I am a long armer and do it for others, however, I have been long arming for quilts of valor foundation and found that has given me more pleasure than anything. I put down that I would long arm 1 a month, however, with the local requests I average about 3 quilts for them a month. For long arm quilting for paying customers, I do have a contract that I purchased off of quilting university and I recommend that highly. All expenses for the long arm up front, and then they sign it. That way there aren't any surprises and they can't come back and say "I hadn't any idea it was going to cost that much". Thread is a huge factor too, because none of the cheap thread can be used very easily with a long arm.