Running a home based business is a wonderful experience. No boss to impress or please, you can set your own hours, choose your products and services, and set your own pay. There are a lot of businesses that you can start from home, but here is a simple list of small business ideas that are easy to start, and can be started with less than $1000.00.

Create an Online Community Website - If you live in a nice town or neighborhood that needs it's own website, you could be looking at an excellent business oppourtunity. Your web site should include some history, facts, and pictures of your community. You could also make a substantial amount of money from your community website by charging local businesses to advertise on it. 50 businesses advertising for $75.00 a month leads to a gross income of $45,000.00 a year. You could also make money from your community website by selling classified ads at a reasonable price. The money making possibilities with a community website are endless. Your community website should have a nice layout and should also be optimized for search engines. That way when someone searches for "your community" in a search engine, your website will be number one.

Create a Vacation Rentals Website - The vacation rental industry is a big business. Most vacation homes rent out on a weekly basis, which means landlords need to find 52 different tenants through out the year. You could start a website which allows vacation home owners to list their property for rent for a fee. The fee should be recurring, that way you create passive income with every new customer. The website should be optimized for search engines so when someone searches for "Vacation Rentals", your website is listed as number one. You could also pay for visitors using Google Adwords. You shouldn't have to pay any more than ten cents per click.

Start a Pooper Scooper Service - I bet you didn?t see that one coming! A pooper scooper business is an easy to start and highly profitable business. With this business, you send employees out to pick up dog poo from customer's yards. You would make money by charging the customer a monthly fee, between $30.00 and $50.00, and in return you will have employees clear their yards of dog poo once a week or once every two weeks. This business can be started for less than $500.00, and it requires no special skills, no special equiptment, and no business experience! You could advertise your service in veterinarian's offices, pet Stores, direct mail, and word of mouth. It wouldn't be hard to find 150 customers or more in your area who would purchase a pooper scooper service.

There you have it, three easy-to-start home based business ideas. Of course, these business ideas aren?t any good unless they are put into action. Just remember this: An idea without action is like a bird without wings. It will never take flight.

Michael Press is an investor and teenage entrepreneur. He currently owns and operates PassiveIncomeInfo.com, a free website with articles about how to build wealth. He also writes for and distributes the Creating Wealth E-zine.