Home-based businesses are becoming a popular way to make a living in today's society. The statistics say that out of every two homes in the nation, one home will have someone working from their home office. Reasons for this range from high daycare costs, to people getting tired of the corporate rat race, to parents wanting to spend more time with their children. Even some companies are encouraging their own employees to work for them out of their home. It benefits both parties in many ways. Obviously, the employee can work in the comfort of his or her own home. Stress is definitely reduced to the employee, the cost of gasoline is reduced, the cost of daycare is either reduced or eliminated, and in most cases the employee can work at his or her own pace. For the company, the corporate space needed is reduced, some benefits may not need to be offered, such as sick pay, maternity leave or others, and it is proven that productivity is increased. The benefits to a home-based business/work from home career are impressive.

Some types of companies that are going in the direction of this work from home option include:

* Real Estate-Realtors can have clients come to their own home and take them to showings on their own.

* Sales people-They can set up an office in their home and travel to their clients, while reporting to their company through phone, fax and Internet.

* Banks-Loan officers can submit the paperwork they need to complete mortgages etc. via Internet

* Travel Agents-The travel industry is primarily done through the Internet. Airline tickets, car rentals, hotel reservations and cruise packages can all be done through the World Wide Web. Ticketless airline reservations or E-tickets are the way of the world.

These are just a few work at home/home-based business ideas. There are literally thousands of ways to make money without leaving your home.