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Tips on Buying a Business- What Can You Afford?
What can you afford when it comes to buying a business? Let's do a reality check here. Unless you have some incredible experience at a top level in an industry and some kind of solid personal collateral to back you up, forget those that say you can buy a business with no money. It's not true even is you get Seller financing or bank financing. Somebody is putting up the money and your history is what gets you those people who will agree to back you. And if none of your money is involved then these are mid-market to large business transactions that require loads of experience to be considered. So unless you have that kind of experience and people to back you up with their money, you need to take a reality check and think about what you can afford. This article is a sneak peek at that thought process. - Read the article.


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George J Sierchio (Premium Author) - Click Here To Read George's Articles - George Sierchio is the President of Action Business Partners, Inc. (http://www.actionbusinesspartners.com), a small business advisory firm that specifically works technology based business owners on common issues such as growth, funding, finances, time management, employee problems, start-up troubles, exit strategies and business buying/selling. George is an accredited Small Business Advisor and a seasoned Business Broker. Before founding ABP 5 years ago, George had over 11 years of experience owning and operating several successful small businesses in a variety of industries. He has personally started 5 businesses from scratch, 2 with partners and 3 without. He has bought 1 and sold 2 businesses for himself while also brokering the purchase/sale of businesses in a variety of industries for his clients. George is the author of several business books including BYOB- Buy Your Own Business which comes with his business buying toolkit found at http://www.business-buying-help.com/toolki t.html


Bob Macek - Click Here To Read Bob's Articles - Bob Macek has been a Professional Business Broker since 1982. He's the founder of PRO-BIZ marketing, LLC. He's been marketing businesses on the internet since 1995. Bob specializes in small mid-size businesses. If you have questions regarding the purchase or sale of small, mid-size companies contact Bob at: Bob Macek


Scott Meyers - Click Here To Read Scott's Articles - Scott Meyers, CSSM, is the nation's leading Self Storage educator with 16 years of experience. He travels the country revealing why Self Storage has become the hottest sector in Commercial Real Estate over the past 30 years that virtually nobody has heard about. Practically every real estate investor and entrepreneur has uttered the words "I've always wondered about Self Storage, I've heard those things were cash cows". It was only after becoming a penniless millionaire in the single family and apartment business, and a near bankruptcy experience managing several hundred tenants and toilets, that Scott asked himself that very same question. Scott Meyers is the owner and President of Alcatraz Storage, which operates several Self Storage Facilities in the Midwest. Scott is a Certified Self Storage Manager (CSSM) through the National Self Storage Association and has been a real estate investor since 1993. He was an instructor of the Landlord 101 course through the University of Indianapolis and now Scott Speaks to Investor groups nationwide. He has students around the world, but mostly enjoys spending time at home with his wife and 3 young children in Indianapolis, IN.


Dennis Gerschick - Click Here To Read Dennis's Articles - Dennis J. Gerschick, Attorney, CPA, CFA 2691 Blairsden Place Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 dennis@gerschick.com www.Gerschick.com Dennis Gerschick is a CPA, Attorney,Chartered Financial Analyst, and Venture Capitalist. He started a venture capital fund in 1999 and continues to manage it. As an attorney, he represents both purchasers and sellers of businsesses. He also represents companies seeking capital and investors making a capital infusion either as a loan or the purchase of an equity position. For many clients, he acts as a business and financial advisor. Mr. Gerschick speaks at seminars and conferences throughout the country regarding a variety of topics including Buying & Selling a Private Company, Increasing Both the Top & Bottom Lines, Advising the Troubled Company, Emerging Companies, Valuing a Business, Financial Statement Analysis, and others. See www.RegalSeminars.com


Don Daszkowski - Click Here To Read Don's Articles - BusinessMart.com has become the fastest growing business for sale search engine, helping buyers and sellers of small businesses and franchises. BusinessMart.com has many resources to help you on your journey to start your own business, sell your existing business, browse busine sses for sale or open a franchise. FranchiseBuyersNetwork.com, which is owned and operated by Business Mart, Inc., helps individuals looking for information on franchise opportunities or business opportunities and guides them on a path to success!


Rob Keating - Click Here To Read Rob's Articles - yourbiz contains a wealth of information for the New Zealand small business owner/operator, including articles, top tips, products & services, advice and much more. Your complete small business information resource centre. Visit us today at www.yourbiz.co.nz.


