[PLC-Landscape]

Is it possible to have a profitable design only business? I really want to find a way to make a decent living ($80,000+) doing design work while not working for another company.

I currently have a small lawn and landscape company, but I'm just not making the money I need to. With taxes, insurance, gas, rent, competition, etc. - The driving force (money for me) isn't there.

In my mind, if there's a way to get design work, it's a much simpler process. By that I mean, no rent, no dump truck, no truck insurance, less gas, and much less equipment. I'd basically be trading my weed-wacker for a computer tablet. I like meeting and talking with clients, I don't like getting dirty, but I love nature and plants. I can sit at the computer for hours doing designs with no problem, I used to be a graphic artist.

I'm racking my brains trying to figure out how to make it as a freelance designer before taking the plunge. Everything I read seems to lead in the direction of it not really being possible, but I'm stubborn.....

Does anyone do design only and make a decent ($80,000+) living? That's the number I'm shooting for to cover cost of living - anything less I'd just as soon go back to working for someone else, but I don't want that either.

Opinions please.....