Let's face it, the economy is in the dumps and more and more people are laid off as the days go by. Which means more and more competition and less companies hiring. From personal experience I can tell you its hard and its even harder when your put in a position to work from home and want a legitimate job.

My long story short... I was there. Laid off! I spent many hours looking for legitimate ways to make money online. After many long nights searching for a real opportunity and much more money spent, I realized that most people want to make money off of you, rather than pay you. My next question was, how do I work from home? Are there any legitimate jobs?

To answer that... yes! The first step you want to take is stop searching for words like make money online, work from home, work online etc. There are plenty of people like me, who want to help and many more who want to sell you screen shots of millions made online. Don't by into the hype! Don't pull out your credit card until you feel comfortable in the program.

Another short piece of advice, many real companies that offer legitimate jobs aren't going to post a job opening that will appear in the first few pages of your favorite search engine. Even more disheartening... if you want to telecommute chances are you will have to earn that luxury by first working in office for the company.

If telecommuting is something that will fit your needs, redefine your search with those exact words. You may also find work from home legitimate jobs by searching the term independent contractor.

You may not recieve benefits such as health insurance, life insurance and 401k as an independent contractor but you will have the opportunity to make extra cash.

As an independent contractor you may be able to exceed your expectations with hard work! Now, keep in mind that while many online companies offer real opportunities there are a lot of competition for these positions. What company doesn't have stiff competition these days?

If you want to learn about the best way to work from home and have something more than a legitimate job, something more than the 9-5 rat race and something more than the fear of NOT making money check out how I am currently making money online.

What do I do exactly? Create blogs and write articles. It goes a little but deeper than that, but really it's not too complicated! Trust me, if I can do it anyone can!

As I open my laptop every day and start my work from home, I have more security than most do in there 9-5's. I have built a life, future and stability for my family. Is it your everyday legitimate job opportunity? Probably not what most are looking for... But will it exceed you expectations? I will leave that one up to you!