Here are some examples of businesses you could start with as little as $2,000. -Maintenance Worker: Landlords need help to make repairs at apartment complexes and single-family dwellings. -Seamstress: If you love to sew, why not work from home and repair people’s clothes, make quilts, or create your own fashion line.- House Cleaner: You can get paid for something you already do, such as cleaning. Customers need their homes vacuumed, dusted, and bathrooms cleaned. Some pay for house cleaning services to make beds, wash and fold laundry, or wash windows.