Thursday, November 26, 2009

Take Your Company Public: Take Your Start-up Public

By James Scott

Are you trying to raise capital for your business? Have you been turned down by institutional lenders for loans and corporate lines of credit? Why deal with the hassle and embarrassment of perpetual declines and risk losing your business because of lack of cash? Wouldn't it be great to raise capital quickly and easily for your company without constantly having to fill out scores of credit applications to stay afloat?

The important thing to realize is that if you are a small or medium size business and even if you are a start-up you can take your company public on OTCBB. When going public you really have two viable options: first, most people consider the IPO, but very few qualify because of the necessity of massive amounts of capital in reserve, SOX 404, extensive time in business and finding a broker dealer to take you through the process; the second option is taking your company public OTCBB (over the counter bulletin boards), this process is inexpensive, lightning fast, minimal qualifications and offers start-ups and small/medium size business the ability to raise gargantuan amounts of capital from investors worldwide.

There is no other way to go public on a legitimate platform. With Pink Sheets and Reverse Mergers you'll only get burned so buyer beware! Are you short on cash? A popular mechanism for raising the initial capital to go public via OTCBB is by using a Private Placement Memorandum (Regulation D Rule 504) with a built in mini/maxi.

Right when you hit that minimum you can start using capital to grow your company while simultaneously initiating the 'going public' process.

The moral of this story...even if you're a startup or small business owner you can raise capital by going public! Get informed and get funded. - 23309

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Buying Homes In Pre Foreclosure

By Jilly Willson

For the informed buyer, pre foreclosure homes can be very profitable Property owners in a pre foreclosure situation are highly motivated to sell the property quickly Generally, the property owner of a home in preforeclosure is extremely motivated to get the deal done quickly. This fact often points to a huge ROI for the real estate investor The biggest hurdle in the deal is getting the bank to agree to the terms of the sale instead of forcing the home through the pre foreclosure process.

The bank may not be so eager to let the transaction go through.Essentially they are in a lose lose situation and will evaluate sales offers based upon what will minimize their losses. If a property owner has put the property into pre foreclosure by stopping mortgage payments, it is still up to the buyer to demonstrate that by allowing the sale to go through, the bank will minimize their losses.

A result of this fact, real estate investors often assemble complete packages to plead their case to the bank. They learn who the loss mitigation people are at the bank and learn what is needed by the bank to complete the transaction.

While this is not necessary for the periodic investor, it does have a visible benefit for the novice real estate investors.

Aside from market factors, the pre foreclosure market is a great way to get a good bargain on an investment property Just know that there are a number of little details that will determine your overall level of success.

There are many other resources available to learn more about investing in short sales. BestShorSales.com is a learning service that I have found useful in the past - 23309

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