In the ’60s I ran my growing travel business from home. I worked overtime to make sure that none of my neighbors, clients and especially my landlord would catch me. My security efforts failed. One day my landlord called me with her voice disguised and pretended to be a customer looking for a vacation. After giving her travel information and offering to make her reservations she revealed her true identity and promptly gave me 72-hour notice to get out of the apartment with my business and my infant daughter. And yes, there were a couple of clients who stopped shopping with me when they realized that my business operated from my home. And a few so-called “friends” tried to make me feel less than professional because I wasn’t stationed in a downtown skyscraper.Thank goodness, those times long gone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, today more than 25 million people work from home and that does not include home-based entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals. So, relax — you are in good company.
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