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Tom says I don’t love small business people.

If I did, I wouldn’t be so hard on Merchant Cash Advance he claims.

You see, I made a video 3 years ago about how small businesses with credit card terminals could effectively sell a portion of their future cash flows to get money today.

I said that this was a very expensive way to finance a business and that people need to be fully informed about the actual costs.

Tom thinks that I got my numbers wrong.

I made a new video where I explain how expensive merchant cash advance can really be and the difference between APR and ‘payback.’ Payback is a new financial term created by this industry to try to confuse unsophisticated small business owners.

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/kCLS09fXUE4

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Do small businesses need employment contracts when they hire?

An email that arrived a few weeks ago caught my attention when it talked about the importance of employment contracts even for small businesses.

HR Expert Sarah Mullins and I speak about why and how you should get things on paper, even in the tiniest of businesses.

I also learned an incredible fact about buying businesses in Nova Scotia. It highlights why you need local legal advice with some of the details when you buy or sell a business.

Watch and learn how and why all businesses can benefit from employment contracts in dealing with employees: https://youtu.be/rjg0q7F0C-Q

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Do business brokers work together?

Dustin wants to know if he should stick to the first broker he met and ask for help to look at other businesses that are for sale elsewhere? What is the etiquette when working with business brokers? Is it like real estate agents?

Great question! Many business brokers will work together. Especially in franchise networks, except for those who won’t work together. Then there are the brokers who don’t like each other.

Are they supposed to play nice? How should a buyer act? Is there a certain method or code of conduct a buyer should be aware of?

Watch and learn how and why business brokers work or don’t work together in this new video I made: https://youtu.be/09ndJBQT6A8

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Don’t you love the smell of fresh bread?

It’s almost as good as the smell of money, isn’t it?

A YouTube viewer wants to know my opinion of bread routes. It’s a simple little business where you deliver bread to local stores on behalf of a commercial bakery.

It makes their distribution easier since they don’t have to manage a fleet and since the delivery people are their own boss, fewer employees too.

So, is this a good kind of business for someone to get into?

Watch what I think of bread routes and other distribution route businesses in this new video I made: https://youtu.be/o3-bBxmfcT8

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How much is your new SAAS worth before you sign up any customers?

Don’t know what a SAAS is? Don’t worry.

Quick on the heels of last week’s article and recording about valuing online businesses, I feel that I need to clear the air on how to put a price on a pre-revenue startup.

I hesitate to use the term ‘business’ for these speculative ventures since I like my businesses to have cash flows attached to them.

Learn more about my ornery, old-man type opinions that would likely be considered quite ignorant and rude in Silicon Valley circles.

You can see/listen on YouTube right here: https://youtu.be/8oZGp1ejo6E

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What’s with all the internet entrepreneurs suddenly coming out of hiding and looking for my advice?

In the last few weeks I’ve heard from several online business people who need help in determining a value for their business.

What is it worth and why is it different from a real-world business?

There is so much crazy buzz out there about how to put a price on these .com companies that I felt I had to address it in an audio recording.

You can see/listen on YouTube right here: https://youtu.be/04OCZBcvVws

Learn how to buy a business successfully with my Business Buyer Advantage Program. You can access the course at www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com and learn more about how it works from this video I made a few weeks ago: https://youtu.be/ooixMSaFf6Y

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I got a great piece of feedback the other day on YouTube.

Wayne tells me that ‘any idiot’ can put a deal together to buy a business without using their own money otherwise ‘leveraged buy outs’ would not exist.

This week I’ll explain to you what a leveraged buy out is, how it works, and we’ll see if a person with no money could actually pull it off.

I know that you’re all anxious to find out if you’d be an idiot under Wayne’s definition.

It’s all in this video right here: https://youtu.be/UrBLOtRY0OI

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Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/_OYrCpPW004

Ian has an opportunity to lend money to a not-for-profit community group. Is this a good idea and what about security, foreclosure, etc?

I’ve had the chance to be involved with a few situations which involved community groups borrowing money, some worked out ok, some did not.

Direct lending can create a great opportunity for returns, but only if you’re prepared for all the things that could go wrong and you’ve prepared yourself properly.

Learn more in this video where I talk about my experiences with community groups borrowing money: https://youtu.be/_OYrCpPW004

Learn how to make money with private loans and leases by reading my 2014 best-selling book, Invest Local, or my taking my online course at www.LocalInvestingCourse.com where you get hours of video tutorials and all the documents and paperwork that I used in my own deals. 30-day guarantee, no risk for you.

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I’ve heard that you can’t fight city hall.

I’ve never tried. I believe in keeping light on your feet and moving fast.

When I had a conversation with the owner of a small manufacturer, I was reminded why I often advise businesses to lease property instead of owning. It gives you more flexibility.

This guy had a problem with zoning and needed help so he could mortgage the building and get operating capital.

My red flags went up and within a few questions I had identified the real problem… one he was working hard to avoid.

As one of my favourite authors, Ayn Rand, once said, ‘you can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.’

Learn more in this story I tell about the businessman so concerned about zoning that he forgot why he was in business: https://youtu.be/lwORvoJ_xeY

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