--- title: Is a Home Tutoring Business Right for You? description: Tutor Doctor Franchisee Richard Russo explains what compelled him to buy a Tutor Doctor Franchise. image: https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Richard_Russo.jpg --- [![logo.png](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/446439/hubfs/Tutor_Doctor_Sept_2017/Images/Inner_Page/logo.png?width=226&height=108&name=logo.png "logo.png")](https://tutordoctorfranchise.com) - Get the Guide - [**](https://twitter.com/TutorDoctor) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/TutorDoctorOpportunities/) - [**](https://www.youtube.com/user/TutorDoctorTV) - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tutor-doctor_2) # Blog ###### RECENT BLOG POSTS [Tutor Doctor's Rapid Growth: A Franchise Worth Investing In](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/tutor-doctors-rapid-growth-a-franchise-worth-investing-in) # Is a Home Tutoring Business Right for You? Posted on: March 4, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Richard_Russo.jpg](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Richard_Russo.jpg?width=710&height=507&name=Richard_Russo.jpg "Richard_Russo.jpg") Franchisee Richard Russo explains what compelled him to buy a Tutor Doctor Franchise: I started my Tutor Doctor franchise in October 2013. Before that I had worked for many years as an accountant for small and midsize companies. In the last few years before I started my Tutor Doctor business, jobs became harder to get and the companies kept getting smaller and smaller. In my almost 40 years of working I was proud of the fact that the longest I had ever been out of work was about 6 months. That record was broken in 2010 when I was laid off. I was out of work for almost a year. During that time off I explored the idea of starting my own company along with my wife, Karen. I looked at purchasing an existing business and looked into various franchise opportunities as well. Then a new job came along and I was back doing the work that I had always done. After a year and a half at the new job, I was bored and restless. I started looking for other opportunities again. I am not an entrepreneur, so building a company from an original idea was never going to happen. I discarded the idea of buying an existing business because I didn’t want to take over someone else’s problems. I really started to research franchises at that point. I looked at several. One thing I certainly did not want to do was cold call customers.  I also did not want to purchase a franchise that required owning a building. Money of course was another factor. Then we found Tutor Doctor and it really seemed to be a franchise that Karen and I would really like to own. My wife, Karen, and I are in our third year now. The business is growing slowly.  We look forward to the future and we are still happy to be a Tutor Doctor franchisee.   ###### RECENT BLOG POSTS [Tutor Doctor's Rapid Growth: A Franchise Worth Investing In](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/tutor-doctors-rapid-growth-a-franchise-worth-investing-in) [5 Skills Every Tutoring Franchise Owner Needs](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/5-skills-every-tutoring-franchise-owner-needs) [How Do You Define Success as a Franchisee?](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/how-do-you-define-success-as-a-franchisee) [Is a Franchise Independently Owned?](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/buying-an-existing-franchise-location-is-it-the-right-choice-for-you-0) [Buying an Existing Franchise Location: Is It the Right Choice For You?](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/buying-an-existing-franchise-location-is-it-the-right-choice-for-you) #### DOWNLOAD FREEFRANCHISE REPORT Research Tutor Doctor and find out more about our proven and successful education franchise sustem and #### Discover whether a tutor doctor franchise is a good fit for you! [![bt-logo](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bt-logo.png?width=168&height=80&name=bt-logo.png "bt-logo")](https://www.tutordoctorfranchise.com) - [Franchise Blog](https://blog.tutordoctorfranchise.com) - [FAQs](https://www.tutordoctorfranchise.com/frequently-asked-questions) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.tutordoctorfranchise.com/privacy-policy) - [Disclaimer](https://www.tutordoctorfranchise.com/disclaimer) - [**](https://twitter.com/TutorDoctor) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/TutorDoctorOpportunities/) - [**](https://www.youtube.com/user/TutorDoctorTV) - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tutor-doctor_2) Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved. ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=3052442&fmt=gif)