photo credit: B.O.G.D.A.N.Question:
I’m an entrepreneur and have finished my business plan. I’m getting ready to raise $2 million for my startup real estate company – but a friend of mine said I should only talk to accredited investors. I’m not exactly sure what an accredited investor is and I don’t understand why I can’t talk to anybody I want to about investing in my company?
Answer:
The term, accredited investors, has to do with securities laws – both federal and state – and making sure you comply with the very onerous restrictions that go with the fundraising for your start up company. I’ll give you both the short and long answer to what an accredited investor is in a minute. But the first thing you need to know is that if you raising capital from angel (AKA private) investors, you will almost certainly need more than just a business plan. You need what’s known as a Reg D Private Placement Memorandum – PPM – in order to comply with federal and state securities laws. Continue reading ‘Startup Company – What Are Accredited Investors and Why Should I Only Raise Money From Them?’
The E2 visa is a special non-immigrant visa available to nationals of treaty countries entering the US to do the following:
a.) Develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in which they have invested, or are actively in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital;
b.) Invest substantially in an already-established US enterprise;
c.) Develop and direct investments from the treaty country.
The investment should create job opportunities for US workers. While it is preferable to have the U.S. workers hired at the time of application for the treaty investor visa, reasonably achievable projections of jobs that will be created in the future is often sufficient. Continue reading ‘Introduction to the E2 Visa’
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will accept H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009 on April 1, 2008 for jobs starting on October 1, 2008. Mistakes in filing procedure or including improper filing fees will cause the rejection of an H-1B petition. Such rejections may have dire consequences for your H-1B candidate and your company. Here are four common mistakes to avoid.
Mistake #1 Thinking You Have Plenty of Time to File: Lessons from History
Filing H-1B petitions for delivery at USCIS service centers on April 1, 2008 is no longer an option. This past April thousands of employers saw their petitions rejected because they did not file early enough. On the very first day H-1B petitions were being accepted this April, USCIS received 133,000 petitions seeking one of the 65,000 available H-1B slots. Those employers whose petitions arrived on the second day of filing were rejected because the H-1B quota had already been met. Do not be one of those to get rejections because you filed too late. Early document preparation is essential to making timely filed H-1B petitions. Continue reading ‘Timely Filed H-1B Petitions – Avoiding 4 Common Mistakes to Prevent Rejections’
If you are going to obtain a mortgage loan, for whatever purpose (home purchase or refinance) you are going to pay closing costs…period. Let me clarify regarding a purchase of a home…the seller may pay some or even all the closing costs in a transaction, but it essentially works out to just lowering the purchase price of the home and reduces or eliminates the need for the buyer to come up with the cash or finance the closing costs.
While many mortgage lenders, brokers, bankers, advisors, or whoever may tell you that you can get a zero closing cost loan, the fact is, they simply don’t exist. One way or another you are going to pay/incurr closing costs.
That said, there are many ways to pay those closing costs:
1. On a purchase, the seller may agree to pay some or all of the closing costs which reduces your cash outlay for closing costs
2. In most cases, you may opt to take a higher interest rate in order to reduce or eliminate closing costs
3. You can pay the closing costs in cash, at the closing table, eliminating the need to pay finance charges on the closing costs
4. You can normally opt to have the closing costs included or rolled into the loan itself, reducing your cash outlay at closing Continue reading ‘Mortgage Loan Closing Costs for Refinance Loans and Home Purchase’
Certainly you have heard of the green card lottery, but what is it exactly? I hear it talked about, but have just never heard what it was exactly. Through my research I found that it is a United States government program that holds the hopes of a lot of people each year. The lottery, it turns out, has the biggest effect on immigrants from countries with a low rate of immigration to the United States. Counted together, though, the total of those people can be high.
