What Your Competitors Don't Want You To Know

Written by Margot B


Analyze Your Competitors' Web Sites/ What They Don't Want You To Know:

Accurate and timely information is essential for any business to remain competitive. Read their financial information, compare companies on several different types of investment data.

It's much easier to obtain information on companies that are publicly held because they must report financial information torepparttar Securities & Exchange Commission. Therefore,repparttar 106735 first step in researching a company is determining whether it is traded onrepparttar 106736 stock exchange.

Following are some sources for a variety of information that your competitors don't want you to know: 1. Check at for just about any information you would want about a company; a corporate description, financial information, key officers, competitors, and more.

2. Corporate Information provides U.S. and international Companies’ information including research reports, company profiles, earnings information and analyst reports.

Investment Property, It's all about Income and Cap Rates

Written by Barrett Niehus


Investment Property, It's all about Income and Cap Rates

By Barrett Niehus http://www.freetrainer.com

When looking to buy a piece of property, one must determine exactly what your expectations are for that bit of real estate. What mix of rent and real property appreciation do you expect with this investment.? More importantly, what isrepparttar right price to pay for this investment?

This last question is certainlyrepparttar 106734 most important because it will determinerepparttar 106735 difference between a good investment and a waste of money. If you invest wisely and get a good price for a piece of property, you may expect revenues of 18% and with capital gains inrepparttar 106736 hundreds of thousands. Conversely, if you pay too much, you may end up paying into a losing investment forrepparttar 106737 rest of your days.

Probablyrepparttar 106738 most common, and therefore effective, method to value an investment is throughrepparttar 106739 use of a cap rate. Precisely defined,repparttar 106740 cap rate isrepparttar 106741 net operating income ofrepparttar 106742 property divided by its purchase price. It showsrepparttar 106743 expected percent annual return given a specific investment. The benefit to using a cap rate is that a buyer can determine his or her expected revenue fromrepparttar 106744 investment, and define what a prospective investment is worth. This effectively eliminatesrepparttar 106745 random pricing of real estate and reduces determination ofrepparttar 106746 sales price to a simple investment calculation. Instead of questioning whether an investment in a piece of property is a good decision, a cap rate can be used to determine whatrepparttar 106747 expected return is, and ifrepparttar 106748 investment will be profitable.

Another benefit of using cap rates to value property is inrepparttar 106749 resale assumptions surroundingrepparttar 106750 investment. When you value a property as an investment, you must assume thatrepparttar 106751 person that will eventually purchase that property from you will be looking for a similar return on their investment. If you are purchasing an investment property and plan to hold onto it for a fixed number of years,repparttar 106752 cap rate can be used to determinerepparttar 106753 resale value ofrepparttar 106754 property in addition to your expected annual return.

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