Find medium to large sized businesses if you can - you want a client who has expectations inline with your professional services and may support a higher billab

Find medium to large sized businesses if you can - you want a client who has expectations inline with your professional services and may support a higher billable rate. Smaller companies may have less savvy owners/managers who don't have an understanding of what you're doing, leading to scope creep (why can you "just" change this?) and miscommunication in time, quality (etc) expectations. Set expectations clearly, especially ones that seem painful to bring up (especially time, budget constraints).