Saturday, March 12, 2011


How A Home-Based Business Can Change Your Outcome Fast


Being in the home based business industry has afforded me the benefits of  living a life that is comfortable with the free time to spend with my family. But it was not always that way.  Before I found this industry in 2002  it was tough for me as well.  Just the other day I was driving in an upscale neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia. Within a three mile radius there must have been fifteen or twenty homes that had been foreclosed on. These homes were beautiful two and some three story dwellings which at one time had very rich curb appeal inviting families home. Today they had official notices attach to to door of properties which read "Bank Owned" and others were obviously vacant because of the extremely high grass and newspapers cluttering the driveways.

As I  continued to drive through the area, I could not help but to think about an article I read several months ago which stated, that a majority of the homes that are in foreclosure could have possibly been saved if the owners' had an extra $200-$1,000 dollars a month. I know that may not sound like much, but think about what you could do with a few extra hundred bucks a month. Image how much better thing could have been. Think about how many of their other bills could have been paid with an extra $500.00 dollars. Maybe more groceries could have be purchased, electric bill could have been paid, car note and other utilities could have be taken care of.

 The economy has been in a downward spiral for quite some time, people all over the globe are being effected by the uncertain conditions. With unemployment rising daily more people are looking for alternative ways to make ends meet. People are flocking to the Internet to find answers to how they could make extra money without getting a second job?." They are asking themselves, "do I need to go back to school?" Will I have enough to retire? How much longer am I going to have to work?

How a home based business can help


At one time in my life I asked the very same questions. My answer came in the form of the home-based business industry. Years ago I was searching for ways to earn extra money without having to  be away from my family any long than I had too. Also, I found that working a second job would put me in a higher tax bracket leaving me to pay more in taxes than I wanted to. After diligent research,  I discovered several online businesses that I could do part-time from home.  All I needed was a computer, Internet connection and  about two -three hours a day.  I could work in my underwear if I wanted too. Well, I took advantage of the opportunity, and I have not looked back.  My future began to get brighter because I found a way that I could make money from home that could one day replace my full-time income.  I was able to write off things like, a portion of my mortgage, a part of my utility bills, my phone bills and any other thing I used in my home business.

The industry today is a thriving one, today more than ever before. Over two- hundred thousand people a day are turning toward these alternative sources of income in record numbers. According to the Direct selling Association the industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that seems to continue to grow without any signs of slowing down.  Individuals are looking to take back control of their lives, and not allow the government or corporate America to control their destiny. Some of these businesses pay on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis either through direct deposit, company debit cards, pay pal or check by mail. Some individuals work their home based business part-time and others full-time. The right one could make you a very good income.


You can build a home business fast or slow


Image working while on the beach with just your IPad or smart phone, and  you  receive constant messages to your wireless device alerting you that deposits were made to your bank account. How would that really make you feel?  Having the ability to run your business from anywhere in the world. This is where technology has lead us and if not taken advantage of, it will leave people behind. The time is now to start a home business and it can be done with very little capital. Sandy Botkin CPA, former IRS attorney, and the author of the book, "Lower Your Taxes Big Time," explains why everyone should start a home business. In it you will learn that it makes better economical sense to take business trips with the family instead of going on vacation, and to use your vehicle as a business expense and not just to drive back and forth to work. For more free information about the home business industry, you can review other articles Here.