How to Buy a Great Business with No Cash Down

By Arnold S. Goldstein

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471547751
• ISBN13: 9780471547754
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This book suggest in the Preface that you must develop a "no cash down mentality"! Great advice and Great Book! I bought this book studied it and others for about a year. This was by far the best and most comprehensive. I bought this book and just closed on my first business purchase with no money down on December 26, using several of the techniques from the book. If you are serious but a little apprehensive, I highly recommend this book.

Compelling anecdotes, unreliable suggestions

A key fault of this book is its vague suggestion that most of its strategies have universal applicability. Often, particular financing methods work only for specific sectors in specific regions. These limitations are rarely addressed.On balance, however, it is worth reading if you buy small businesses. The key theme -- that buyers and sellers should look at a deal from all angles -- is important. The market for small businesses is oddly homogeneous; business brokers would have you believe the only way to buy/sell is with a down payment, and seller paper. Nothing could be further from the truth. Deals can be assembled in countless ways, often on far more advantageous terms, both for sellers and buyers.