Create income streams

I’ve started selling books on Amazon. It’s great because I don’t really have to do any work. Amazon does charge for the service, but only when you actually sell something. It’s better than eBay. And you can sell a fairly large selection of things. Books, CD’s, DVD’s, games, etc.

I’ve been very pleased with the payment process and pleasantly surprised with the amount I’ve sold so far. All in all, I think it’s a great way for me to get rid of books. It doesn’t involve a large cost to me and it’s not just giving them away to the library or the used bookstore. (I get more in cash from Amazon than I EVER do from the used bookstore. I felt vaguely guilty for not supporting my local shop, but honestly, they give crap credit.)

Well, I’ve signed up for Prosper. Basically, you buy debt from them (as little as 50 initially) and they collect the debt and pass on the APR you were willing to accept. It’s a little like a tax lien, but you don’t have to spend a large amount to get started.

So far it’s going well.

I’m looking at a condo that’s rather reasonably priced in my area. The thing is, I don’t think I’ll have the cash-flow available to close on it unless I rent it before I even own it! grrrrr this is so frustrating. I think it would be perfect. And I could likely rent it for slightly more than the mortgage. I just need to find a creative way to finance it. shakes head

I added Amazon links to fifteen of my blog entries. Oy. I forgot how time-consuming it can be when you don’t do it in the beginning. Now, I’ve got nearly forty book reviews, plus CD and movie reviews to add links to. For anyone who’s interested in seeing the reviews:

http://gaminggirl.blogspot.com/

1. Have at least 2 rental properties (with a managment company).

2. Have a group of e-books that sell without me having to do a whole heck of a lot (just need to find the right topic).

3. Get all my things listed onto eBay.

4. Get articles published and into reprints.

5. Build up my amazon referals business. (like maybe get at least one click-through?)

6. Find a way to increase my business so that I don’t have to work two jobs (See my previous goal.)

7. Get wholesale customers for our cookies so we don’t have to do the front end selling.

8. Sell my artwork. Maybe get into lithos or something like that.

9. Invest in tax liens.

10. Invest in something that won’t require a lot of supervision.

11. License out my DREAM system.

12. Sell tarot readings on-line. (Only partly joking on this one…)

13. Research other possibilities for non-time-intensive money streams.