First things first, why settle for a commercial space when you have a home-office you could call your own? The reasons are many and most of them quite reasonable. Either the volume of sales are too big to be accommodated by your cozy home or you may want to have a professional image to your associates and clients. Also, there are those entrepreneurs who prefer not to take work right in the comfort of their home lest it interrupt with their family life and vice versa.

Whatever the reason may be, a commercial office space or a home office space bring along their share of positive and negative qualities. The important thing is which you could very well live with and live without.

Consider a commercial space option, the daily commute, the gas, the add-on furniture, insurance, equipment. Besides cost, other things to consider are the long term effects such as future business opportunities.

Meanwhile, a home office could be convenient for those who find family life a welcome distraction, especially to those who consider family the priority above all else.

Meanwhile, there may be people who would rather separate their life at work from the one they live at home and so prefer the convenience of a commercial space than a more intimate home-office setting.

A commercial space is also beneficial to those who have to hire staff and so is actually more convenient to welcome them at the office than work with them at home.

For further info to help you decide which is best as according to your needs and preferences, check out the BusinessWeek article.