My husband has been running a sucessful drywall business for 3 1/2 years now, and I have to say...there is nothing better. I love that my husband is the boss...because he does have a lot of freedom to take time off...he gets to work from home a lot..(bidding blueprints, billing, phone calls etc.)he uses a lot of subcontractors..(20-30 guys) which is a huge advantage because if he doesn't have enough work for them ,he's not obligated to pay them (or pay benefits) If he has the work, he uses them. The biggest downside is that it's his business name on the line if his guys screw up...and he is the one that gets all the calls..sometimes up to 100/day.

I don't think it interferes with our spiritual routine because it is quite flexible...so if he DOES have to do some work on a saturday/sunday, it can be done after service, etc.

i have to say, one of the biggest things IS being a people person...Austin gets a lot of work and hands out business cards everywhere...and it's by chatting with people..and them saying..oh..i need this done..or a friend does...etc...

He has said a main reason he believes he is sucessful is by being humble...asking more experianced people A LOT of questions...and because he is young, not acting like a know-it-all, and people are definatly more willing to help because he IS so young to have this type of business.

As far as benefits go...that is why I'm working now...i only work 20/hrs per week..and we have full benefits...

However, for the first 1 1/2 years we were married we had benefits through the business...which is discounted..and it's an employee incentive..we will go back to that in a few years..