Released on = January 5, 2006, 2:05 pm

Press Release Author = Peter Siegel / Business Exchange Network

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Contra Costa County, California. 8 Contra Costa County
businesses were sold by owners of small businesses, business brokers, & real estate
agents throughout Northern and Southern California for the week of December 26, 2005
thru January 1, 2006. Sales of small and mid-sized businesses this past week
throughout Northern & Southern California are still slow due to the Holidays and the
New Years vacation.


Press Release Body = Contra Costa County, California. 8 Contra Costa County
businesses were sold by owners of small businesses, business brokers, & real estate
agents throughout Northern and Southern California for the week of December 26, 2005
thru January 1, 2006. Sales of small and mid-sized businesses this past week
throughout Northern & Southern California are still slow due to the Holidays and the
New Years vacation.

Sales of Contra Costa County businesses during this time period by City include:
Alamo: 1. Bethel Island: 1. Brentwood: 1. Concord: 1. Crockett: 1. Danville: 1.
Pittsburg: 1. Richmond: 1.

This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully SELLING A Contra Costa County Business:
Get The Signed Purchase Agreement Into Escrow
Get the signed purchase agreement into escrow immediately (there is a list of
excellent Escrow Companies throughout California at www.bizben.com/resources) and
sign off any contingencies quickly - remember TIME KILLS DEALS. Make sure you go
through the Allocation of Purchase Price in the beginning of the escrow process not
at the end which happens most of the time. Make sure you have all items from #1 in
this brochure ready to go - you\'ll need them for the escrow process to proceed
smoothly & quickly.


This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully BUYING A Contra Costa County Business:
Get Pre Qualified For Financing - Leverage That Purchase
Getting Pre-Qualified for financing by lenders if very important since many
businesses want all cash for their business. With financing you only have to put
down 20%-30% and you can get financing for the rest of the purchase. You will need
to submit basic financial info to these lenders and in most cases depending on the
size and type of businesses you are looking to purchase they can tell you if you
would be able to get a loan from their company. To get pre-qualified and for more
information about SBA loan financing go to: www.BizBuyFinancing.com


For all ACTIVE businesses for sale in Contra Costa County go to:
www.BizBen.com/listings/contra-costa-county.php

For a complete list of professional business brokers and agents in Contra Costa
County go to:
www.BizBen.com/brokers/contra-costa-county.php

For a list of resources for buying and selling businesses in Contra Costa County go to:
www.BizBen.com/resources/contra-costa-county.php

For all workshops this month on the topic of selling and buying a business go to:
www.BizBen.com/workshops

Blog on buying and selling businesses - see the latest topics, events, & info at:
www.USABizMart.com/blog


Peter Siegel, MBA the founder of both BizBen.com and USABizMart.com has been keeping
stats of California business sales for over 7 years. Mr. Siegel has written 3 books
on the topic of selling and buying businesses and is the author of a highly visited
blog on this topic. Mr. Siegel also writes a daily blog on the topic of selling and
buying businesses at www.USABizMart.com/blog. Established over 10 years BizBen.com /
California Businesses For Sale is the largest \"clearinghouse\" of businesses for sale
in all counties of California. On average over 80 new California small to mid-sized
businesses for sale are listed daily on their website at www.BizBen.com.

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