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***Eight Reasons Why Buying a Business Is Your Road to Financial Freedom

Topic: Financial FreedomPublished April 7, 2009

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If you have read my articles in Inside Trump Tower and on the Trump Blog, you already know that I am Trump University’s expert on buying businesses. But that’s not all. I am also America’s biggest champion for the idea that buying a business, not starting one, offers the speediest and surest path to entrepreneurial riches.nnLet me boil it all down for you by offering my reasons here . . . n
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  1. When done right, buying a business lets you achieve returns of 25 to 33 percent on your cash investment. Try getting that consistently in the stock market.n n
  2. Unlike a job, there is no limit to how much money you can make.n n
  3. There are enormous tax benefits when you own a company that you cannot take advantage of as an employee.n n
  4. As you grow your business, the value of your investment will build exponentially.n n
  5. Since you will be inheriting an infrastructure, you can take as much vacation as you would like. Try doing that with a job!n n
  6. For every dollar of growth that you generate, you will get back three times or more when the time comes to sell the company.n n
  7. You can acquire additional assets that complement your business - such as commercial real estate - and cover all the costs from the cash flow of the business.n n
  8. From a tax perspective, the bulk of the business’ appreciated value can be taxed at favorable capital gains rates when you ultimately sell the business.n
nWant to know more about achieving significant success by becoming your own boss? Then take the next step and learn more about my Trump University course, The Art of Buying a Business.nnn
    nTrump University Professor Richard Parker developed Trump University's self-paced multimedia home-study course, The Art of Buying a Business. Professor Parker bought his first business when he was 12 and sold it for a profit when he was 13. He has now bought more than 10 businesses and is a national authority on the subject.

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