Alternate Plan

               I did a little research on the criteria for getting an article published in the New York times. Interestingly enough I think that I may have a chance at qualifying if I made some changes to certain parts of my step by step instructions on how to flip a house. The guidelines that were really emphasized are relevance to your topic, and having a unique argument or point that catches the eye of the person who sorts through the thousands of articles that get sent in for publishing each day, most of which are turned down. They are also looking for news to be reflected in the article that you submit, meaning that they probably won't publish something about old news that happened in the past that people are still dwelling on.

                To qualify under these guidelines I would have to base these instructions off the current mortgage rates that are available and the current value of house in the market. Right now my instructions are to general, they would been to be more specific to the current market. I would also have to find a niche in the current market that no one else has touched on. Something that would make my points about flipping houses different than everyone else's.  My instructions would have to be based on the current real estate situation, reflect news, and have a niche about it that separates my article from the rest of the people submitting articles about the real estate industry.

                My plan to do this is to alter my current instructions and focus is on how to flip a house in the north east with unstable mortgage rates and a federal government that is not operating. This would specify a location,  reflect the current real estate industry, and bring news into it by discussing the government shut down and how it will impact this industry.  My niche (that I haven't thought of yet) would come in the instructions. I would have to provide clever insight that no one else has brought to the table. Possibly a view on this situation from a different angle or a clever solution to this difficult task. I really think the niche is the make it or break it in the readers eyes on whether or not to publish the article or not, so it needs to be strong!