You can only obtain legitimate work from home positions from brick and mortar companies. You want to send your resume out to companies hiring for positions you are qualified for, but include in your resume that you have a home office and you wish to work remotely. Include how you have your home office set up and what equipment you already have in order for you to perform your job. These jobs are just going to advertised as jobs, they would not promote them as work at home because they would hear from too many unqualified people.
The best type of business could be collecting and providing data or information from those who hold it, to those who want it. A bit like Expedia, but for recipes, or for classic car maintenance, or golf course playing tips for example. Then you have no stock to store, no money to outlay for purchases before receiving payment and all you do is hook people up.
Do a Freelancer job. They are free to register and do not require your credit card. Also they will send you a credit card to withdraw money from any ATM which support Master Cards. Start a hourly job in a freelancer job site and work 2-3 hours per day. It is easy and legit. You can do Graphic design jobs, Web design jobs if you have any experiences in that fields. If not data entry, virtual assistant, Administer support, data processing jobs will help you. For more info about other job opportunities such as reviewing websites, doing social networking, and legit site list.... http://work4mhomeonlinejobs.blogspot.com/