Work from Home - Carrollton,TX

Maybe you could offer to babysit another child in your home in the evenings or on weekends?

I am not at the top of the chain with my scentsy business and I make good extra income! I work full time with three kids and have NO time! I have my regular customers and they keep coming back for more! I actually have fun doing it.

And guess what? I am not even going to try to recruit you! =) But seriously, if you come across Mary Kay, Avon, anything that interests you, don't automatically discredit it! I love it!

Opinionoutpost.com - get paid for your opinions. It really does pay, and not too bad!

Check out moneysavingmom.com - she highlights the best stay at home money makers.

I am a huge fan of buying items and reselling them on ebay. I wrote a book on it, actually, and sell them for a small fee. In my book I teach how to find items for cheap and resell them, how to identify what is worth money and what isn't, etc. I enjoy shopping the clearance racks at baby gap in the off season and reselling them the following season, for example.

Tons of ideas - pm me if you want more info - I am a total entreprenuer at heart!

ETA: I highly recommend Dave Ramsey as well. He can help you with your money. =)

Oh boy... this post will get all the direct sales and MLM'rs contacting you with recruiting pitches to sell and make a lot of money (Note: Only the people at the top of the pyramid make the money)

If you are into pushy sales, recruiting, some investment, throwing parties then some may be for you such as the jewelry, cosmetics, cookware, candles, and the list goes on and on.

Your first route should be to talk to legal counsel who can help you get your child support that is due to you and your child. They can garnish his wages, withhold any IRS refunds, etc and make sure you get your money.

This way, you are not stressed with having to run a start up business by recruiting people under you, spending money you don't have (supplies, gas money, wear/tear on car), being a pushy sales person and spending MORE time away from your child.

Working from home is WORK. Maybe you can take in children to babysit on weekends along with your child?

Best wishes to you.

ETA: classic sales pitch from Irvine listed above.

At least I can say that the achievements we have made with our company which is NON MLM/direct sales is done ethically and we don't prey on others to raise our income. (I am not talking to you Diane, I respect your opinions)

I have friends who do stuff as a home business but it's like Mary Kay, Slumber Party Adult Items, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, and Scentsy. They all have kids and work when hubby gets home since a home job really doesn't allow them to have the kids with them.

Get the local child support agency to go after kiddo's dad. They'll take it out of his check before he gets paid and they'll keep his income tax refund and send it to you 6-8 months later.

I am grateful for them because that's the only way I get child support.

Doesn't your state's department of revenue have a division for child support enforcement? Many (if not all) states will garnish the wages of the parent who is ordered to pay child support but doesn't - it comes right out of his paycheck.

You work full time and you want to add more to it? I understand the pressure but it's important to understand the work involved in making extra money. In general, you really have to understand the amount of WORK involved in working from home. If your child visits his father on weekends, you may have some extra time - assuming your ex is regular and dependable.

There are some people who are very anti-multi-level-marketing on this site, but good MLM companies are endorsed by major economists and financial experts - Suze Orman, Robert Kiyosake, and others. They are not pyramids - pyramids are illegal. (In fact, corporate America is the true pyramid in that all the workers at the bottom do the work and can never ever get to the top, where the CEO collects all the money.) If you get into direct sales, you don't necessarily have to do parties or invest in a large inventory, and there should be a guarantee if you do (such as a 90% buyback within the first year). (I know of an excellent company that charges a $25 start up fee and does give the one-year buyback, with different levels of buy-in investment.) Be sure it's a product or service that is needed by everyone! For example, cosmetics may be great, but you have to know a LOT of women who wear make-up because you've eliminated men, kids and non-make-up-wearing women from your potential market. Be careful of giftware and household items - as high quality as they may be, people may buy once, but do they need it against next month? If not, you have to find all new customers. On the other hand, if a product is consumable, then you have repeat customers on top of new ones. But your product has to be superior to what else is out there. In any venture, you have to work hard at the beginning to build a network -- and not everyone has that kind of dedication or willingness to train. A good company gives free training, and yours should too. There should also be bonuses for new people, not just those who have been in the business for a long time. There should be a compensation structure that clearly allows people to make more than the person who sponsored them - that's another hallmark of a good company. There are other ways to evaluate direct sales companies - I can give you more suggestions if you want. You really have to be sure you have the drive - most people who fail at direct sales/MLM do so because they don't do the work or they don't choose the right company/product.

If you are crafty or creative, you may be able to make things, but you have to create an on line store and drive traffic there (and there may be expenses for this as well as, of course, for your materials), or you have to go to bazaars and church sales, and there will be a fee for entry. This can take a lot of time but if you're good and find your niche, it can work.

There are also sites like Virtual Vocations but you have to have the skills needed and the schedule that permits you to get things done on deadline. If you have a skill like medical transcription, you may be able to work at night, but there will still be deadlines.

I agree about cutting your expenses as much as possible. Cable and utility companies can help, but I really think your best bet in the short run is to get child support enforcement.

KP

Sorry - you're already working full time....what do you expect to do from home? I'm not going to pay you to take care of your children. Working from home is WORKING. there is this misconception about working from home....people think they'll get more time with their kids...sorry - you might be HOME - but you will be WORKING.

Find things that you can cut back on and be frugal about...if you want money - sell things you already own that you aren't using anymore on ebay or craigslist.

Contact your utilities companies and see if they have a flat rate plan. If you don't need a "smart" phone - get a bare bones cell phone.

Go to your library and get books by Dave Ramsey and/or Suze Orman - learn how to control your finances so they don't control you.

Talk to your ex-husband to tell him to step up to the plate. He was part of making the baby too. He's responsible. Get the courts on him.

Good luck!

I think if you want to make some extra money, you need to look at sales like Scentsy, Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, etc...something like that.

You can't WORK from home with kids around. I worked from home for 9 months and my kids went to daycare most days of the week. It was nice being able to have them home if they wanted to, but they knew they would spend the day in the backyard or in the basement because I was working.

I think a lot of people think working from home is easy, and it is anything but easy.

I suggest you go after your ex because it is his RESPONSIBILITY to pay for his kids. I hope you can get it worked out.

I am really amazed at the amount of men that do not pay child support, and the women that do not go after them, until they need it.

There are SOOOO so so many way to get the child support. Heck when my sisters husband ran back to South Africa, and she was on MA. They sent an agent from an office there to track him down. Didnt get anything cause he wasnt working but they found him. The minute he came back to US, they were all over that. Took a long time coming, but she got it all eventually. Keep at him and bug the court system for this. Dont back down.

Mean time. Wild woman is right. Unless you have time to dedicate to these at home jobs. Forget it. Its not worth it. I run a small side biz with clothing and sale sites. For the measly money I get I spend a good 4 hours on the computer daily. I also moderate 2 sites, and get nothing for it, and have found it to be more time away from my children even though I am doing it from home. I cant stand solicitation jobs. I rarely buy from anyone having parties or selling. If its something that I need, then maybe. Now a days people just dont have a lot of extra money for the at home party stuff anymore.