Question of the day? Funding Strategies

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August 26, 2022

by a professional from Kaplan University in Atlanta, GA, USA

Often times we find ourselves having to be creative when structing a deal. Has there been a time when you needed to come up with creative financing? If so, what is one funding strategy that is legit but appears to be a scam?

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Reply by an intermediary
from University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, USA
I’d agree with the comments above there are a few gurus out there selling courses that pride themselves on “no money down” efforts while creatively constructing a deal stack that works for both seller and buyer.

while this may seem like a scam. As a buyer you have to get to understand your seller while getting them to understand the transaction isn’t adversarial. Your supposed to be working toward getting a fair deal done. If you do that it makes the “hypothetical scam” disappear because you have been a foundation of fairness to create that win-win.
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Reply by a professional
from University of Southern California in North Palm Beach, FL, USA
Buying a business without using any of your money, or anybody else’s money? Lots of "pay-for-my-expertise" scammers pitch this, which makes them a lot of money at the expense of gullible searchers.

And, an extraordinary number of fair and worthwhile deals occur without buyers handing over much, if any, money to the seller at the closing of the transaction.

Here’s an example: https://youtu.be/9U2pfPZU_xs
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