While not everyone can afford office space in Los Angeles voicemail service is one way to appear to have a place in an upscale office building. One of the problems with having your office at home is when you cannot get to the phone for a business call and one of your children answers. It does not seem very professional. Even if you have a separate phone line for business, others in the family will answer the phone at some point. This can be avoided with a good voicemail system in place.
Rent a virtual office on one of the big buildings downtown and you will actually have meeting room rental times every month. Set up any meetings or appointments during your scheduled times and you will not have to meet your clients at a coffee shop or let them know where you live. The room will be completely furnished and may even include some type of beverage served during the meetings; usually this is specialty coffees or teas. Even if your customers know you work mainly out of your home, they will be impressed that you do have some place to meet with them regularly.
With a virtual office in Torrance mail service in the building will distribute any incoming mail to you. This will further protect your home address. Customers will send any correspondence right to the office building where it will be gathered together and mailed to your home. It can be the little things like this that make your business more successful.