The green card lottery itself is interesting. Annually, 50,000 immigrant visas are given out through the program. The green card lottery is a lottery offering these visas to immigrants from countries that have sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the past five years. Continue reading ‘The Green Card Lottery – Make The United States Your Home’
Available Options for Foreigners looking to work in the US
Now that the H1-B cap has been reached, what are the options for foreign workers?
The H1-B cap was reached by the USCIS in an unprecedented speed this year. In years past, the cap was reached in almost two months for fiscal year of 2007 and in four months for fiscal year 2006. It is clear that there is a big incongruency between the existing foreign talent and the amount of available H1-B Visas. As a result, one should explore other sorts of work Visas for entering and working in the United States.
The following Visas are options for entering and working in the US. Continue reading ‘H1-B Cap Visa Reached- Available Options To Foreign Professionals Seeking To Work In The US’
Selling a house can be a difficult and frustrating task. But many a times, due to unavoidable circumstances, there is no other option left for the homeowner then to sell the house. The reasons for this decision are many such as bankruptcy, divorce, foreclosures, or to get instant cash. It has been seen that selling a house is one of the easiest and quickest way to deal with financial crisis. Though, a first time homeowner may get exasperated with the daunting task because, at times, your home may sit for a long time in the market. It is possible that as a homeowner, you do not get a good price for your house and are forced to sell your house at a price lower than the market value of your home. So, what is your alternate course of action that allows you to get a decent price for your home?
Yes, there is a way that can fetch the harried homeowner a good price and save a lot of trouble. Many real estate companies buy house with cash giving relief to the homeowner and help them to sell house quickly for immediate cash. As an owner, you are able to save a lot of time as the transaction is completed in a short time. Majority of the homeowners want to sell house for cash at the best rates according to the latest market price. This sort of homebuyer’s assistance helps the homeowners to sell all sorts of homes, in any type of condition and get the best price for their property. Continue reading ‘Buy House With Cash’
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Merchant Cash Advance is a financial product that provides the quickest solutions to business cash flow problems. Most businesses such as restaurants, jewelry shops, hotels, automotive repair shops, liquor stores, beauty shops or fashion stores usually experience occasional cash flow crunch that may arise as a result of unanticipated opportunity, unexpected expense, or poor planning. However, many medium and small businesses face hurdles in accessing needed capital quickly mainly because traditional financial institution processes and risk criteria may not align with their financial needs. Moreover, personal credit options are becoming less attractive because credit cards attract penalties and high interest rates after intro period, while home equity loans places houses at risk.
So what is Merchant Cash Advance?
Merchant cash advance is a form of quick loans that businesses can borrow within short time limits to cushion against risks of cash flow shortages. Continue reading ‘How to Secure Quick Loans and Business Financing Through Merchant Cash Advance’
Looking for an exciting career in nursing? Come rejuvenate your nursing aspirations with online healthcare seekers providers. These websites have a wide network and reach to many promising healthcare facilities and professionals, which can offer you tremendous growth opportunities. People looking for a full-time or travel nursing jobs can also find their dream jobs through these websites.
Online medical jobs offering websites enlist all the available medical jobs. A jobseeker has to categorize and choose a job with his or her qualification and experience. Registering into the site is must for new visitors. Create your account and get a brief regular update on medical jobs. You also need to mention your name, phone number and other detail so that you can be easily connected from any recruitment team in case they decided to avail your services. To maintain confidentiality of its jobseekers, these websites do not disclose vital information publicly. Jobseekers personal details are only open for recruitment agencies or hospitals, which specialize in your area of interest. Continue reading ‘Travel Nursing Jobs an Exciting Career for Nurses’
Green card is a legal permanent residence status given to a foreign individual by US government. Basically, green card allows immigrants from all over the world to work and live in the US with the same rights of US citizenship except for right to vote up to 5 years. After 5 years, a person can apply for US citizenship.
There are some legal ways to eligible for a green card.
1) Green Card through employment in the United States
2) Green card through immediate family staying as citizens in US.
3) Green card through marriage to a US citizen. Continue reading ‘US Green Card’
