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It seems like we have at least one question a week asking about the requirement for meeting fees when meeting with a private money investor. The person making the inquiry says something like this, “I can’t pay the meeting fees, so could you have them waived?” Then there’s the question like, “I’m not paying [...]

Private money is still out there. There’s a group, First American Financial Management Co., in Charlotte looking for small banks. They recently bought Community Bank of Rowan last week for about $16 million.
So, if you have the right kind business opportunity you can find private investors interested in funding your business. 
Tony Plath, banking and finance [...]

Private Money always finds a place to go. Private Investors look for places of high return to place their money, and they also look for highly appreciating assets. Investors are wondering how the “Cash for Clunkers” incentive program will affect the value of their vintage cars. Actually, if many people turn in their old cars, [...]

Remember the rage of the tube socks where the advertising was “one size fits all.” I recently checked online, and you can still get tube socks that say “One size fits all.” So I guess they are not all out of style.
One Size Fits Most
When it come to socks, the “one size fits all” size [...]

Although not all private investors use the banking system to obtain their funds to invest, many do use it.
Take the situation where the private investor has a corporation with a business line of credit.  The corporation exercises the business line to get money to invest.  Then the private investor uses those funds to make private [...]

Today the world of finance is in turmoil over not enough money for current projects.  Consider the recent article posted on MSNBC, Credit crisis halting commercial construction Investors pull out of $5 billion project to build tallest building in Vegas.
In this article the Clise family in Seattle had to stop their project.
Clise Properties Inc. halted [...]

When you have a great idea and you’re looking for a Private Money Investor or Private Money Lender, you need to do some work first before presenting it to the investor.  Investors want to see Business Plans and not ideas.  Ideas are a dime a dozen and not worth much more.
Create A Business Plan
If you [...]

Over and Over and Over again I get questions about meeting fees and needing millions fast for some special reason to fund a project. The reality is that NO Private Money Investor or Private Money Lender will give you millions of dollars FAST. They’d be crazy to do so. And NO project is accepted without [...]

You have probably heard the phrase “there is no free lunch.” And that is true in almost any endeavor. For the Private Money Investor or Private Money Lender, finding a project to invest in requires a lot of work and many times a lot of up front expense.
For the person or firm looking for private [...]

When you’re looking for funding for your project from a Private Investor or Private Money Lender you have to be able to show the Private Money Investor that you know what you’re doing.
No one is willing to give away millions of dollars to someone who doesn’t have a Good Business Plan.  Just think about it.  [...]