I work in the field, I do all of my paperwork at home, (sometimes I will doit in my car, but I hate the slow cell phone based connection).

Wanted to pick both "Work from Home" and "Self-Employed" because I am both.

I love it and would not want it any other way.

We have a dedicated office, separated from the rest of the house (only room on the basement/lower level), with a separate entrance. We spent the money to have the infrastructure required to adequately perform our jobs such as Cable Internet, 2 Voice Lines w/ multi line phones, 1 Data Line w/ a fax w/ huge memory, High Speed Computers, WiFi network w/ remote, wireless printer server, Printer w/ huge memory, 4 desks w/ returns, conference table, large copier, storage facilities, clerical supplies, letterhead & business cards and assorted other stuff.

We started out with none of the above and worked our way up. Oue experience has shown that to have any type of a clerical based office in your home, you will need a separate room. We tried it in a corner of our living room, and on the kitchen table, but that did not work out at all! You will also need to have an infrastructure at least to the level of a similar office outside of the home. If you scrimp on this infrastructure, you will be sorry later. As an example, these so called all in one printers, copiers, fax combo units are really too small in memory, upgradeability, and performance to adequately handle anything more than very light household needs. Spend 3 to 10 times their price tag and buy more robust  separate items that have the ability to handle the work load or at the very least have the ability to be upgraded. My .02

Quoted: Wiggy, mind if I ask what is the nature of the business?  I'm curious.

My wife and I are Mortgage Loan Officers. While many or even most LOs work out of an office provided by the owner, we own our own business and are steadily growing. we just brought on 3 new loan officers and are wayyyy into the training process.

Great job and a sucky job....depends on the mood of Lenders.