Solo Practice

I either have a crazy idea or it is something that just might have some teeth to it.  As I have mentioned in the last couple of days, I have a good friend who will be joining my law practice in the next two months.  That creates a number of new concerns that I need to plan for and address before he makes the move to Appleton.  The foremost concern is ramping up business development even more to provide immediate work for two attorneys.  That will prove to be a decent challenge that I will not take lightly.  The second concern is that I do not have enough space to accommodate another attorney.  Then out of the blue I found a solution that will allow my creative mind to flourish or at least to dwell for the foreseeable future.  I hear and often read about the benefits of the Third Wave of home office approach.  I have been sold for about a year and still I am too timid to take the plunge. 

So what is the solution that I discovered tonight?  It is rather simple actually.  What if you change the home office into the office home?  I'm not saying that I will live in my office, at least not if I seriously want to put an abrupt end to my marriage at the same time.  I'm saying what if I found a great commercial property that had apartments above it?  I'm not a big fan of snow removal, lawn/gardening/landscaping duties, or the need for a yard in general.  We don't have kids right now, although they may be joining our little family in the next couple of years.  Even then people raise children in condos or apartments every day so that isn't a barrier.  I know that people have done this and I have to assume that it is feasible.  I also can identify a few reasons, both tax related and personal, that a person would not want to do this.

It is an infant thought right now, but it is one that I fully intend on developing.  You can be assured that you will be the second to know how the plans are coming.  I only say second because I should probably talk it over with my banker before I do anything.  Wait, I feel like I might be leaving someone out of the loop.  I guess my wife should probably know about it as well.  That is probably not nearly as funny in print as it is in my head, but I'm going with it anyway.  If you know anything about me or if you have read any number of posts on this blog you know that my wife drives the car and I'm sitting in the booster seat in the back just enjoying the ride.