How often have you heard those above phrases uttered by someone in network marketing? If a company is truly, no hype, the fastest growing home based business, what does that mean to you?

Does it mean the product will sell itself? Or does it mean people will line up in your driveway before dawn to buy your hot selling product? Should you immediately go out and buy a brand new Mercedes Benz because you have now joined one of the fastest growing home based businesses on the planet?

As absurd as those sound, they're plenty of people who will think that they just been handed a "meal ticket" because they signed an application.

Let's get real for a moment. What exactly can you expect from a home based business that is literally breaking records, and growing very rapidly?

You should expect a good quality product, professional management team, and a fair compensation plan that caters to the majority of people-the part-timers.

A company that grows too fast and does not have the right infrastructure in place can actually implode upon itself; this is why it's critical to join a 2+ yr old company that still has momentum and has an experienced successful leadership team guiding the company.

Being a part of a fast growing home based business is not a guarantee that you'll be successful. It's just an opportunity for you to take advantage of the momentum a fast growing company can provide.

Side by side, it's better to take an opportunity with a company that is at least a couple of years old and is greatly expanding than to go with an ten year old company that is losing momentum.

Ask yourself this: do you want to put your hard earned money, time, and effort into a company whose sales are going up or down? It's really a no-brainer when you look at it like that, but so many people forget that joining an opportunity is something you seriously do after doing careful research. After all it's a business decision.

Once you've decided upon a company that has the right product, is in a great industry, and is expanding wildly, you've then got to use your skills to build a successful business. Look and see what systems or marketing training the company has in place. Find out what kind of training the your sponsor provides.

Keep in mind that it's going to take serious effort and work to build any kind of business, even one within a fast growing company. Which is why joining one of the fastest growing home based businesses can give a "leg up" when it comes to building a successful business.