Equestrians are always eager to earn extra money to spend on their horses or on riding. Horse riders would all like to find a way to do so that doesn't involve a large time or financial investment . On the internet, one of the easiest ways to sell your equestrian experience and insight is by writing an equestrian e-book. You may think that
-You cannot write, and never could, your grammar and spelling is terrible
-You know nothing worthwhile that you could possibly write about
-What you do know no one will want to hear about and certainly will never pay for
-You know too little about the internet and computers to publish anything, never mind an e-book.
How to find the time and energy to write an e-book
These are all very valid objections. Your average equestrian rarely have the time to become an internet expert. That is probably why there is such a limited amount of personal-equestrian-experience e-books on the internet market. This means there is a huge market for your e-book and a lot of potential for you to earn some money, sitting comfortably in an armchair in font of your computer. All you need to do is to overcome your limiting beliefs about your writing abilities.
Writing an equestrian e-book is very easy
It is crucial to understand that:
a.You do not have to be an accomplished author to write an equestrian e-book. E-books are written in everyday horse people language and they do not go on for ever either. You can usually get your message across in 20-60 pages. You will be surprised how quickly you get to 60 page when you are writing about something you feel passionate about.
b.You do not need to know everything about the internet or computers to write an e-book, nor will it cost a lot of money or take a lot of time.
c.You can write an e-book about any of the following and earn some money in the process:
1.Equestrian Holidays 2.Your favorite horse breed 3.Reviews of books you read, fiction or non-fiction 4.How to find a good riding instructor/ livery stables/farrier 5.Where on th internet one can find more info about horse nutrition 6.The best horse forum/ horse blogs 7.How to take the perfect horse photo 8.Where on the internet to find th best riding gear/tack 9.Horse names 10. Your favorite horse shows 11. How to groom a horse before a competition 12. A true horse story
The hardest part of writing an e-book is getting the knowledge out of your head and onto the paper or onto the computer screen. Even this can be simplified if you follow a suitable framework. Most people start with a lot of enthusiasm, but never finish; they give up before they get half-way. The secret of writing a useful e-book is to start with the end in mind, to stick to the point and always keep your reader in mind.
In fact, the easiest way to go about it is to write as if you are explaining something about horses or riding to one of your best friends. Some writers record their thoughts by talking to a Dictaphone and later transcribing their ideas.
There are a lot of sites on the net that will teach you how to write and publish e-books. Find one that is equestrian-friendly and start writing.
The question most heard lately is "Where have all the buyers gone?" The answer is there are fewer of them for a number of reasons. Because of the sub-prime lending crisis about 25% to 35% of this segment of the mortgage market can no longer get loans. Real estate investors have slowed their buying considerably and the amount of foreclosure property and new home building is at record levels. All of which makes for too many houses and too few buyers.
If you are to be successful in real estate investing you might consider setting up a systemization plan for finding buyers and then finding houses they can buy. In between you will have to get a contract on the house or have an "equitable interest" in the house to not have your profit be considered a "real estate commission" and be declared an unlicensed agent, subject to fines and in some states imprisonment.
In rapidly changing markets this process of finding buyers first and fitting a property to them is catching on very quickly. When you think about the process it is the opposite of the usual investing process where you find a house, put it under contract or buy it, and sell it later. The problem is you have so many other houses in competition for that buyer's dollars that you can sit with properties for months and lose your profit to carrying costs.
Your first thought might be that this is exactly what Realtors do "find a property and then find a buyer. The actual realtor's process is to "sell" the listing to a homeowner, list it on the MLS", and wait for another Realtor to bring a buyer to buy the house. The most successful Realtors "sell" the most listings, not the most houses. There is one other important advantage that an investor has over the Realtor- the amount of profit he can make. The Realtor is limited to 5% to 7% or less and this commission is split at least two ways and sometimes four ways when another agent sells the house. The investor can make any profit that he engineers into the sales price and the usual target is 10% of the sales price, with no split for his broker (boss).
To illustrate how sensitive Realtors are about what a commission is on a property, I have seen a crack-down by regulatory authorities on real estate investors who advertise a "finder's fee" for referring them a house they purchase. These amounts are usually $500 to $1,000. It appears that Realtors have been sending advertising into state agencies that offer this referral fee and the agencies have been responding with immediate action to have the referral fees removed from advertising under threat of prosecution of being an unlicensed agent. Remember this when you print your next business card or advertise on your website, you are breaking the law.
If you intend to start using this "find the buyers first" strategy, it is critical that you understand how to legally control a house by contracting or deed transfer before you start looking for buyers. Contact a local real estate attorney to confirm your contracting is legal.
In addition, and even more important is your ability to pre-screen your prospects and qualify them for a purchase, which will require your working with a mortgage broker who will stay on top of the ever-changing lending market. It will require that you help many get their credit repaired without charge to them and in some cases it will take months. The result will be similar to an email I got yesterday pleading for houses because the investor has 45 pre-approved buyers, not pre-qualified buyers, who are motivated to buy houses. This example is in one of the four most depressed housing markets in the country in March 2008.
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