When I was growing up my parents owned a dairy farm and acreage. The land was not very fertile so in years of little moisture they did not do very well farming. My father eventually went to work for a manufacturing company and rented out the land to another farmer. Once he had the steady job and income I saw how greatly their lives improved. They were not worried about paying the bills from month to month because there was a steady reliable income coming in. Although my father worked hard as a laborer it was great to see them have more money to enjoy life.

My husband and I have had good paying jobs. We both work for large companies, but we do not feel that we have job security because so many companies are down sizing. That usually means the people that are in our wage bracket are the first to go. I have toyed around for years about starting my own free lance company. As rumors increased about major cuts happening in my company we decided we should start looking at offices to lease for me to set up shop. With the type of consultation business I wanted to set up I would need to meet with clients at least initially to determine their needs. We live out in the country and we thought that having people drive to a home office may be detrimental. The offices for lease in our small town were reasonably priced, however my consultation services would not be needed by very many people. One space that we were looking at because we saw a sign in the window was next door to a realty office. As we were peering through the windows a realtor came out of their office. He explained that he was helping with the leasing of the office because the space was connected to their office. He said that he knew of other offices to lease. He asked us to come in and discuss our needs.

As I described the consultation business I wanted to set up I described what type of space I wanted. I would need a separate office for myself, a reception area and a small waiting area. The space next door to the realty office was quite unique. There was a small restroom, a small kitchen area a reception area and an office that was good size and had a wonderful view of a lake. The realtor explained that their office has a great deal of foot traffic so my business would have exposure. He confided that the office space that was for lease had been listed for a long time so they would let me lease it on a quarterly basis so if it did not work out well I could relocate. This seemed like a very fair offer. We decided to save the list of offices to lease just in case, but we went ahead and leased the first place we had seen.

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