I have been thinking about starting my own daycare (right now I'm an assistant, but the owner knows about my plans), and was wondering what you all would suggest for the best time to get started. What I mean is, I would have to rent a house for it, so without enough children, I wouldn't have the money for rent, untilities, supplies, and all the start up costs involved. I've already been looking around at homes for rent and talking to the owners of the houses about their lease agreements. I would like to have a sheduled opening date, and just line children up for that starting date so I'd have enough children starting out to pay the rent and other costs, and still have an income. But is that realistic? In your area are there enough children needing care that a daycare could have a specific opening date in the next few months, and advertise ahead of time? How soon before opening would you begin advertising your new daycare to assure enough enrollments before hand, but not so much that parents would not be able to wait that long and end up choosing another daycare? I would need at least 5 starting out, in my area. Rent is EXPENSIVE here, but there's no way could I afford to buy a house, especially when I don't even know how many children I'd be able to count on enrolling.
Last question, how do you find out how much need there would be for childcare in a certain area? I would be opening one in the next town over from the daycare I'm at right now.
Last question, how do you find out how much need there would be for childcare in a certain area? I would be opening one in the next town over from the daycare I'm at right now.
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