Accessing my home mac from work

Help me please.
I have my file sharing turned on on my mac mini and the external hard drive attached to it. I am able to see the files and open them without any issues from my laptop. BUT it won't let me save the files. It won't even let me save it on my laptop. Plus, the mac mini has to be awake in order for me to do the remote log in.
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is being at the office and able to access my home office mac files. Don't want files on both computers and all over the place beacuse that has messed me up in the past. LONG story. LOL
Any thoughts? I'm new to this remote login/back to my mac stuff, but don't really want to have the business expense of paying for such service. UNLESS I have to.

The poster said " have the business expense of paying for such service"".
However, TeamViewer is only free for personel use and the above statement indicates he want to use it for business use.
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