Where you go to buy or sell a business…..

If you are considering buying a business, you do not want to miss the August 27th webcast, “Finding the Best Business for You” hosted by River’s Edge Alliance Group, LLC. This hour and a half long educational program starts at 7:30am EST and runs until 9:00am EST.  The best part, you do not need to [...]

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One of the most common ways to enter the world of entrepreneurship is to start your own business.  A less common approach is to purchase an existing business.   The phrases “mergers & acquisitions”, “buying a business” and “business acquisition” are all terms that have become synonymous with big business.  Why? Because those are the [...]

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River’s Edge Alliance will be serving as an expert author for the GlobalBX.com – Business For Sale Blog regarding business brokerage and mergers & acquisitions.    Our first post on August 1, 2008 discussed The Advantages of Buying a Business vs. Starting a Business.  We compared and contrasted each scenario based on:   Revenue Streams [...]

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An installment sale is defined by the Internal Revenue Service in Publication 537 as the sale of a business or property in which at least one payment is received after the tax year of the sale. An installment sale is a form of seller financing where the seller bears the risk of buyer default while [...]

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When buying a business, minimize your total cash outlay and future tax liability by carefully classifying the efforts of the seller post-closing. In most instances, when buying a business, you will require the seller to remain with the business in some capacity and for a specified period of time while you become acclimated to the [...]

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