Today, 50% of U.S. businesses are home-based businesses. That number increases to 60.1% when looking specifically at non-employer firms, or companies that don’t have any employees.
Add the number of employees that work from home and it changes the perception of a home. Buyers are now overwhelmingly looking at how their home can function as a business.
When selling a home, consider how that home will meet the buyer’s needs to operate a business there too.
We bought our property with that in mind and are getting ready to launch our home-based business in our new town Lake Placid, FL.
Our need was to have a property big enough, pretty enough to operate an art studio, hold occasional events, and have amenities already in place for our business.
We found it on Lake Huntley, a 1.2 acre lakefront home with 2 dozen oak trees, dock, and a shed we could convert.
The gardening tool shed was on the front of the property and we moved it to the lake side. Converted it to an art studio complete with air conditioning, insulation, French doors and windows, deck, and garden.
Our new logo as we are preparing to relaunch Leo Art Creations in Lake Placid, Florida.
We will have a grand opening event in January and have an exhibit at Lake Placid’s Country Arts and Crafts show in February.
Not every homebuyer is looking for a home-based business or work space, but most are today. If you’re a Realtor®️, consider that when creating your listing and marketing program – how will the property work to get work…
