This book is intended to be a roadmap for new real estate investors who are looking to scale their business by injecting more private capital (other people's money) into their real estate future. These are real estate investors who want to become a rainmaker in their business.

The definitive guide for growing companies in need of funds.

There is no course that will teach you how to get the money you need to grow your business - and the people who do raise capital to build successful businesses often skip over that part of the story. This book shares knowledge and experience, from years of raising capital, to help entrepreneurs and real estate investors grow their businesses without leveraging everything they own.

While raising capital has never been easy, it has become a lot more difficult over the past few years. The dot-com debacle has made investors skittish, especially when it comes to financing early-stage start-ups. As a result, more and more entrepreneurs are being forced to compete harder and harder for a spot around the money well. At the end of the day, all most have to show for their efforts are tattered Rolodexes and battered egos. What they need is the competitive edge that comes with having a friend in the business–an advisor who’ll cut through the mumbo-jumbo and tell them in plain English how to get the money they need. What they need is Raising Capital For Dummies. Whether you’re just starting your business and need a little seed capital to launch your first product, or you’re looking for a little help expanding an established business into a new market, this friendly guide helps you get the financing you need to realize your dreams. You’ll discover how to: Tap personal sources of financing, as well as family and friends Approach customers and vendors for financing Hook up with commercial lenders Find angel investors Get an SBA loan Raise cash through private equity offerings Woo and win investment bankers and venture capitalists Venture capital guru, Joseph Bartlett explains in plain English the capital-raising strategies and techniques used by some of today’s most successful businesses, including tried-and-true methods for: Assessing your financial needs and creating a solid financial plan Researching sources of financing and making first contact Finding, contacting, and convincing angels Getting your customers to finance your company Understanding and exploiting matching services Exploring commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, finance companies, and the SBA Qualifying for a loan Working with placement agents Raising cash through IPOs and mergers From raising seed capital and funds for expansion to IPOs and acquisitions, Raising Capital For Dummies shows you how to get the money you need to survive and thrive in today’s winner-take-all marketplace.

This unique resource provides practice tested forms and up-to-date expert guidance for successfully launching private placement investment transactions. The authors illustrate a variety of proven techniques for raising capital and explain ways to accommodate the investor's demands for protection while maintaining the flexibility necessary for efficient operation and growth in today's business and regulatory environment.Raising Capital: Private Placement Forms, Third Edition contains a wealth of essential forms, entity formation agreements, investment agreements and instruments, debt financing forms, investor agreements, and materials relating to the federal securities laws. This book also includes a chapter addressing environmental concerns, and a new chapter on privacy concerns, as well as chapters on: IncorporationStock ProvisionsExemptions for Registration Under Federal Securities laws: Regulati

A hands-on guide with real life examples to get money you need for your business.

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Renowned securities attorney Kim Lisa Taylor provides the keys to legally raising money from private investors - whether for real estate or other small business. She provides a simple step-by-step format to teach you to not only raise money, but to do it legally. You'll learn how to raise all the money you need for your next venture, whether it's funding a real estate acquisition, a new idea, a product or a service - all while keeping control of your business. Some call this driver's ed for raising capital, because once you know the rules of the road and how to drive, it becomes second nature. So it is with raising capital. This book will help teach you to structure deals with investors and legally raise funds for any venture. With this knowledge, you can change your life and the lives of those who matter - family, friends, and new investors you'll meet along your journey. What are you waiting for? In this book you will learn: How to Comply with Securities Laws; How to Effectively Market Your Offering; How to Legally Ask Investors for Money; How to Structure Your Company; and How You Can Earn Money While Helping Your Friends, Family, and Acquaintances Meet Their Investment Goals. You can use these strategies over and over to Raise Private Money Legally, Ethically, and Profitably.

Based on Bill Fisher’s three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the ‘80s and a businessman who founded a number of successful companies beginning in the ‘90s, Fisher has seen firsthand the kind of rookie mistakes aspiring entrepreneurs make that end up stopping them before they have a chance to get started. Fisher looks at six traditional steps in the capital-raising process and digs beneath the surface to expose subtle but critical aspects of each—knowledge that, until now, could come only with experience. For example, entrepreneurs believe that great business ideas get funded. Not true—just look at the failure rates of venture-backed companies. Great business stories get funded, and all great business stories have a similar construction and shape. And of course the entrepreneur needs an investor, but each investor comes with his or her own personality issues. You need the right match for long-term success, not just whoever is waving the biggest check—a temptation that is easy for cash-strapped entrepreneurs to succumb to. Having this book is like going into your investor meetings with a trusted advisor who knows all the ins and outs of raising capital.

Learn a detailed strategy to acquire, secure, and protect private money in your next real estate deal. Grow your real estate business and raise your game using other people's money!