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How to Buy a Business How to buy a business – the best guide to making sure and your business get off to a great start! If you need help buying a business, you have come to the right place

As a potential business buyer, you need to take the time to go over everything you will need to make sure that you are successful in buying your business – whether it be your first, second, or hundredth business or small business. Perhaps the first thing you can do is grab a checklist on everthing regarding purchasing a private company. For example, the best checklist is available here: Checklist for Acquiring a Private Company, and it should help you make sure all of your bases are covered. Of course, buying a business is a lot more involved than simply checking off a list. Purchasing a business requires a close attention to detail – for example – making sure that a complete Non-Competition Agreement is signed is absolutely essential. The last thing that you want is to buy a business from a guy who will open up another right down the street. You also have to worry about Patent and Trademark issues as well.

What You Will Need

1. Aquisition Letter of Intent
2. Bill of Sale – Busines Assets
3. Checklist for Acquiring a Private Company
4. Copyright Assignment
5. Due Diligence Checklist
6. Letter Agreement to Maintain Confidentiality of Information
7. Letter of Intent to Purchase a Business
8. Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement
9. Non-Competition Agreement
10. Option Agreement to Purchase Assets
11. Patent Assignment
12. Trademark Assignment

Making sure that these types of intellectual property are transferred seamlessly when you buy a business or private company is essential to your success. Whether you are buying a restaurant, buying a coffee shop, buying a small business cafe or purchasing a business that is a spa or whatever – you have to make sure that everything is covered. You also might want to get a Due Diligence Checklist as well. This will help protect you in buying a business, making sure that you have done due dilligence throughout the purchase of a business.

This is not meant to scare you off from purchasing a business though. Buying a business is a great thing and can free up time for you to spend with your family and friends while taking control over your own life! But, you have to do it right. If you buy a business without taking the time to buy the business right, you will have years of worry ahead.Hopefully, by following the steps outlined above, your new small business will be bustling in now time!

Because of similar (almost uniform) laws in the united states regarding purchasing and/or buying a business, this information should be valid in all of the following states and cities.

New York , NY , Los Angeles , CA , Chicago , IL , Houston , TX , Philadelphia , PA , San Diego , CA , Detroit , MI , Dallas , TX , Phoenix , AZ , San Antonio , TX , San Jose , CA , Baltimore , MD , Indianapolis , IN , San Francisco , CA , Jacksonville , FL , Columbus , OH , Milwaukee , WI , Memphis , TN , Washington , DC , Boston , MA , Seattle , WA , El Paso , TX , Cleveland , OH , New Orleans , LA , Nashville , TN , Denver , CO , Austin , TX , Fort Worth , TX , Oklahoma , OK , Portland , OR , Kansas , MO , Long Beach , CA , Tucson , AZ , St. Louis , MO , Charlotte , NC , Atlanta , GA , Virginia Beach , VA , Albuquerque , NM , Oakland , CA , Pittsburgh , PA , Sacramento , CA , Minneapolis , MN , Tulsa , OK , Honolulu , HI , Cincinnati , OH , Miami , FL , Fresno , CA , Omaha , NB , Toledo , OH , Buffalo , NY , Wichita , KS , Santa Ana , CA , Mesa , AZ , Colorado Springs , CO , Tampa , FL , Newark , NJ , St. Paul , MN , Louisville , KY , Anaheim , CA , Birmingham , AL , Arlington , TX , Norfolk , VA , Las Vegas , NV , Corpus Christi , TX , St. Petersburg , FL , Rochester , NY , Jersey , NJ , Riverside , CA , Anchorage , AK , Lexington-Fayette , KY , Akron , OH , Aurora , CO , Baton Rouge , LA , Stockton , CA , Raleigh , NC , Richmond , VA , Shreveport , LA , Jackson , MS , Mobile , AL , Des Moines , IA , Lincoln , NB , Madison , WI , Grand Rapids , MI , Yonkers , NY , Hialeah , FL , Montgomery , AL , Lubbock , TX , Greensboro , NC , Dayton , OH , Huntington Beach , CA , Garland , TX , Glendale , CA , Columbus , GA , Spokane , WA , Tacoma , WA , Little Rock , AR , Bakersfield , CA , Fremont , CA , Fort Wayne , IN , Arlington CDP , VA , Newport News , VA , Worcester , MA , Knoxville , TN , Modesto , CA , Orlando , FL , San Bernardino , CA , Syracuse , NY , Providence , RI , Salt Lake , UT , Huntsville , AL , Amarillo , TX , Springfield , MA , Irving , TX , Chattanooga , TN , Chesapeake , VA , Kansas , KS , Metairie , LA , Fort Lauderdale , FL , Glendale , AZ , Warren , MI , Winston-Salem , NC , Garden Grove , CA , Oxnard , CA , Tempe , AZ , Bridgeport , CT , Paterson , NJ , Flint , MI , Springfield , MO , Hartford , CT , Rockford , IL , Savannah , GA , Durham , NC , Chula Vista , CA , Reno , NV , Hampton , VA , Ontario , CA , Torrance , CA , Pomona , CA , Pasadena , CA , New Haven , CT , Scottsdale , AZ , Plano , TX , Oceanside , CA , Lansing , MI , Lakewood , CO , East Los Angeles , CA , Evansville , IN , Boise , ID , Tallahassee , FL , Paradise CDP , NV , Laredo , TX , Hollywood , FL , Topeka , KS , Pasadena , TX , Moreno Valley , CA , Sterling Heights , MI , Sunnyvale , CA , Gary , IN , Beaumont , TX , Fullerton , CA , Peoria , IL , Santa Rosa , CA , Eugene , OR , Independence , MO , Overland Park , KS , Hayward , CA , Concord , CA , Alexandria , VA , Orange , CA , Santa Clarita , CA , Irvine , CA , Elizabeth , NJ , Inglewood , CA , Ann Arbor , MI , Vallejo , CA , Waterbury , CT , Salinas , CA , Cedar Rapids , IA , Erie , PA , Escondido , CA , Stamford , CT , Salem , OR , Citrus Heights , CA , Abilene , TX , Macon , GA , El Monte , CA , South Bend , IN , Springfield , IL , Allentown , PA , Thousand Oaks , CA , Portsmouth , VA , Waco , TX , Lowell , MA , Berkeley , CA , Mesquite , TX , Rancho Cucamonga , CA , Albany , NY , Livonia , MI , Sioux Falls , SD , Simi Valley , CA

It should help you to buy a deli business, buy a cleaner business, buy an art business, buy a dance business, buy a cafe business, buy a convenience store business, buy a commercial business, buy a contractor business, buy an arcade business, buy a dj entertainment business, or buy just about any business out there!


This Business article was written by George McGregor on 9/25/2005

George McGregor is a business expert with experience in procuring and reselling businesses.