# Is there a REAL "Work At Home" Opportunity Out There?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-work-at-home-opportunity-out-there/154164 "2003-02-10T19:26:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![RocketRod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RocketRod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocketRod)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-work-at-home-opportunity-out-there/154164/1 "2003-02-10T19:26:30Z")

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I’m sure you, as well as I, get bombarded with all those e-mails touting money-making “Work At Home” business opportunities (as well as all those TV infomercials about buying and selling real estate at a profit).

Well, anyway… are there any REAL and LEGITMATE businesses/money-making opportunities out there?

_(And don’t say Amway – with the advent of warehouse shopping, Am’ers are a dying breed.)_

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-work-at-home-opportunity-out-there/154164/2 "2003-02-10T19:53:38Z")

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Writing. Requires talent. Usually.  
Furniture making (or any of a wide variety of make-small-things-in-your-shop: banjos, fishing rods, tricking out hot rods…). Requires talent and a lot of tools.  
Telemarketing. Requires talent and being a tool.

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**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-work-at-home-opportunity-out-there/154164/3 "2003-02-10T20:00:22Z")

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Medical transcription is one of the few jobs I know that allow you to work from home and still get a decent wage. Of course, you will have to work for someone else (which may be an issue if you insist on “having your own business”) and you had better be a fast typer and be reliable because whoever is providing the paycheck will insist on both.

Having a medical background and/or degree helps but I imagine many places probably test you before letting you sign on with them

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-work-at-home-opportunity-out-there/154164/4 "2003-02-10T20:18:25Z")

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I just moved a similar thread to IMHO, so I’ll close this thread and direct further comment to the other one: [looking for a job at home,Any suggestions???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161873)

bibliophage  
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