You probably see work from home job scams all the time. Scroll to the comment section of any popular article and you'll see “Work from home and make $1,000,000 in the first 5 minutes!” Or, “Do nothing all day and make $5,000!”
You can find work from home job scams all over the place – in your email inbox, phone calls to your home, online articles and more.
Sadly, many of these work from home jobs are actually scams.
Now, this doesn't mean that every online job is a scam.
There are many, many legitimate work from home jobs. Many of them are great and allow you to work from home, earn a good living, be your own boss, and more. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 24% of employed people did some or all of their work at home in 2015. This number is growing, and it doesn't even include self-employed people! In fact, according to Forbes, one in five Americans work from home, and this is a statistic from 2013. I'm sure this number has grown significantly in the past 4 years.
However, you should always be careful because there are probably 10 work from home job scams for every legitimate one. [Read more…]
I created Making Sense of Cents almost six years ago, and since then, I have earned over $1,500,000 with my blog and around 
If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report each month. You can simply skip to the next section if you're not new here.
Each year when tax season rolls around, I like to take a step back and look at the Big Picture when it comes to my personal finances. Most years, I end up getting somewhere between $500-$2,000 back from the IRS.
Well, that's not always true.
Around two years ago, my husband and I bought an RV and unknowingly became digital nomads.
Jenn is a corporate mom turned e-commerce store owner and blogger.