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		<title>HST &#8211; will that affect the value of your business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Ontario and British Columbia, HST will be implemented effective July 1.  Many different products will be more expensive now that they were in June prior to the implementation of the HST.  Will that affect the value of your business for sale?
 
The implementation of HST may cause your sales to decline because consumers have less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are people panic selling because they are worried how the oil spill in the Gulf will affect them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BP oil spill has not been contained and oil could continue to leak for another few months.  If there is a tropical storm or hurricane and a storm surge brings the oil inland, what will that do for business or real estate?  Are people starting to panic?
 
Just spoke to a person who has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Normalized earnings &#8211; are you considering everything in the calculation to buy a business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normalized earnings is the profit that would continue to the new owner after the old owner left the business.  In theory, it is the profit after the owner is paid a reasonable salary that would be earned after the business is sold.  What should be factored into this calculation?  There is no standard of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the old owner made a mistake or did not do something, should that affect the purchase price?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses buy and sell products from foreign countries.  They may buy from one country and for example export to the United States.  What happened if the old owner of the business purchased foreign exchange contracts to cover his/her exposure to fluctuations in the exchange rate.  If he bet properly, he/she saved a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who do you need when you buy a business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have decided to buy a business, you have been thinking for months that this is something that you would like to do.  You have been searching for businesses on www.thebusinessplace.com and now you have found a business which sounds interesting.  Now what, how do you proceed?
 
There are two important people who you need when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you need to do to try to prevent over paying for a business? Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying a business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You want to buy a business but do not want to over pay.  How do you minimize the risks of over paying?  Many people can relate better to the real estate market.  In Canada, we know that interest rates will increase in the summer, there are new rules for people borrowing money and HST will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you need to do to try to prevent over paying for a business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are buying a business for sale, the vendor has come up with a selling price.  How do you know it is a reasonable price?  When you are looking to purchase a house, there are lots of other houses in an area which may be similar to your house therefore you have an idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you buy a business which is generating sales from the infrastructure stimulus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governments of many countries are trying to improve the fortunes of their domestic economy by implementing a stimulus program.  This is a program aimed at local spending of many different items including, roads, transportation services and other infrastructure projects.  This generates a huge amount of government spending in a relatively short period of time.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When should you buy a business if interest rates go up, now or later?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buying-a-business/when-should-you-buy-a-business-if-interest-rates-go-up-now-or-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have been looking to buy a business and have not been able to find one for a long time.  What do you do &#8211; what until prices come down or buy a business now?  I tell investors that if you are buying your first business, it often takes twelve months before you close your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is the best time to buy a business?</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.thebusinessplace.com/buying-a-business/when-is-the-best-time-to-buy-a-business-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Landa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have been debating on buying a business but can&#8217;t find any available that meets your criteria.  You are frustrated because you desperately want to find something but can&#8217;t find anything.  What do you do?  Let&#8217;s digress and look at the real estate market at the moment.  In some cities such as Toronto, there is [...]]]></description>
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