Working from home: it’s an interesting business option and one that provides many benefits. By working from home, you can cut the costs and make sure that you don’t have to worry about the rent or the purchase of a business address. As well as this, it keeps levels of flexibility in your company high and ensures that you can avoid the Monday morning commute. Lots of benefits then but there’s just one problem. When you read about working from home, you’ll probably find that the advice on types of businesses is, somewhat, limited? But they don’t have to be. Here are three different incredible businesses that can be run from home. Number two is sure to shock you!

After The Law Degree

Lawyers make a lot of money right? It’s one of the reasons why so many kids decide to go to law school after they finish the first step of their education. What they don’t show you on those fun legal dramas is that the hours are an absolute nightmare. When you first start in a firm, you can wind up working close to seventeen hours a day. That’s insane and yet completely true, but unlike the higher-ups, you don’t get the nice big paycheck just yet. Even working as a partner, you’ll still have to put those massive number of hours in. Essentially, you can kiss your family and friends goodbye.

This won’t be the case if you work for yourself, independently. As long as you have your certificate to practice from the bar, there’s nothing stopping you from doing this. And, if you’re operating privately, you can work from home. You will have to pay for heavy marketing to gain attention, but you’ll still find things a lot easier.

Doctor, Doctor

Alternatively, you might have worked hard for your medical degree. Now, you’re paying your dues pushing through the intern years to the point where you’ll be a full doctor. What do you do then? You can go into private practice, and it is possible to work privately from your home. Where you operate as a doctor will need to be compliant with medical regulations. But as long as you have all the equipment like an IV supply cart and a patient bed, it can be done. It’s not easy, but it has been successfully done before. Ultimately, we’re talking about setting up your own, small medical practice on private property. Alternatively, you can just work from home as a medical consultant, and you won’t need any set up at all except for a computer.

And How Do You Feel About That?

Finally, you might be thinking about working as a counsellor. You don’t need an office to do it. Many patients will be perfectly happy to come around to your home for sessions. There are just a couple things to consider. First, you do have to create the right environment, and that means you can’t have your wife come in asking them if they want tea or coffee. It’s important that they feel like you are running a professional business otherwise they won’t trust you. Again, this venture will require heavy marketing, and you will need to set up an office in your home.

Still, it’s going to be a lot cheaper than setting up an office that you had to buy or rent.