Work From Home Guide

Work From Home Guide: Avoid the Scams and Find Home Based Business Opportunties
Your first stop in finding legitimate work at home jobs.
If you've been looking for a legitimate, decent paying job that will allow you to work from home, then you've come to the right place.

I have tried my hardest to provide you with legitimate ways to make money from home and avoid steering you towards the numerous work at home scams that have flooded the Internet. However, I am just a guide. Your ultimate defense in avoiding scams is not to listen to me, but listen to yourself.

Numerous other sites promote the same service. They tell you that they have revealed the work from home scams and are providing you only with legitimate job opportunities. However, they tell you this in an effort to purchase one of the products that they are selling. You will notice that I do not promote any programs that require you to charge money.

You should never pay money to get a job—even a job that allows you to work from home.
I started this website to help others like me who wanted to be able to work from home or start their own home based business. My goal is to steer people towards the better offers or at least teach them how to recognize a work from home scam when they see one.

If you are new to work from home opportunities, I urge to skim through my advice pages first. You can find links to those pages on the left hand side of the page. This will give you the tools on how to recognize work at home scams and evaluate home based business opportunities for yourself.

Once you have accomplished that, your next step is to start looking at some of the possible jobs available. The section on types of jobs will give you an overview of the different jobs that are typically advertised and what the really mean.

When you are ready to look for legitimate work you can do from home, check out my experiences and other companies. I have tried to include the best that is available--but the choices are slim sometimes.

This section will help give you the tools and resources that you can use to analyze work from home opportunities and decide for yourself if they are legitimate or scams. I urge you to read all of the articles listed below before even considering any work from home offers.

Although I have tried to be thorough, realize that there is no way to cover everything. Use your common sense and that of your closest friends. Don't be shy about asking two friends for their opinions. If you're an optimist that refuses to see the negative in anything, chances are one of your friends isn't.

Unfortunately, more work from home scams exist than legitimate job listings. How do you determine which ones are frauds and which ones are genuine? First, you need to spend some time researching the program and getting all the details before you spend a penny. Don't rush into anything, no matter how short lived the position might seem. The time you spend in advance will save you in the end.

Here are some general rules to remember:

Use common sense. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Be carefully of listings that guarantee you wealth or financial success or that will help you get rich fast from home. They will probably do none of the above.
Take your time. Promoters of fraudulent business opportunities are likely to use high-pressure sales tactics to get you to buy in.
Consider the figures they present as the top 0.01% not the averages. If they say people are making $50-$100 a day, figure that only one out of a thousand people are making that. The other 999 people are making considerably less.
Get all the details before you spend any money.
Know who you are dealing with. Make sure you have an address and a contact number. Call the number and see if it is in service. Google the address. Is it a legitimate address, is it a postal mailbox, or is an empty lot?
Nothing will make you tons of money overnight. Sorry.
Be aware of legal issues. Some types of work require licenses or certification and cannot be done at home. Check with your state and local offices. Look for the nearest U.S. Department of Labor in the government listings of your phone book.
Know the companies refund policy. If you have to buy equipment or supplies, ask whether you can return them for a refund and under what circumstances you can do so.
Do your own research on all opportunities. There are many resources available to provide good advice and lists of scams as well as legitimate opportunities.