Jobs that my stay at home Wife can do from home? (sales, mortgage)

[tonybarnaby]

We have 2 kids. One of them will be 2 next month, and the other will be 6 in June. My Wife hasn't worked since my youngest was born. Our plans are for her to go back to work in a few years when our youngest is in all-day K. She would still only be able to work for 5-6 hours a day when you factor in drive time.

I am wondering if there is anything legit that she can do from home, besides the obvious child care idea. We just don't have it in us to have a daycare in our house. She went to the Aveda Institute for hair, but doesn't really want to do hair from home. She would possibly pick up 1 or 2 kids to watch, but that would be chump change and not an actual income. I can more than pay the bills myself, but I want to pay my 30 year mortgage off in 15, so any money she makes would go to double mortgage payments. Not a necessity, but the sooner I pay my house off the more money I can save for retirement and my kids` futures. Just wondering if there is anything we haven't considered here.

Thanks

[golfgal]

Not really...most of the work from home jobs you see advertised are scams or people work from home with a company that they have worked in the office with. A lot of people will say medical transcription and such but those jobs are hard to come by and getting harder with computerize medical records. She would need a license to legally work from home cutting hair--but that doesn't mean a lot of people don't do that without one.

Your kids are only little once...why the rush?

[Beenhere4ever]

But according to consumer programs on TV, there are some jobs, like call center jobs, people can do as a part-timer from home. Wish I could remember the website that certified which offers were legit and which weren't. I guess if you find one, you could google the company and scam, to see if the FTC is investigating a company. In fact, it might BE the FTC that has the website on these matters. I just know there are legitimate offers, but they are hugely outnumbered by the scams. One tip: DON'T send in money if it is demanded. That is almost certainly a scam. And such things are based in places where the government can't touch them, so you have to be your own guard dog here.

[omaraz]

Not every work from home job is a scam there are plenty of jobs out there (see below) the question you need to ask is if it's going to be quiet enough for your wife to work from home and watch kids as most work from home jobs involve phone work, here are some legitimate companies to check out on the internet:

Teach For America (administrative remote positions)
LiveOP (taking incoming calls for companies)
Salesroads (generating leads and setting appointments)
Brightencommunications (same as above)
ArRecovery (patient billing calls)
Telereach (appointment setting/sales) offers some full-time employment with benefits
Programmingfromhome (telecommuting for programmers)
U-Haul (answering calls) full-time offered
BalanceYourBooks (bookeeping, appointment setting, sales)
VirtualVocations (telecommuting database for various industries)

Good luck with your search.

[Beenhere4ever]

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[golfgal]

Originally Posted by omaraz

Not every work from home job is a scam there are plenty of jobs out there (see below) the question you need to ask is if it's going to be quiet enough for your wife to work from home and watch kids as most work from home jobs involve phone work, here are some legitimate companies to check out on the internet:

Teach For America (administrative remote positions)
LiveOP (taking incoming calls for companies)
Salesroads (generating leads and setting appointments)
Brightencommunications (same as above)
ArRecovery (patient billing calls)
Telereach (appointment setting/sales) offers some full-time employment with benefits
Programmingfromhome (telecommuting for programmers)
U-Haul (answering calls) full-time offered
BalanceYourBooks (bookeeping, appointment setting, sales)
VirtualVocations (telecommuting database for various industries)

Good luck with your search.

Problem with these are you usually have to commit so many hours each week at times they specify and you can't have kids at home making noise while you are doing these calls. Maybe she should work a retail job in the evenings or weekends while the OP is home with the kids?

[Beenhere4ever]

Or maybe start an eBay business? Much more control over time put in. Not exactly the same thing, but I worked with a guy who went to estate sales and garage sales, picking up stuff he could sell online for a profit. And my sister had a stepson that did something similar with something that required him to be a wonk in some area. I have to ask her what exactly this kid did in his spare time.