Are you someone who is looking for a home-based business opportunity? If so, you probably want to avoid scams and misleading information that will get you into trouble or waste your time, effort and money.A lot of postings can be seen on the Internet about a home-based business opportunity, but only some of them are legitimate. You may want to be extra careful and research a bit more before you enter into a business contract or a business deal. Many postings are misleading, but only you, of course, will be able to find the glitch on it once you have agreed to the business contract or a business deal.One example of a misleading home-based business opportunity is the “Pay per Click” of an online advertisement. These companies will pay you per click of the page, but in cents. And before they can let you in as a part of their company, you will need to pay for a sort of a membership fee. There are other companies that do the same thing, but they will ask you to fill out an online survey and you will also be paid some cents per survey. They will also ask you to invite other people. Instead of you earning money from them, it will be the other way around because of the membership fee that is to be charged to you should you decide to join them.Then again, do not be discouraged when it comes to looking for a home-based business opportunity. There are jobs that you can find that will truly help you in earning extra money. One example is online blogging. There are companies that will pay you for doing blogs for their site. If you have an exemplary talent in writing, then you may write articles or reviews for online companies.You may also want to be an online English teacher. This is one of the in-demand online jobs that you can find on the Internet. Your students will be Asian, particularly, Korean and Chinese. There are other students that are of different nationalities but you will be encountering more students mostly from Asia.There are other more home-based business opportunities available in the World Wide Web, but the one thing that you should check on is the legitimacy of the company so as to avoid being scammed, which will certainly cost you your effort, time and hard-earned money (in cases where there are fees).