Top REAL options for working from home

We’ve all seen the ads – millionaires are being made every day stuffing envelopes from home. Please don’t waste your time on such nonsense. If you have a college degree, there are legitimate opportunities to work from home and make good money doing it. From Yahoo HotJobs, here five great home-based careers.

1. Customer Service Representative: Large companies need people manning their phone lines, and outsourcing to India caused a profound uproar. These jobs are coming back home. An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in communications is preferred. Salary starts at about $30K.

2. Travel Agent: A bachelor’s degree in business and extensive travel experience is all you need to start your own travel agency. It’s true the traditional office-based travel agent is disappearing but is reappearing in a home setting with reduced expenses. This could be your niche.

3. Teacher: As interest in online education soars, more and more teachers are eschewing the brick and mortar classroom environment for a role in the cyber classroom. A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in education will get you started.

4. Web Designer: If you enjoy working with computers and have at least some education, a web design job could be a great fit. Tasks include creating, designing, and maintaining websites. Median wage for a web designer is $75K.

5. Writer: A degree in journalism, communications, or English, combined with a talent for writing web copy can keep you as busy as you want to be. Technical writers can make even more.

There you have it. Forget about pie-in-the-sky promises and prepare yourself to work from home for real.

The Creating Wealth Team