Yep but a TL makes a good mini carrier base till then
One of the best money maker's ive found for the least hastle is setting up a fleet of universe traders. But you need roughly 3 million credits to get fully outfited TS (which is the normal sized transport class) going, but once its up and running these guys can pull in alot of money for a very low startup cost. Stations dont tend to pull in quite so much i find for the startup costs, not to mention setting up a fully supplied factory loop can get overwhelming (and very expensive, and time consuming).