Owning and operating your own home-based business is great. You can wake up whenever you want and avoid the terrible everyday task of sitting through traffic jams on the way to and from work. You are your own boss so you can pretty much do whatever you want and make money doing it. You have nobody telling you what to do so it is all up to you to make money and sell the product or service you are selling. However, having a home business might sound easy, but there are a few things you need to be aware of when starting a business from home, and one of those this is a home-based business license.Zoning laws can vary depending on the community. It all can depend on the nature of your business and weather you have other employees, hours of operation, parking and other things. It pays to check out the zoning laws as soon as you start thinking about having a home business. Some zoning laws completely prohibit all home-based businesses. And then others, if they allow it, may have restrictions that can include restricting parking, limit the hours of operation, the amount of space used, and other things.If you live in a condominium or cooperative things can be different for that as well. Some can have special rules for this type of planned unit development and can be restrictive than operating out of a house.The number of people who start a home-based business can expand incredibly quickly. Because of this, many communities will require you to have a home-based business license regardless of the amount of revenue or if the home-based business is full time or part time. It is incredibly important to do the research before you even start the business because you do not want to get in trouble for not doing something you need to do.Everyone may dream to be able to be their own boss and do whatever they want to do to make money. Yes, the idea and getting the business started is very important, but also doing your research can help. Figuring out the zoning laws and getting your business license will avoid getting in trouble in the future. It is all worth it in the end because I can only imagine how good it feels to be able to do work in your pajamas like you just crawled out of bed.