Basically it is becoming a franchisee, only you don't have to fork over hundreds of thousands of dollars like you would if you were starting a franchised restaurant. You get a plan and popular products to sell.

3. Offer to help a busy service provider from your house. You would be surprised how many of Internet's most successful gurus are up to their eyeballs in responsibility. Often they will farm some (or much!) of work out to you to do from your own business at home. All you have to do is ask.

Finally, let me mention something that is very close to my heart and should be close to yours. As tough as things can get for we Americans during a recession, it is far, far worse for people in many third world countries. You can be hardest working, most ambitious person in history and still not have two dollars it takes to buy an order pad. You don't have it and you never will.

A very small loan can turn tide for millions of people, especially poor women desperate to feed their children. All they need is a helping hand to get their business started. In process, you do something real and needed to stop terrorism at its economic roots.

One type of financing private lenders provide is personal loans. Personal loans may include auto loans,real estate purchase, education, medical, acquisition of a business, debt consolidation, vacation, furniture, starting or expanding an e- business, etc.

The next question is: how can you get a personal loan from private lenders? There are two primary methods. The one I will discuss here involves three simple easy steps:

1. You locate a private lender who makes type of personal loans you need.

2. When you locate your private lender; ask for details of their loans or 'lending parameters'.

3. Complete paperwork following guidelines of particular private lender. Be sure you type document and send them in to your lender for approval. That's it!

A word of CAUTION here. You may be tempted to pay upfront fees to these lenders in order to obtain loan. DON'T! Never, ever pay any upfront fees to any lender until your loan is in your pocket.

The final question is: where do you find these private lenders? Look for them in 'Money Available' pages of your local large-city newspaper, particularly Sunday issues, in magazines serving your business, in trade group publications, and in other special journals.

There are also firms that have been publishing names and addresses of private lenders and investors in specialized publications over past twenty years. You can search them out in your local or business public library. You should breeze through this process now that you know how and where.