The worse nightmare that you can experience as a first time entrepreneur is to watch your dream of owning a business slip away while you continue paying rent and waiting for the county to grant you a business license.  In the process, you discover that the building had deficiencies that the prior owner was aware of, but neglected to tell you.  Your excitement return after the deficiencies are corrected and you seem to be on your way.   You are stopped cold when you learn that the location is not zoned for the business you have in mind.

So, you make the best of a bad situation and change your application to the same business as the prior owner, who left you all of his customers anyway, only to find out that he lied about his customer base and the two business next to you are closing due to lack of customers.  Don't get caught without the knowledge you need to get your business up and running.  This book arms you with the information you need to check out all the pitfalls before you start paying rent.