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List of Home Based Businesses
For the Self Reliant Soul
A list of home based businesses will give you an idea of how you can stay at home, be more self reliant, and have your own home business to boot.
But Realize...
Even with this list of home based businesses, no legitimate home business is a fast, easy way to a full time income.
All of them take hard work and a lot of passion, and I know of very few businesses that are profitable within the first six months.
My own home business did not become profitable until the second year.
Expect to work part-time on your home business evenings and weekends during your first year while you still hold down a daytime job.
With hard work, your home business will take off, and you be earning a full-time income.
It is certainly possible to have a home business that can provide you with a full time income, especially if you work toward becoming debt free and pursue frugal living.
Here are a list of home based businesses to inspire you.
Homesteaders Store
By this I mean it shouldn't be a crafts store, a knick knack store, or a department store.
Such businesses aren't likely to survive in this tough economy.
But what you can do is offer items that can't be found at your local Wal Mart.
When coming up with a list of home based businesses to consider, think about unusual, practical items, such as beekeeping supplies, bulk food and grains and other unique items.
If you have an unusual hobby, that could be turned into a business as well, including an online business.
My mom sews vestments for priests, so about two years ago, we opened an online vestment supply store.
But if you choose to have an online store, pay a few extra dollars and get a web hosting business that will you get the crucial traffic.
Honey
No list of home based businesses could be complete without raw honey, a rapidly vanishing resource.
Local raw honey is prized for its delicious taste and excellent health benefits.
A teaspoon a day of locally produced honey is good for warding off the ill effects of allergies.
Your lovely bees will also produce bees wax and royal jelly.
The start-up costs are relatively low (about $300, including the bees), and the work will be about 3-6 hours per season, per hive.
One hive can produce about 30 to 40 gallons of honey per season.
It's a good way to help your garden, the environment and your pocketbook.
Beef or Pork
Red white or the other white meat, both are on my list of home based businesses because people these days are looking for fresh, healthy, lean meat, and if you have the space, you can fill a need.
You can buy calves in the spring and keep them on your property all throughout the summer.
Then in the fall, send out emails to everyone you know saying you have cattle ready to be processed for sale, and that you will take the cattle to be processed.
They buy the steer from you and pay the processing fees, and will still end up with a lot of delicious, grass-fed beef at a great price.
A valid reason why everyone will love it if you include selling a few steers on your list of home based businesses.
The same goes for hogs, and better still, they take up a lot less room.
You can buy several feeder pigs in the spring and then sell them in the fall the same way.
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