Well, the good news is, starting your own business (which is
   what working from home usually entails) is easy...
   paperworkwise.

   Fictitious name with the state, county business license, get
   yourself an EIN and use that instead... and whatever rules they
   ask for.. and file out Schedule C at tax-time.

   Bookkeeping is just checkbook stuff. IRS is nothin' if you use
   software.

   But then... then you have marketing and advertising. A resume is
   marketing/advertising and in the US, you do kinda run your own
   business when you look for job to job - the business name
   happens to be your own name.

   You can do anything! Getting people to pay you for that anything
   can be a little trickier but its doable.