Released on = January 18, 2006, 9:19 am

Press Release Author = Peter Siegel / Business Exchange Network

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Los Angeles County, California. 105 Los Angeles County
business sales were recorded from small business owners, business brokers, & real
estate agents throughout all of California for the week of January 9, 2006 thru
January 15, 2006. Sales of small and mid-sized businesses this past week picked up
after the sluggish period at the end of last year. Recorded sales should start
increasing over the next several weeks due to business brokers and owners getting
back to work.

Press Release Body = Los Angeles County, California. 105 Los Angeles County business
sales were recorded from small business owners, business brokers, & real estate
agents throughout all of California for the week of January 9, 2006 thru January 15,
2006. Sales of small and mid-sized businesses this past week picked up after the
sluggish period at the end of last year. Recorded sales should start increasing over
the next several weeks due to business brokers and owners getting back to work.

Sales of Los Angeles County businesses during this time period by City include:
Artesia: 2. Azusa: 2. Burbank: 2. Carson: 1. Cerritos: 1. Chatsworth: 1. Claremont:
1. Compton: 1. Covina: 2. Downey: 1. Encino: 1. Gardena: 2. Glendale: 4. Glendora:
1. Hawaiian Gardens: 1. Hawthorne: 1. Huntington Beach: 1. Inglewood: 1. La Puente:
2. Lakewood: 3. Lawndale: 1. Littlerock: 1. Lomita: 1. Long Beach: 2. Los Angeles:
32. Marina Del Rey: 1. Maywood: 1. Monrovia: 1. North Hollywood: 4. Norwalk: 1.
Panorama City: 1. Pasadena: 2. Pico Rivera: 1. Pomona: 2. Redondo Beach: 1.
Rosemead: 1. Rowland Heights: 1. San Dimas: 1. San Pedro: 1. Santa Monica: 3.
Saugus: 1. Sherman Oaks: 1. South Gate: 1. Sunland: 1. Tarzana: 1. Torrance: 6. Van
Nuys: 1. Venice: 1. Walnut: 1. West Covina: 1.

This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully SELLING A Los Angeles County Business:
Have A Professional Business Valuation Performed
Getting a 3rd party professional business appraisal/valuation is important and
critical for the process. 90% of all businesses NEVER SELL due to too high of value
placed on the business being sold. Getting a professional 3rd party valuation is
well worth the expense and will be utilized by many parties during the selling
process: possible business buyers, lender/financing companies for the buyer, and
others.


This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully BUYING A Los Angeles County Business:
Make An Offer If You Like A Business
Too many buyers are timid when buying a business and not willing to \"pull the
trigger\" and sign a purchase agreement to start the process of buying a business.
Remember sign a purchase agreement there will be a Due Diligence period with
contingencies that will have to be met before the deal is closed. If those
contingencies are not met or the books and records are not exactly as represented
you are in most instances able to pull out of the deal - make sure you have all
contracts/agreements reviewed by an attorney before signing.


For all ACTIVE businesses for sale in Los Angeles County go to:
www.BizBen.com/listings/los-angeles-county.php

For a complete list of professional business brokers and agents in Los Angeles
County go to:
www.BizBen.com/brokers/los-angeles-county.php

For a list of resources for buying and selling businesses in Los Angeles County go to:
www.BizBen.com/resources/los-angeles-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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