Greg Caruso - Click Here To Read Greg's Articles - About the Author: Gregory Caruso, CPA, Attorney, Certified Valuation Analyst, and author, is a Principal at Harvest Associates in Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland. Greg is an expert in privately held business mergers and acquisitions. Greg specializes in working with owners who are determined to realize the highest business value from their business exit. Greg has over 20 years of experience. www.HarvestBusiness.com, gcaruso@harvestbusiness.com 877-838-4966


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Matthew Fretten - Click Here To Read Matthew's Articles - Frettens provide a full range of specialised legal services to private and commercial clients, with a modern, common sense approach. Our law firm has nearly 100 staff based in central Christchurch (Dorset), with specialist solicitors and legal executives in the following areas: Commercial Business Litigation Commercial Property Employment Debt Recovery Family law and divorce Wills, Trusts, Probate and Tax Planning Conveyancing - buying and selling homes Personal Injury Civil Litigation If it's important to you, it's important to us


Kathryne Pusch - Click Here To Read Kathryne's Articles - Kathryne A. Pusch, President and Broker of ConsultKAP, is a seasoned professional consultant and intermediary. Kathryne began her career consulting for a large international consulting firm in 1979. Since then, she has worked successfully within the framework of large corporations, and small enterprise, across a broad range of industries, private and public sector. Kathryne has owned and managed two small businesses herself, in addition to her successful business enhancement and brokerage practice. Her work focuses primarily business enhancement and transition planning, and professionally helping individuals and companies who want to sell or acquire a business. Kathryne is a past President of GABB, the GA Assoc. of Business Brokers, and has been active on Board and leadership positions since 1998. She has extensive formal education, including a BS in Marketing and Marketing Research and an MBA. Kathryne continues her education and certifications in many fields as part of her passion for lifelong professional development. Kathryne is a licensed Real Estate Broker, a Realtor®, a frequent public speaker and instructor, and a published book author.


John Ryan - Click Here To Read John's Articles - www.thebusinessshop.ie is Ireland’s only online directory committed to supporting business opportunities. It was created to fill a void that currently exists for those seeking to buy or sell a business in Ireland. Until now, most business owners used two primary routes for selling their businesses: expensive, one-off, mass-market newspaper advertising and/or enquiries through their accountants. Both methods are limiting and time-consuming. On the other hand, those buying businesses were restricted to placing expensive and untargeted advertisements, searching newspapers and trade magazines in the hope that opportunities will be advertised there, or to making enquiries through their own personal network of business contacts. thebusinessshop.ie is designed to be the first port of call for anyone seeking to buy or sell a business in Ireland. The website currently incorporates businesses for sale, franchises and businesses seeking partners. It is designed for every size and type of business in Ireland, from the smallest home-based businesses to large companies with international operations.


David Barr - Click Here To Read David's Articles - David Barr is the President of Venture Opportunities, Inc. David has been a professional business broker/intermediary since 1980 focusing on General Business Brokerage and Mergers and Acquisitions representing client transaction value from $400,000 to $20,000,000. Mr. Barr has handled the sale of over four hundred and fifty companies. David earned a university degree from the State University of New York majoring in economics and business. David holds the Mergers and Acquisition Master Intermediary and the Certified Business Intermediary designations from the International Business Brokers Association. He is also a Senior Business Analyst and a Texas licensed Real Estate Agent. For more information about David and Venture Opportunities, visit www.bizdealmaker.com.


Richard Parker - Click Here To Read Richard's Articles - Richard Parker is an expert in the art of buying businesses. Since 1990, he has purchased ten businesses and has started several more. He is the author of six comprehensive programs on buying businesses including the "How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price(c)" series, and has had over 100 articles published. As President and founder of Diomo Corporation, his materials and live seminars have helped thousands of prospective small business buyers in over 70 countries realize their dream of business ownership. He is the main provider of content on buying businesses to all major online business for sale databases . He is a highly successful and sought after intermediary representing both business buyers and sellers . throughout the USA.and a faculty member of Trump University (www.trumpuniversity.com )


Albert S. Frank - Click Here To Read Albert's Articles - Albert S. Frank is a business trial lawyer (commercial litigator)with 20+ years of experience. After over a decade practicing law with a Bay Street,Toronto firm he has relocated and is now at 45 St. Clair Ave. West, Suite 101, Toronto, M4V 1K9. Phone: (416) 929-7202 E-mail: afrank@FrankLaw.ca Web: www.FrankLaw.ca


Andy Jaap - Click Here To Read Andy's Articles - I am a native Floridian that enjoys writing and helping others. I graduated with a B.S. from Florida State University and with an M.P.H. from Florida A & M University. I enjoy hunting, fishing, and the thrill of owning my own business!


