[Fern]

I worked from home full time as a marketing and PR writer for the real estate industry.

I got my business from realtors i had worked with full time before being laid off. (So, one lesson there, never burn your bridges after a layoff and DON'T take it personally.) My boss had always liked me, and she and other managers there now refer all their PR business to me for their 1,500 realtors. Another manager left that company and went to another, and has also called on me regularly to do work for them as well.

Ultimately, i took another full time job becus i needed a steady paycheck, but i continue to the do real estate writing freelance, on the side, basically nights. It' s nice to have the extra cash.

Working as a writer is great if you have the skill becus there was little overhead, mainly depreciation of my computer. I did everything over the phone and tried to limit in-person meetings with realtors as i found it was n ot at all cost effective and didn't result in more work.

If you can take an inexpensive entreprenurial course on running a business, as i did, i would highly recommend it. You will learn tons.