Released on = January 18, 2006, 10:00 am

Press Release Author = Peter Siegel / Business Exchange Nettwork

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Santa Cruz County, California. 4 Santa Cruz 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.

Press Release Body = Santa Cruz County, California. 4 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz County businesses during this time period by City include:
Freedom: 1. Santa Cruz: 2. Watsonville: 1.

This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully SELLING A Santa Cruz County Business:
Get The Business You Are Selling Pre-Qualified For Financing
You are probably saying \"that is the buyers responsibility to do this!\" You couldn\'t
be more wrong. This is a critical step in insuring that possible buyers can get
financing in the first place to buy the business. This is highly important, since if
a buyer can\'t get financing from a lending institution that means the owner will
have to take back a note, or sell the note after it sells for a discount etc. By
doing this step early you will know what some very important options will be for
potential business buyers without a lot of time being wasted - and TIME KILLS DEALS!
Get this step done before you go to market - go to www.BizBuyFinancing.com and get
pre-qualified on the sell side before listing your business for sale.


This Week\'s BizBen.com Tip For Successfully BUYING A Santa Cruz County Business:
Know Where The Down Payment Money Will Come From
Money for a down payment can come from many different sources. The first is cash on
hand in savings. Second is pulling equity out of your home. Third is from your
retirement funds. Knowing where and what you are willing to do upfront will save you
a lot of time in the search process.


For all ACTIVE businesses for sale in Santa Cruz County go to:
www.BizBen.com/listings/santa-cruz-county.php

For a complete list of professional business brokers and agents in Santa Cruz County
go to:
www.BizBen.com/brokers/santa-cruz-county.php

For a list of resources for buying and selling businesses in Santa Cruz County go to:
www.BizBen.com/resources/santa-cruz-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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