Archive for the 'Working At Home' Category

  • How to Get Your Boss to let you Work At Home

    Here’s Alfa on how to get your boss to let you work at home. Be sure to plan ahead. The transition may take several months but it’s “doable” if you practice these steps.

    1. Learn for yourself first if your job can be accomplished at home.
    2. See if your boss has a good impression of you […]

  • 10 Big Deductions People Miss At Tax Time

    It’s getting down to the wire for tax time, I hope this helps.
    From Jeff Schnepper at MSN (be sure to click through for the fine print)

    1. Non Cash Contributions
    2. New Points on refinancing
    3. Old Points on refinancing
    4. Health Insurance premiums
    5. Educator expenses
    6. Student Higher Education Expenses (Chuck: these can be tax CREDITS not just deductions)
    7. […]

  • Where’s The Best Place For Your Home Business?

    The best place for your business is the one where you enjoy living and can have a “life” as well as a “business” in most cases.
    This is very useful if part of your retirement planning includes 1) relocation and 2) home business possibilities.
    With the internet, ebay options and other services you can live rurally […]

  • Top 10 Tips For Staying Healthy While Working At Home

    From Lynn Bode via Alfa who’s got a cold…
    1. Schedule time for working out. When you work at home it’s so easy to work around the clock. To help avoid this think of yourself as having a traditional “office jobâ€?. In most “office jobsâ€? when you go home for the night you leave work behind […]

  • Review of Satellite Broadband for Home Business

    Now that you know my home business quandry today, here’s a review of one satellite broadband provider.
    From Connected Home Magazine
    Using the satellite connection required me to change my Internet habits. First, the IP traffic latencies are very high (averaging well over 500 milliseconds—ms), making online gaming impossible. The DirecPC software also caches much of your […]