FAQ'sQ: Do I need good personal credit to get business
credit?
A: No, but it helps. You can establish low level business
credit without using any personal credit and should do so while
you work on your personal credit.
Q: Do you help with my personal credit?
A: Yes, if you are a business credit client we will coach you
through getting your personal credit cleaned up.
Q: Can I get bank lines of credit with no personal
credit?
A: Usually not, but it does not have to be your credit. At some
point, you will need a creditworthy officer for your corporation,
and that can be an employee, a partner, a relative, or a
friend.
Q: How much money can I raise once I complete your
program?
A: Most people qualify their businesses for $50,000 to
$200,000. However, a few have gone much higher, sometimes over
$1,000,000.
Q: How long does your program take to show tangible
results?
A: Some businesses get results immediately, but most take about
70 days.
Q: Can my business lease cars after finishing your
program?
A: Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. It depends on your company's
strength, time in business, the dealer that you go to, and the
lender that your dealer uses. It is done all the time, but we will
need to coach you through the first time.
Q: Are there any other expenses apart from your fee?
A: Yes. You will need to pay DnB for their service to establish
your business file, and you may wish to buy an existing
corporation.
Q: Why would I need or want to buy an existing
corporation?
A: The main reason would be to minimize questions about the
length of time you have been in business. If you have a
corporation that was established about the same time you
personally started in your business, you could truthfully merge
the two operating histories and you could then use your date of
incorporation as your start date. This requires writing a history
for DnB that is both honest and accurate and requires a
professional to help you.
Q: Why do so many people have trouble getting business
credit?
A: Mostly because they don't know the rules. Or, in the case of
people who hire credit building services, they don't follow the
rules. Like anything that is worth a lot of money, it takes a
determined person to reach the prize at the finish line.
Q: Can I get credit cards right away?
A: Yes. You can get trade lines of credit very quickly. These
credit cards are for store purchases and usually have credit
limits of no more than $5000, although some, like Home Depot, will
go up to $35,000. Bank lines of credit take longer unless you
settle for secured credit cards, or have someone personally
guarantee the credit card.
Q: Can I buy real estate using business credit?
A: Yes. Most lenders will go up to $500,000 for a business with
no special requirements. However, by definition, the property (if
residential) would be non-owner occupied, and therefore, require a
down payment.
Q: If my business credit gets in trouble, will it mess-up my
personal credit?
A: No! That's the beauty of separating your personal credit
from your business credit. The two don't have to
mix.
Q: If I already have an LLC or an "S" Type corporation, can I
use that to develop business credit?
A: Yes, you can, but it's a bad idea. Credit grantors know that
LLCs and "S" corps are, by their nature, small closely-held
businesses. Therefore, lenders will always require personal
guarantees and you will have wasted your money.
Q: Will I learn enough from you to do it alone next time or
even help others to do it?
A: Yes!
Q: Would you just do everything for me if I pay enough?
A: Not unless you want to buy an already established and going
concern, which could cost $50,000 to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. To build a bona fide credit profile requires you to take
part in finding trade references, establishing bank accounts, and
compiling financial statements. A third party consultant cannot
"invent" these things.
Q: How long will you help me if I have trouble executing your
game plan?
A: For as long as it takes, but normal customer service lasts
one year.
Q: If I don't have any trade references, what should I
do?
A: I will teach you how to find them, or how to develop them
from scratch.
Q: I don't have anyone, including myself, who could serve as a
creditworthy officer for my corporation. How will your program solve
that?
A: I know where to look for people that will partner up with
you for that purpose. I will teach you the ideas that
work.
Q: How do I know that your program will work for me?
A: It has worked for so many other people that the probability
is that it will work for you too! We display dozens of checks and
approval letters from banks on our website to prove to you that it
has worked for a lot of people. However, you have to make it
work…with our help. Secondly, if you don't try it, the program has
no chance to work!
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