This book gives revealing first-hand accounts of 30 real factoring clients, provided by eight experienced small factors across the country. The stories are all true, loaded with practical wisdom, and full of essential lessons. If you are thinking about going into factoring at any level – as a funding source or broker – you need to read this book!

Book 3 in The Small Factor Series, this work describes 21 real-life experiences from the files of 8 small factors around the country. You?ll learn a multitude of tips, plus errors to avoid as you read about the kinds of clients you want to have -- as well as those you don?t! Learn and profit from the experiences of those active in the business!

This practical, hands-on manual teaches everything you need to know about starting and running a small factoring business. With common sense directions and first-person experiences giving a "been there" flavor to each page, you’ll learn how factoring small receivables can be a lucrative, enjoyable business and an excellent tool for investing retirement or discretionary investment funds.

In this ebook I open the door to my office, as it were, to you. You see in detail how I run my factoring business. I want to quickly to point out that my methods are by no means the only way to do this; however, they have worked for me for quite some time and others have patterned their successful factoring businesses on this model. You are welcome to pick and choose and adapt your own operation from mine; but you really don’t need to reinvent the wheel or learn everything the hard way. If my experiences help you start and enjoy a profitable, satisfying factoring business, then this ebook has succeeded.

"Around the world, factoring is a growing source of external financing for corporations and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). What is unique about factoring is that the credit provided by a lender is explicitly linked to the value of a supplier ' s accounts receivable and not the supplier ' s overall creditworthiness. Therefore, factoring allows high-risk suppliers to transfer their credit risk to their high-quality buyers. Factoring may be particularly useful in countries with weak judicial enforcement and imperfect records of upholding seniority claims because receivables are sold, rather than collateralized, and factored receivables are not part of the estate of a bankrupt SME. Empirical tests find that factoring is larger in countries with greater economic development and growth and developed credit information bureaus. In addition, the author finds that creditor rights are not related to factoring ... " -- Cover verso.

Fundamentals for Factors: How You Can Make Large Returns in Small Receivables, introduces the reader to the basic concepts of factoring. Fundamentals describes what factoring is, how it works, businesses which can benefit, the remarkable returns possible, risks involved, and how to minimize those risks. It helps the reader define the meaning of “success,” whether factoring is an appropriate move for his or her circumstances, and closes with a look at four small factors who enter the field from very diverse backgrounds, with quite different purposes.

Jeff Callender has written more for the public on the subject of factoring accounts receivable than anyone. Here, in a brief and engaging collection, are the highlights of his work to date. This book gathers, sorts, and presents scores of factoring topics. Grouped alphabetically by subject, this little volume provides a thumbnail sketch of the information, experiences, and "words to the wise" that are generously peppered throughout his books and other writing. They are condensed here for an easily grasped summary of factoring and its many finer points. If you've been intrigued with this subject and curious as to just what factoring is all about, this digest is an easy and inexpensive way to find out. Settle into your easy chair with this brief collection and you'll be surprised at how much you'll learn in just a few minutes.

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