unemployed dog groomer :( Options?

[ruckusluvr]

I have been grooming for around 6 years. I feel like I am very good at what I do, and I adore my job!

But we inherited a house from my husbands family (death in family) and we would be plum silly if we passed up this 3 bed room, 2 story, newly remodeled house on 3.8 acres out in the country. Luckily my husband does not have to change jobs! But i do :(

The town I am moving in has a population of just 4,581 people and one other grooming salon that has gotten HORRIBLE reviews. I am not sure what to do. I can commute to the next town over but they would have to pay me very good because it is over a half hour drive. I am thinking of taking this opportunity to try to start my own dog grooming business. I know for a fact that I want to do this someday, i just didn't plan on it being this soon.

I am thinking that I will work somewhere in town (not dog grooming, there are no groomers other than the horrible one) and save up money. With that money I will buy everything I need to get started grooming in my own home. (estimated only $1,000) BUT my home is down a very curvy road that has lots of blind spots and hills. I am not thinking I will get much business out there. It is only 7 miles from town, but still....
I am thinking that maybe it would be a wise move to offer pick up and drop off services so they do not have to drive out of town on those roads.

All of this time I am grooming I will be working somewhere else until I have enough clients to groom full time. And if that never happens I am fine with working somewhere else, and grooming part time.

What do you guys think of this? anything else I need to think about?

[whiteleo]

Insurance, taxes, all the things the government wants from you, but it sounds like something you can make work for you, and congratulations on your new home.

[Ania's Mommy]

Maybe you could go to the place that has gotten the horrible reviews and turn it around. In the meantime, you could save up to start your own business. By the time you get your start-up capital, you will have built up a steady clientel and could take them with you when you go (descretly, of course ).

Richelle