Las Vegas City Center
© Bert K

Las Vegas is a city of mixed signals at the moment. Glitz and glamour. Showgirls and poker. And a construction industry reeling from the Bush Recession. More home foreclosures than any place in America. It's hard on business. The tourists still come and go. But outside the hospitality industry, well, real businesses are having a difficult time.

One way to lessen the impact of hard times is to outsource. Keep your business lean by farming out the tasks that don't relate directly to your business goals.

Top of the list just has to be grounds and facilities. Do you really want your best sales people mowing the grass when they could be out finding commissions? Las Vegas has service providers (like Las Vegas property management) who will free up your people to do what you hired them to do – make money for you. And in a place like Las Vegas, there's plenty of money out there for them to make. Even in hard times…