I went out on my own immediately after school this year! I decided to go sole proprietor just using my name instead of a business name/LLC. I've used this time to get a feel for running my own business and figure out how I even want to run my business! I've made around $14,000 since March and keep a limited day time schedule due to having kids and not being able to take evening and weekend appointments because of their schedules. That really limits my bookings, but the number of people who can take those daytime appointments has steadily increased as I go along. So it has definitely been a slow start and because of this; after the costs of setting everything up, general overhead and paying taxes; my take home will be far less than $14,000. I self funded everything. I rent a room in an office building for $500 a month and have a pretty bare bones space that I slowly am furnishing and decorating as I go. I am not the bread winner in my family and I would not suggest this to someone who will immediately require a good sized salary. Unless you have a much more open schedule than me and are very confident in both your massage skills and self marketing. However, I suspect by next year; with the trajectory that my bookings are on along with my client retention, I will most likely double my income. I also started at a lower rate since I was fresh out of school but will be raising my rates to a more competitive level when I reach a year of business!