The Internet is a huge network with thousands of legitimate Home Based Business Opportunities just waiting to be discovered. I call it the Internet Money Tree. This is very much akin to the California Gold Rush of the nineteenth century. Everyone was welcome to come in and take their shot at finding gold or striking it rich. The same applies to home business opportunities on the Internet in 2009 and beyond. You will find a growing number of legitimate home business opportunities on the Internet especially during this economic Recession.More good news is that the Internet money tree with its thousands of opportunities to start a home business on the Internet, are growing very fast. That may be because a home business on the Internet is Recession proof. You can generate income in bad or good times.In these tough economic times more individuals with computers are searching the Internet for home business opportunities. You can expect this trend to increase as the unemployment rate climbs higher. The figures indicate there are about 10 percent of the working population are unemployed.You will need a computer with a reliable high-speed Internet connection and a working knowledge of computers and the Internet in order to basic knowledge of computers and the find the opportunities. Today you can find so many different ways to make money on the Internet, all of which you can execute entirely from your computer. With a wireless laptop, the world is your office and you can operate from anywhere. For your information, your computer has the power to send a man to the moon and perform complicated tasks in a matter of seconds. Surely you can think of creative ways to use your computer to generate income.Thanks to the Internet it is possible for almost anyone to start one of many home based business opportunities online. You can do it and be successful only when you do extensive research, draft a plan, take action and stick to the plan.