Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 1, 2008, and has been updated. It was excerpted from our Coin-Operated Laundry start-up guide, available from Entrepreneur Bookstore.

A well-maintained coin-operated laundromat can provide its owner with many years of nearly effortless income. Not only can the business generate income from its coin-operated washers and dryers; it ...

To the tune of jingling pockets and vibrated whirrs, Third Mutual dryers have gone coin operated. Addressed by the Third Mutual board during its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 19, the dryer ...