As a wife of a husband who is self employed I completely agree with above poster aukxsona! it is totally hard but it is also totally worth it. I have a 'real' job and my husband is an owner. His ultimate goal is to simply schedule the work and have a crew work it for him, however, even then he still has to work. So I disagree with poster Peilan to a degree, no matter what you do you have to do something so that the business continues. my husband installs siding, doors and windows for a living. He does do some sub contracting for local businesses and he also does his own jobs as well. The benefit is that he can set his hours, if he must leave to go do something like pick up a sick child he can or go on vacation he can pick his own dates. The pay is not that great as people think. taxes eat up a lot as we pay self employment tax. we do not have employees but we have to carry workers comp and liability cuz the local business's won't use him if he doesn't. But I wouldn't have it any other way. It is worth it to us.
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