Where can I find honest business opportunities ?

I am a recent retiree who would like to make a reasonable investment to earn a reasonable rate of return. Everything I find on the Internet is a gimmick. Any direction would be appreciated.

Where can I find honest business opportunities ?
The best home business that you can be sure is not a scam is one that you start yourself. It will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.





The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.





Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:





1. List 5 things you do best


2. List how others would benefit from what you do best


3. Find out how to give people what they want


4. Learn the value of your services to others


5. Find out who else offers similar services


6. Learn from the successes of others


7. Learn from the failures of others


8. Plan your own success


9. Make low cost mistakes


10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it





He then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:





Best Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills


- antique restoration


- auto detail service


- carpet cleaning business


- errand/delivery service


- housecleaning business





Best Service Businesses


- bed and breakfast operator


- caregiver


- catering service


- senior day care center


- tutoring service





Best Professional Businesses


- desktop publisher


- magazine writer


- import/export service


- income tax preparation service


- event planner





Some other home business ideas:





Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breake...


10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout....


Low Cost Startup Businesses http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusin...





You may also want to check out the following books:





- Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness


- The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century


- 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home


- The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start


- 101 Ways to Make Money at Home
Reply:The same way you would find any other business. Figure out what you want to sell and then investigate how to sell it. There are 1000's of trade groups and organizations set up to help you.





If you want to sell widgets, look for a widget trade group or widget professional organization.
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Try franchisegator.com
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Reply:"honest business" ? i thought that was just some utopian fantasy, like communism?