"Doug Vetter" wrote in message
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You're not really an independent CFI as much as an
independent business. If that doesn't scare you, you have never been in
business.

Read, and re-read the above.

Freelancing on weekends is not "in business".

Reading the fine print on the credit card statements to figure out which one
gets the minimum balance and which one you skip is "in business".

The only full-time independent CFI I know if a retired schoolteacher.
Everyone else I know either works for a school, or only freelances
part-time.