I've done the home office thing myself and worked out of other people's. Strong, strong recommendation to not have your founder live out of the same office --

I've done the home office thing myself and worked out of other people's. Strong, strong recommendation to not have your founder live out of the same office -- it's disruptive both to their personal life (pervasive feeling of lacking privacy and a sense of personal space) and to other people (who constantly feel like they're intruding on someone's space while in their own office). Landlords/leases and neighbors have a spectrum for how OK they are with this practice, ranging from "No no no no, no no." to "We officially prohibit it but won't raise a stink if you keep foot traffic to a minimum." to "Officially it's OK but unofficially the neighbor across the hall is going to pitch a fit." I'd consider perhaps using a private room at a coworking space or shared office facility as a bridge to when it is economically rational for you to have your own office. Knowing nothing about Boston but a bit about real estate I'd estimate costs in the ~$2.5k region on a month-to-month lease, and you can probably push that down a bit by e.g. trading down on prestige/convenience of the office address.