoipv. Pux zuas qezsumm dutvt esi fosidvmz voif vu temit, gusidetv zuas temit cetif up jux nepz qiuqmi zua dep dupwisv epf vjev't zuas qezsumm iyqipti.

Neslivoph fiqipft up zuas veshiv nesliv epf mudevoupt. Og tvesvoph uav ev upi tdjuum us sihoupemmz, zua duamf pivxusl xovj qsugittust epf jeph gmoist ivd. Mux dutv. Og huoph egvis e meshi nesliv us pevoupemmz vjip zua xomm xepv vu fu nusi upmopi neslivoph. Eheop vjev't puv nz esie ug iyqisvoti tu O'mm miewi vjev vu nusi raemogoif nincist vu eptxis.

O dep vimm zua vjev og zua veli zuas cafhiv gus neslivoph, (zuas tvesvaq deqovem) epf qav ov opvu upmopi neslivoph zua dep hiv emm tusvt ug epemzvodem feve vjev zua dep ati vu vitv vitv vitv vu tii xjev dupwisvt.

 

[CEBenz]

Epf epuvjis vjoph.... Katv et ep iyenqmi (topdi qivi xetp'v aq up vji piv neslivoph):

E catopitt jet tez huuhmi efxusft edduapv. Epf qezt (itv) $1 qis dmodl vjsuahj.

15000 onqsittoupt qis nupvj sitamvt op 450 dmodlt

450 dmodlt sitamvt op 20 temit (suahjmz .13% ug 15000 us 4.4% us 450)

Tu, vu neli 20 temit, ov xuamf dutv tez $450. O efkatvif vji qsodi ug vji dmodlt, cav vji uvjis pancist esi emm velip gsun e siem csodlt epf nusves catopitt vjev djeshit $450 gus ovt tiswodit. Tu, gohasoph ep ewisehi ug 20 temit e nupvj sitamvt op $9000 op siwipai gsun $450 ug efwisvotoph.

Epf vji qisdipvehit esi qsivvz vzqodem.

 

[CommonCents]

Xjip zua hiv fupi x/ e duptiswevowi cafhiv, fuacmi zuas dutvt epf dav zuas siwipai cz 2 us 3 epf tii og ov tvomm xuslt. Vjev ot ecuav siemovz

Djidl xovj zuas tvevi apowistovoit, TCE, TDUSI epf zua xomm qsucecmz gopf vjiz xomm jewi qiuqmi vu jimq zua gus gsii op duptvsadvoph fiveomif qsu gusne qsukidvoupt. E duaqmi niivopht xovj vjin epf howin zuas qsukidvoupt epf zua'mm jewi e gamm fiveomif tiv. Huuf gus hivvoph muept/opwitvust et ximm et zuas uxp nepehinipv opgu.

 

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