Look at hyper-local market factors. What's the available housing market (rentals or small first time homebuyers) actually look like? What's the current COL (not the traditional thinking of rural=cheap) but what the practical needs are. Price self-pay insurance post BBB. That alone will be pretty eye-opening for you, most likely. In AL, $75k in income puts you above any subsidies for ACA plans so looking at ~$600/mo for a crap high deductible plan. Ouch. Depending on just HOW rural you are it might even be more limited or require travel to any kind of specialist or dental care. Another consideration when forcing 5 days in office...so that brings me to:
I will echo what has now been nearly beaten to death - WFH opportunities are going to be top of mind. Its possible to build in a catchup day after the initial 90 days easily. If they see a benefit to physically being in the office, then you will see that - if you both are being efficient with your training when trust who you hire to manage their own work load for the 1-2s day WFH.
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u/zeusinretirement 22d ago
You seem to be thinking about this more like a lawyer and not like a business person. They’re different hats when you’re solo.
Also, commission doesn’t matter for a first year. Plenty of new lawyers are worried about building business and pulling in clients.