- Even though you have excellent credit with banking institutions in your
home city on the USA Mainland, or your own country's banks in your new
home town - you are unknown. It generally takes two years to establish
credit in Hawaii, or any new living area. .
Banks with whom
you are unknown will not extend credit to you without excellent "cash
equivalent" collateral.
The seller of the business you are buying generally will accept your
"IOU" or Promissory Note upon presentation of a reasonable Net
Worth Statement, and an acceptable down payment usually in the amount of
25%, 33%, or 50% of the selling price. 99% of sellers do!
You will have the privilege of prepaying your Promissory Note, without
penalty as soon as your business earnings are are sufficient.
Within two years, most banks will lend you sufficient money to retire
your Promissory Note as you demonstrate your businesses creditworthiness.
That the seller of your business elects to accept your Promissory Note
automatically helps to establish your good credit in your new home island.
Even if you have sufficient money to pay all cash for your new
business, it is often prudent to exercise financial leverage. You will
often be well advised to place the least down payment possible.
Interest charges on Seller accepted Promissory Notes are often quite a
bit less than bank interest.
Call the manager of Business Brokers Hawaii in Kauai, Maui, or the Big
Island of Hawaii for more information or assistance in arranging for a
seller accepted note.
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- When a buyer comes to Hawaii from the USA Mainland, or a foreign
country, the buyer is unknown to local financial institutions - banks.
- Generally it takes two years to establish local creditworthiness.
- If the seller requests and receives a full year's income (cash flow)
from the buyer, equal to 25%, 33%, or 50% of the purchase price, as a down
payment and a Promissory Note for the balance of the purchase price, the
seller can be secured with the buyer's personal assets and the assets of
the seller's business until the Promissory Note has been paid.
- The seller can receive ALL CASH in two steps. Step one is the cash down
payment. Step two is to have the broker sell the Promissory Note, in
whole, or in part or for any number of it's years.
- Banks and Insurance companies earn their wealth through interest
income. So, too, the seller can earn significant income on the buyer's
Promissory Note. Because Promissory Notes normally bear from 6.5% to
8% interest, they are more lucrative for the seller than the meager
interest they can earn in their own bank.
- As an example, if the seller held a $200,000 Promissory Note for 5
years, the seller would be paid $3,960.24 monthly, and enjoy total
interest income of $37,614.38 within 60 months.
- Note Buyers are plentiful. They normally require a note to
"season" for 4 to 6 months before they purchase it as some
assurance that the note maker is creditworthy and punctual in making
payments.
- Call the manager of Business Brokers Hawaii in Kauai, Maui, or the Big
Island of Hawaii for more information or assistance in selling your
note.
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