| If you are thinking about buying a business, and | | | | ever want to buy. All you need to know from |
| are planning to use a business broker, then you | | | | there is how to approach them and how to make |
| need to read every single word of this short | | | | sure they are good businesses, that make money |
| article. Doing so can save you not only a lot of | | | | and will therefore make you money. |
| money...but a lot of time and frustration as well. | | | | Believe me, you don't need to mess around with |
| Listen: There are over 20 different ways to find | | | | a broker anymore. In fact, I have only met one |
| good, profitable businesses to buy besides going | | | | broker -- in all 50+ years of buying businesses -- |
| to a broker. Years ago we used to go to the | | | | that I can say I even trust. Check the Internet, |
| newspaper and there was usually two | | | | read the papers, talk to your attorney, CPA, |
| newspapers, the LA Times or the San Diego | | | | investment broker -- anyone who deals with |
| paper, that had a few in them. | | | | businesses. They are usually the first to know |
| We'd look in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. | | | | when a business is for sale and can many times |
| But what's happened in the last 10 or 15 years is | | | | even give you inside information about the owner |
| the Internet. If you go on the Internet, you're | | | | you can use in the future. |
| going to find more businesses than you could | | | | |