Using a 401K as a Down Payment on a Business
We frequently run across Entrepreneurs who are ready to buy their first business, but they can’t come up with enough cash for the down payment.Now, generally speaking, if your personal wealth is severely limited, we recommend that you save up at least a little bit for...
Do Good Businesses Ever Come Up For Sale?
This is a question that we get frequently at the Institute for Business Acquisitions (I4BA). Well actually, it’s often “Why” would a good business come up for sale? To answer the first question, YES, ABSOLUTELY. Good businesses come up for sale every day all over the...
Buying a Pool Cleaning Business
We have deals and opportunities come to us every day here at the Institute for Business Acquisitions. While we obviously can’t pursue them all, I think many of them are worth sharing with our community as examples of opportunities that are out there, and how we would...
5 Reasons NOT To Start A Business
You might be reading this title and thinking “wait, what…I thought these guys promoted entrepreneurship?”. We absolutely do… we preach it and practice it. But we are firm believers that the safest, most effective, and overall most profitable path is not through...
SBA Lending Update – Improvement To Equity Requirements
Hello Entrepreneurs at the I4BA. We try to stay on top of all the news as it relates to your ability to purchase a profitable business. On October 13th, the SBA (United States Small Business Administration) released an update to it’s programs and lending regulations....
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