Did you leave college without finishing, or did you achieve a college degree? If you have a degree, you may be able to tutor on the side. I loved doing that as a second job. You make your own hours and are compensated quite well. I earned the most for tutoring SATs, but I would also tutor English, Literature, History, and organizational skills. I went through a tutoring company because they have the connections to get you the jobs. You may get less money than if you were self employed, but you save tons of time by not having to find kids (and no hassle of being self-employed). The SAT thing is seriously a great gig, you're basically helping the kids learn how to take the test and when I did it four years ago, I was getting something like $35 an hour. You have to subtract the time you spend prepping for working with the kid each week, but even if you spend an hour prepping and an hour with the kid, that's still great money.

If you don't have the degree, I don't know if you can tutor with most companies, but you could look around and see.

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What do you mean by "ex-college student"? Did you graduate? Drop out? Get kicked out?

You're right to steer clear of those work from home" ads, but if you're not working now, and looking for a "job" where you can work off-site and in your leisure time, it's time to wake up. Seriously.

You sound like someone who couldn't handle college, your parents have given up on you, and you want a nice, easy job that let's you work your own hours and isn't really work. Those jobs don't exist.

My advice: Grow up and join the race. Normally I would advise against listening to the inevitable spam that haunts posts like this, but for you, it might be a much needed wake up call. Best of luck.