Many people dream of moving to the country.
Lisa Rogak talks practically about how to make a living from your new country home. In some cases, a business won't translate successfully to the country. For instance, you might as well leave a dogwalking service behind in the city. However, you can translate this to a pet-sitting service in the country, if there is a sizable community of people there who travel frequently. The first thing you should do is check the Yellow Pages and the Business Services directory of the local newspaper to see how many competing businesses there are in your field, and if you think that the surrounding community would need one more.