Starting freelance

Create a website showing your works, about you, what is your services about. Clients wants transparency, and they want to a provider that looks trustworthy. Then post in forums, look for clients there and such. I don't know what kind of freelancing you will be doing. Some services ask for payment after the work is done. Some services like designing and development like us have a policy of half down payment to start and the rest on the completion of files.