1. CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES
If you have enough gusto and creativity, you could do just about anything from home. Are you looking to start your own business or perform in a system someone else has developed? Do you want to work from a computer or something more hands-on? What tools and resources do you have at home? Do you have any skills or are you willing to learn skills to enable you to stay at home, such as carpentry or massage therapy? The big question is what kinds of opportunities exist out in the world that you can take advantage of?
You most likely need something to start bringing in money immediately, which means you are going to have to be working for someone else via phone, Internet, or mail. This is where it can get tricky. There are many work at home scams on the Internet today, especially when you examine things like multi-level marketing businesses, false envelope stuffing opportunities, pyramid schemes and just regular fraudulent businesses. While you have to be careful about finding something that isn't going to end up costing you money, or being illegal, you can still find a job where you can work at home if you know what to look for and understand work at home systems.