When your cousin Vinney calls you up out of blue to tell you he’s moving to Arlington and “do you have a Realtor you can recommend” you do of course because sport’s schedule/newsletter/recipe card your Realtor recently sent you is hanging on your refrigerator.

So what does all of this mean for you freelance writer? It means more assignments and more money! After all, real estate professional is either too busy or simply doesn’t have desire or skills to write their own newsletters and other materials. What they need is a freelance writer to handle this crucial aspect of their business.

To be certain, like any business you’ll need to get out there and hustle and market yourself before you can expect to market for your clients. You’ll need to prepare professional looking samples to start out with and hawk these to as many real estate professionals as you can think of. You can find these professionals by looking in phone book for addresses, pulling fliers from yard signs and introducing yourself to Realtors conducting open houses to begin with.

Writing for real estate professionals can be a fun, lucrative and interesting business. Now get out there and get to work!

Isabel Fena is author of e-book “The Untapped Market: How to Make Money Writing for Real Estate Professionals.” You can get a free sample chapter of her e-book at her website www.isabelfena.com or you can buy whole e-book for only $11.95 at www.booklocker.com/books/1339.html.