A year and a half ago I decided that I could no longer handle the long commute I had to get to work. I was on the road for two hours and fifteen minutes everyday. That added to my work day I was away from home way too many hours. Also my job was becoming more and more stressful. I was getting migraine headaches regularly and my anxiety level was rising. After going through our finances we decided that I would resign my position. I began looking for work closer to our home and also exploring home based business opportunities.

I decided to start a home based business after some extensive research into the environmental company I became a dealer for. The company was stable and based in the United States. The products are all high quality and geared to improve the air we breath the water we drink and the food we eat. I started retailing the products and was pleasantly surprised with the success I was having. Soon the word was spreading about the products and people wanted to see what we had to offer. Our home is quite small so I told my husband that we would need to look for offices for rent so that I would have a place for storage and a space for people to look at the inventory. Originally we did not think we would need to look for offices for rent because the majority of the sales are to be in people�s homes; however some people are not interested in having sales people come into their houses.

There were a few offices for rent close to our home. I told my husband that I did not want to have to commute again. We had contacted a realtor to find out about the offices for rent. He told me about one that was located a half mile from our home. The space was in a small complex with two other businesses. One business was a consignment arts and crafts store and the other was a beauty salon that also had tanning beds. Both businesses were doing well so there would be a great deal of traffic past our new office space. The back room had a great deal of space for storage and the front had several display areas. We decided that we would sign a six month lease. If the space did not meet our needs we could always look for different offices for rent.