Margaret Said:

How can I stay at home, work from my own computer, and make money?

We Answered:

Hi, Just!

You are about to be bombarded with every spammer in answers!

Remember that most of the opportunities that are legit online are actually for home based business opportunities. The programs that you see which claim you can join this and that free and sit home and watch the money roll in behind the computer screen are full of...well, you know.

There are some excellent home businesses out there that you can build online and offline. The key is to know how to look for them in order to avoid being scammed. I have over 20 years experience in home businesses and I have an article that can help you if you are looking for a legitimate business opportunity.

It teaches you what to look for, what to avoid and questions to ask in determining if the opportunity is right for you and if the company is legit. It is too long for answers messaging but if you will email me at bonnieram1962@yahoo.com I will be gald to email you a copy. Just let me know that you need the article on home businesses.

I wish you all the best and look forward to helping you in your search.
Bonnie Ramsey

Irene Said:

Wanting to work from home I asked about legitimate work from home companies. Are there any?

We Answered:

Why not start your own? Amazon and your local library's business section will have at least a dozen books on home business ideas.

Jenny Said:

Looking for legit work from home opportunities?

We Answered:

I've setup a website which describes the best methods to find a real work from home job. I only include links to genuine and FREE search websites for data entry and work at home jobs.

If you need any more help please send me a private message on yahoo.

http://dataentry-jobsearch.blogspot.com/



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http://www.guru.com/pro/index.aspx

http://usa-work-from-home.blogspot.com/

Armando Said:

What are the best work from home offers that doesn't require fees or me buying something?

We Answered:

The best home business that you can be sure is not a scam is one that you start yourself. It will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.

The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.

Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:

1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it

He then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:

Best Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills
- antique restoration
- auto detail service
- carpet cleaning business
- errand/delivery service
- housecleaning business

Best Service Businesses
- bed and breakfast operator
- caregiver
- catering service
- senior day care center
- tutoring service

Best Professional Businesses
- desktop publisher
- magazine writer
- import/export service
- income tax preparation service
- event planner

Some other home business ideas:

Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breake…
10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.…
Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusin…

You can also check out the following books:

Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start
101 Ways to Make Money at Home

Suzanne Said:

Does anyone know of legitimate work from home?

We Answered:

Most at home Jobs with a start up fee are scams. You shouldn't

have to pay to work. However, there are work at home business

with start up costs that are legit. In other words there's a great big world out there, online and offline and google,s..,..your friend!

James Said:

Looking to work from home. What are some legit companies to work for and actually make money?

We Answered:

"If a company requires initial payment from you in order to work for them, they are not legitimate."

There are a few legitimate data entry companies but are not hiring and have large waiting lists (1-2yrs). The majority of data entry jobs you seen online are scams. A real company will want you to have skills inc fast typing, may want you to know MS Excel, and will usually ask that you have high speed internet. Once in a long while you may found one online on a job website but thats rare.

If you do an advanced search on yahoo, you will find previous answers, sometimes the info on these is good as the info they gave is likely to have been verified if the answer was voted as 'Best'.