# Making money from home. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-from-home/592708 "2011-08-14T18:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-from-home/592708/1 "2011-08-14T18:35:21Z")
I’m stuck at home and I have and some money to invest. Is there any legitimate ways to make a few bucks from home? Am I wasting my time? Give it to me straight. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-from-home/592708/2 "2011-08-15T16:24:03Z")
Start your own business. Got tools? Hire yourself out as a handyman. Post flyers offering your services for assembling furniture and stuff. My SO did that sort of thing for the better part of two decades. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-from-home/592708/3 "2011-08-15T16:43:41Z")
We had a recent thread on internet jobs that might be of interest to you: > **[Making Money on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617521)** > > Im an ex cop and I went to college on a baseball scholarship. The combination of those and other adventures has taken a toll on my body. Im 47 Years old but I feel like Im 80. Im far from lazy and Im willing to work hard at whatever I can. Is it...