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Originally Posted by mom-from-missouri
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So, from those of you who are 'self employeed', can you answer the following questions.
#1 What is your occupation?
#2 Does it empoyee people other than yourself?
#3 Do you run it out of your home? Do you have a seperate location for it?
#4 Do you have or offer medical insurance thru your self employment?
#5 Did you start your business yourself, or did you hire someone to help?
#6 If you had to do it over again, what would you do differently?
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1. In addition to my full time job, i have a home-based business working as a freelance real estate writer.
2. No, it's just me, wouldn't have time to maintain it otherwise, and i know it would probably never grow big enough that i could quit my day job.
3. Yes, out of my home. All i need is my brain and my computer. I just use my office that i also use for personal affairs, so i DONT claim big deductions on the tax form for home office.
4. No, i have medical insurance thru my day job.
5. No, i started it myself, thanks to a lot of connections in the real estate field in my area, as i formerly worked full time at one real estate company. I also took a 12 week entrepreneurial course which proved invaluable.
6. I'm happy with the way things are working out. I have always earned a living as a writer so it comes naturally and easily to me. I treat it as supplemental income that ranges from abotu $5 to $10K a year. I can do it on my own time, at my own convenience. It's pretty painless, but again, i wouldn't give up my day job either.