There is no central listing of businesses for sale.  As a result, investors must be proactive.  You should register as an investor on www.thebusinessplace.com.  The owners of many companies contemplate about (more…)

When you purchase the assets of a business, you must allocate the purchase price.  It is advantageous to allocate the purchase price to items which provide the higher write off.  For example, only 50% of the (more…)

If you purchase the assets of a company, you get what is in the purchase and sale agreement.  if you thought that something was included but it is not in a closing schedule of the purchase and sales (more…)

When you purchase shares of a company, you are acquiring all of liabilities of the company.  This includes current, future, unrecorded and tax liabilities.  If you acquire a company which has unreported income – i.e. (more…)

Earnings multiples are very important to valuing a business for some people but that should not be the only thing looked at when valuing a company.  What does the balance sheet look like?  What are there assets of (more…)

There are various methods of valuing a business, discounted cashflow for larger companies but many people use multiples of normalized earnings for valuing smaller businesses.  Normalized earnings is net (more…)

How do you determine if you are paying too much for a business?  When you buy a house, you can see what other houses have sold in the area but in a business, many businesses are private and you may not be able (more…)

How do you find a business broker?  Locate the business brokers in your neighbourhood. Look at websites, look at http://www.thebusinessplace.com/business-brokers for brokers who may be in your area.  Check (more…)