Green & Co. Business Brokers: It is our goal to make the process of either buying a new business or selling your current business as smooth and efficient as possible…
When the economy crashes, there is a national disaster, or even a world-wide pandemic, most small businesses are all in the same boat. We are all bobbing around in uncharted waters with no wind to fill our sails, and the only thing we can do is try to keep moving forward in any way we […]
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Normally (with a few exceptions), when a business broker lists a small business for sale, it is what’s known as an ‘asset sale.’ An ‘asset sale’ in this sense means that the buyer is not purchasing the company’s business entity, such as their LLC or C-Corp name, as that would technically be purchasing the stock
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If you’ve decided that you are ready to sell your business, before you get it listed, it’s important to know why some businesses sell, but most do not. Industry experts report that only about 1 in 4 businesses on the market today will see a successful sale. Unfortunately, the other 75% of the businesses will
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In our business asset sale contracts in Florida, for businesses with inventory, the inventory is normally included in the contract and is part of the final purchase price. There are often many questions that buyers and sellers have about the inventory, and we have taken the opportunity to highlight some of the common questions and
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During the sale of a business, understandably, buyers often want to make sure that the employees are going to stay with the business. Although the seller can’t guarantee that the employees will stay (since employees aren’t assets), in our experience, employees generally want to stay if it’s in their best interest. Florida is an ‘at-will’
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While Green & Co. has been successfully conducting business in the Sarasota/Bradenton area for years now, we have been doing it based out of our Fort Myers office. We are very pleased to officially announce that we have purchased an office building in Sarasota, and our new Sarasota office is now up and running. With
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Changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program went into effect on November 21, 2019. We are providing this article, taken from USCIS.gov, with the intention to share the important published changes. We’re modernizing the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Under a new rule published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, several changes to the
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In a recent study by SmartAsset, a personal finance company, they identified the top 50 most economically vibrant cities in the U.S. They analyzed data for 500 of the largest U.S. cities, studying: population change from 2014-2018, unemployment rate for the past 5 years, GDP growth rate, one-year change in unemployment (August 2018-July 2019), establishment
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When a prospective buyer of a business wants to take the next step by putting in an offer on a business, in Florida, they will most likely be presented with one of several versions of the BBF (Business Brokers of Florida) Asset Purchase Contract. This contract was written by attorneys for the use of the
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Once the sale of a business is complete, the closing documents have been signed, and you leave the closing agent’s office, the Familiarization period begins. This is the time when buyer and seller work closely together to ensure a smooth handover from one owner to the next. What this handover looks like will vary from
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