The digital age has brought with it a plethora of opportunities for inventors, innovators, and designers to create a business of their own. The United States now has an estimated 29 million small businesses with an estimated 627,000 new small businesses opening up every year. While it has become easier than ever to start your own business, a surprising number of small businesses fail every year due to minor mistakes, poor investments, or simple lack of interest from consumers — statistics estimate that over half of all small businesses will fail to survive for over five years due to the fierce competition posed by online spending. Here are some ways that small businesses are thriving in an increasingly hostile business market.

Expanding Your Reach

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Are you in need of a business valuation appraisal? If you own your business, or have even a partial interest in a business, or are considering purchasing a business, you will most likely need a business valuation appraisal at some point along the line. To help you become a business valuation appraisal expert, we’ve put together a quick guide to frequently asked questions:

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Business Valuation Appraisals

1. What’s a small business valuation appraisal?
   The short (and obvious) answer to this question is that a

Money has come to represent the best and worst of humanity throughout the years. While some insist that money is the root of all evil, I would instead suggest that the lack of money is the principle drive for evils. Regardless of moral standing, we can all agree that the way modern banks operate in a broken system that takes advantage of the financially burdened and those of low socio-economic status. Sometimes it is necessary to bypass the system.

The Modern American Financial Crisis

The American market went into a significant decline starting in early 2006 in what is now referred to as the bursting of the house market bubble. This started a nearly six year long recession that we are just now leaving behind. Along with the decline in property values, many banks s

?Should I invest in property?? There are multiple factors to consider, of course, and countless ways to invest in real estate, from small to large, all with their own pros and cons. Commercial properties, which provide a workspace rather than a living space, are no different.

They are considered to be one of the larger real estate investments, bringing to mind such structures as office high rises, industrial complexes, warehouses, restaurants or shopping malls. Aside from rent, which is charged by the foot, cash inflows from investing commercial real estate include parking fees, vending fees, occasional profit from sales, and tax benefits or credits. In spite of the larger scale financial commitment, commercial real estate can be availa

While the commercial real estate market can fluctuate, business real estate investing is a good way to make money. Having commercial real estate assets is a good way to make a decent living and increase your overall financial worth. Here are some ways investing in commercial real estate can help your income.

1. When you have commercial real estate assets, you can rely on a positive cash flow. The revenue stream can be much higher and more reliable for commercial real estate investments than shares of stock or other investments that you may make.
2. You can borrow on the value of your commercial real estate assets. Once you have gotten started in comme

Investing in real estate is a great choice when looking to build equity or a fixed-income portfolio. One key way to diversify and possibly make higher returns on your investment is by investing in real estate investment trusts, otherwise known as REITs.

How to Invest in REITs

A REIT is a company that owns and likely operates income-producing real estate. The real estate properties that they own and operate come in all forms, but they all have a business model. Whether it’s investing in the commercial real estate property itself or the mortgage of the property, you can still generate income.

1. Retail REITs
   
   About a quarter of all REITs are in malls or free-stand retail, making it the largest type o