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

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1. imisidro says:

   March 8, 2010 at 11:37 pm

   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/breakeven.htm
   10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm
   Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html

   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
2. joan_mershon says:

   March 8, 2010 at 11:37 pm

   Most people who work at home and are successful are doing one of two things – getting paid a commission on everyone they convince to join the program (also known as MLM or pyramid plans) OR they have their own business. Your own business is something you create yourself, not find on the internet. You create it based on your skills, your passions not on what someone else tells you is the GREATEST thing going.

   If you are looking at one of the endless "opportunities" out there be careful – most are scams. Here are a few questions you should ask to help figure out if the one you are looking at is for real or not.

   Legitimate work-at-home program should tell you – in writing – what’s involved in the program they are selling. Here are some questions you might ask:

   * What tasks will I have to perform? (Ask the program to list every step of the job.)
   * Will I be paid a salary or will my pay be based on commission?
   * Who will pay me?
   * When will I get my first paycheck?
   * What is the total cost of the work-at-home program, including supplies, equipment and membership fees?
   * What will I get for my money?