Working from home for extra cash is very attractive for people short on money, but some pitches will only lead to disappointment.
The Better Business Bureau recommends people look for companies with a good reputation and real people.
“You can find a good one by asking questions, being wary if they want a lot of personal information or money up front,” said Jeanette Kopko, of the Dallas Better Business Bureau.
Jennifer Kinnear works out of her home cooking with Homemade Gourmet, a “start your own home business” like Avon and Mary Kay.
The company features “four meals in four minutes” plans for several days at a time and individual “homemade in a hurry” meals that steam in the microwave.
Kinnear started out as a customer and then began selling the quick-meal preparation products seven years ago to make some extra money.
“All of a sudden though, I started helping people, and they liked it, and people eat every day,” she said.
Today, she’s one of the Texas-based company’s biggest sellers.
Photo by Jeff Sandquist
Rhonda on February 28th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
This is such awesome advice! I wish people would look a little harder before leaping. One thing I would like to add to this is, when you are speaking to a sponsor ask if you can talk to others on their team. If this is a big no, no and unheard of, don’t get involved. We all need help in this business and should talk to everyone we can before joining anything! Thanks for the post!