Ted Burbank - Click Here To Read Ted's Articles - Mr. Burbank is President of Lighthouse Financial, LLC and Parker-Nelson Publishing. Since 1979 he and his associates have participated in more than 2,000 business transfers. He is the author of eight books and six software programs related to Buying, Selling. Valuing, Investigating and Financing a private business.

His latest work is his "Business Selling System" which has proven to increase the probability of a successful sale by 200 to 400% over the results produced by business owners or business brokers.* He has recently established a nationwide network of brokers and intermediaries who follow the Business Selling System principles as the "Franchise Re-Sale Network."

He has conducted seminars on business sale and succession issues for trade and professional organizations in this country, Canada and abroad. Ted is available for private assignments and consultation. He can be reached at 1- 888 556-8118 or by Email tedburbank@comcast.net

*Business Brokerage Press - Annual Industry Survey




Mark Johnson - Click Here To Read Mark's Articles - Mark D Johnson is the President of MD Johnson Inc. an investment banking firm providing Merger, Acquisition,Valuation and Financial Advisory Services to Public and Private Companies in the automotive industry. Detailed information concerning Mr. Johnson's credentials may be viewed at;www.mdjohnsoninc.com/pdf/johnson_design ation_press_release.pdf. The firm maintains offices in West Palm Beach Florida and Seattle Washington.


   Bronze Authors

Russell Bowyer - Click Here To Read Russell's Articles - I am an entrepreneur having started, bought and sold businesses since 1990. I have also advised hundreds of business on how to set up a business, how to grow a business and improve profits and how bext to structure a business. I now run, amoungst other things, a business blog and have just launched a business forum, which links off the blog together with a site that sells business tools, including a low-priced cash flow forecasting tool.


Alan Melton - Click Here To Read Alan's Articles - Alan Melton founded Empire Business Brokers, LLC in Greer, SC in 2004. www.empirecarolina.com . The company is focused on business acquisitions of companies up to ten million dollars. Part of an international company with 70 locations, Empire has been providing business brokering services since 1981. Alan has been buying and selling businesses for the last fifteen years. He has coached, advised, and taught hundreds of small business owners over the last ten years. Alan is a nationally known writer, speaker and business leader. Over the last 24 years, Alan has started and led eight companies. Alan Melton co-founded and served as CEO of East Coast Transportation from 1983 to 2001. The company was listed locally and nationally over a decade as one of the fastest growing privately held companies. Prior to selling E.C.T. to a publicly held company, Alan was recognized by the US President as the SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year, and by the Florida Governor as the recipient of the Sterling Award for organizational performance excellence; joining a distinguished list of recipients such as Merrill Lynch, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and Honeywell.


Simon H Lord - Click Here To Read Simon's Articles - Simon Lord is publisher of Franchise New Zealand magazine & website, which provides advice and details of opportunities and advisors to franchisors and franchisees nation-wide. The site can be found at www.franchise.co.nz Simon Lord has over 24 years' experience in franchising both in New Zealand and the UK. His roles have included marketing manager for a multi-national fast-food franchise and franchise manager for a new start-up operation. He was a founding board member of the Franchise Association of New Zealand in 1996 and has been elected to serve on the board every year since. Simon was chairman of the Association from 2003-2005.


Omar Kettani - Click Here To Read Omar's Articles - Omar is a business broker with Coldwell Banker Case Realty in Toronto specialized in selling small to middle market companies with values less than $10,000,000. Omar has a master degree in Engineering and an MBA focused on Entrepreneurial Finance from Richard Ivey Business school in the University of Western Ontario in London. Omar has extensive experience in Banking, Small business ownership, Project management and business brokerage.


Andy Dun - Click Here To Read Andy's Articles - Andy runs a Buying a Business site in Canada. Where hundreds of Businesses for sale are listed.


Philip Chapman - Click Here To Read Philip's Articles - Mr. Chapman concentrates in counseling family owned and other closely held businesses in all aspects of business, corporate and real estate law. His assists in forming, buying and selling businesses, shareholders and limited liability company members agreements, non-competition agreements, buying, selling and leasing all forms of real estate and real estate auctions. He lectures frequently on such subjects as forming a new business, buying and selling a business, buying a franchise, shareholder and limited company agreements, family businesses, buy-sell agreements and employee non-competition agreements. For many years he has been listed in “Best Lawyers in America” as one of the best corporate lawyers in the State of New Jersey; and he been named as New Jersey Super Lawyer for 2005, 2006 and 2007. Considered among the best in their profession, Super Lawyers represents that top 5% of the practicing attorneys in New Jersey in the opinion of other New Jersey lawyers.



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