In my state it was 10 dollars when i got my permit...so as footyfan said permit is not expensive....the first business i did it on christmas so after that i had no plan of doin that because that was a huge christmas item....feri ma pare f1, gas station ma 90 ghant hapta ko handai koleg gayera kamako paisa le kholeko business, and u kno financial problems to f1s, jaba samma kamaucha kamaucha and mall starts goin slow or sometimes if u have to put money from pocket to pay the rent and inventory....sarai garo huncha kinaki koleg fee ta tauko ma chadai cha.....and my last business was good but i was plannin to go home, take break from everythings and somebody paid me lot more than i invested so i sold the other one....right now m totally broke so have no plans of doin business either...and when i started i used all my money plus sold my car and even laptops too to come up with the money....and cl71563, i have a idea, if i write it here my friend will know who i am so if you want to know email me....i will be more than happy...actually i have plenty of good ideas for mall...only thing i dont have is dollars to come up with...lol