Solos who work remotely and have no office space. How much is your overhead per month?

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$120-malpractice insurance
$25-phone line
$25-outlook
$25-website for the year
$20-quickbooks
$12-sign now

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How did you get quickbooks down to 40? I thought the minimum was 40

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MS Office Subscription; Google Workspace; Quickbooks; $3k insurance; laptop.

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Google for email/drive, etc. Office for Word.

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Virtual office w/mail and conference room- $85 p/m conference room add on $30 p/h varies
Paralegal contract services - varies per file
Case management software- $100-150 p/m

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Based on these answers, I think it’s valid to say that you can be a remote solo for less than $1,000 a month. Would you agree?

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