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Thanks for all the helpful replies, particularly Lady Muck. I've already made money leaving journalism and doing property development by doing just that - hiring builders and doing a bit myself. I don't think you have to find something no one else is doing to set up a business, otherwise there would only be one of each type of business in the world. Anyway, I wasn't really asking for general business tips, just about whether or not these two options were feesible. Looks like maybe not. Thanks anyway. As for Dragon's Den, I hate that bloody programme.

I'm planning to sell my flat and buy a boat as a liveaboard and am facing the same anxiety about what to do for a living as many others. I'll have some capital left over after my purchase. Is there any money to be made in buying boats in one part of the country and selling them on for more elsewhere? (This was mentioned on Canal Junction). Or perhaps I could do up a run-down boat to sell on, as I did with my last flat? I don't feel very confident yet with the latter idea since I'm on a steep enough learning curve as it is. Constructive answers would be REALLY appreciated, since re-joining the rat race would defeat the whole object of my moving aboard. Thanks ever so much.