Why Real Estate Agents Should Write E-books

The idea of residual income is what draws many people to write an e-book. It's no secret that e-books are, when done correctly, can be a great source of residual income. There are a million e-books out there about how to write an e-book, how to make money selling e-books, and every other combination; This not one of those articles. In this article you will learn how you can make residual income by GIVING AWAY free e-books about real estate, property investing, buy or selling a home, and more on your real estate website or blog.

You could send some time writing a full length e-book about selling your house or a property investing guide to Bulgaria. The problem with those is, you have to get people to buy them in order for you to make money. I know what you are thinking, how am I supposed to make money with my real estate e-book if I just give it away?

The simple answer, affiliates.

With affiliates, you can make money simply by sending people to certain retailers. The retailer will pay you for helping them make a sale.

Here's how it works; You write a e-book about all things real estate, include various affiliate links through out the book, you give the e-book away for free, people then read your e-book and hopefully click on your affiliate links, they buy something via your affiliate link and then you get paid your referral fee.

So, the more e-books you give away, the more opportunity you have to make money.

In this article you will learn; how to get real estate affiliate links, what the best real estate affiliate links are, how to incorporate real estate affiliate links into your e-book, and ideas for promoting your real estate e-book.

E-Books - How to Get Affiliate Links

Finding affiliate links can be as simple as visiting some of the major real estate related websites. These major websites, such as eLoan or Homedepot.com, usually have a affiliate application on the website. You can certainly go this route and sign up for affiliate status at the different real estate related websites individually, but I recommend and affiliate network such as Commission Junction.