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Mr. Gordon,
with your permission, the very fine line between succes and failure may be just a second or a step or a decision like..
like Yin and Yand balanced circle white is with a black core and the black has also a white core, that fine balance between good or bad will be decisief in final blueprint of our upside or not as moments in life.
But from each downside we look above to see the upside aspect...
I must recognize that I wrotte now from an downside aspected moment and perhaps is better to let the night silence calm the feelings inside...
I recently loose a dear family part, Valerica from Romania.
I don*t tell you that to compassionate is that I*m frustrated, look, she was like a mother for me, and she growed up from this *sacrifice generation* after war you know, and that globally the war affected country*s but part of them have*ve had the chance to recover and let the survivors to enjoy a normal life surelly with ups and downs too as part of life generally spoken but not with such a perfid trap of constant bootstrap of not large horizonts for the dreams they*ve had...and is not
about the number of years we live is about the quality generally spoken and sometimes it appear that being born in the right place make the difference? absolutelly not! we rise in life naked thissame but with mind hands and dreams to faith for we make or not the difference at small scale or large generally spoken...
She loved parfums, womans will say, yes, just think about the fairy prices of the tons of flowers needet to be cared to produce the essence of the parfums, mosk, vanilla e.s.o..flowering the world, as silky touch for our senses, with bees as hard workers between flowering process and producing honey the real one not the extra EEE we buy fairly or not on the market. Just to say that the ancians considerated honey the elixir of life and taking in account the whole complex of producing it and the therapeutic quality*s honey provide is a miracle. water trees flowers soo small bees and honeycombs that even Samson wondered about!
What I want to say is that the path to succes is not a easy one and we learn from who was before on that path, soo globally spoken to develop a global market a unique one something must change. ..
Shortly, let*s take a look a close up one.

Dear all of you at the Trump Blog (a really great site by the way!)

I'm in that kind of situation myself today. I'm in a startup phase of my business and have realized that money (and / or recources by all means) really make the world go round. No matter what business idea you got it all depends on your recources and how you handle them in your startup phase. And, as in the analytic article above, it's a sometimes a fine line between on what choices you should make. I think, that along the journey of starting up a business, you learn a great deal of managing most yourself, but of course, in the field of your competence. You get a lot of experience that will pay later on. However, calculate the "cost" (not just financial) of what it will cost and what it will gain. And perhaps it's different depending on what "area" of the startup it's all about. In one way you can get someone else do the job for you but on the other hand you perhaps wont be able to be so discrete about your startup as you should be. I think discretion (did i spell that right?) is an important thing when you startup a business, but on the other hand you need competent people on the right places and that will cost even of that of discretion. People talk... Dont let any work with your ideas except if you really trust them. But on the other hand, if you don't get help from outside your business idea maybe never will be realized... so?

Keep up all the good work, for it will pay! :)

Andreas

three years ago I decided to expand a small 1 room business into a 4 room Day Spa in the No. VA area. I spent my own money with not much wiggle room financially. I have 7 employees. Next door to the building my spa is located it in is a larger building with 11 rooms for sale. I want to own a building that my business can be located in and it's in the same town that is important to be in. I believe that this opportunity will pass me by because I do not have the capital to purchase this property. I know that I could apply for a loan, but because I'm a small business, my 2006 gross income was approx 160k. After expenses, it's much smaller. So, with that, I believe that I would not be approved. Are there other options or ideas? I really want this, I can see it, feel it, I've already mentally renovated the place. I just don't have the financial means. I would appreciate any suggestions.
As a side note, my business isn't so busy that I need to expand, but we end up turning many people away because we are unable to accomodate them. thank you for your time!

Dear User 8230,
It is great that you ask that question today, because we will be running a blog post in the next few days about the opportunities to be found in investing in multi-unit commercial properties.
A few options to consider might be:
1 - Ask the seller how can you help him or her get some continuing use from the building. Would he or she like to have some of the space in the bulding, rent-free, in exchange for letting you purchase the building with no money down? Be flexible, ask a lot of questions and be willing to offer concessions up to the point where they make financial sense for you. Get an idea of what commercial space is renting for, per square foot, in your area so you can use that to set a dollar value on what you are offering the seller. You might be able to structure a deal that benefits you both. If the building has a certain number of parking spaces that you can rent out to local people, don't forget to put a dollar figure on that too.
2 - Speak with a mortgate lender - preferably, in your case, a local bank, since a local lender with a community presence might be most likely to want to encourage local businesses. Come armed with a realistic estimate of the rent roll that you can expect from the building you want to buy. For example, say that you expect to be able to rent offices or retail space in the building for a total of $11,000 per month. Then ask the loan officer to work the numbers through with you. You might have to get some letters from potential tenants, stating that they will sign commercial leases with you when you take ownership of the building. You might find that it is more possible to buy the building with very little money down than you expect.
There are other possibilities too, such as converting the buidling to commercial condominiums, or renovating a floor as an apartment that you can rent out. Those might be worth considering if options 1 and 2 above don't bear fruit.
Please keep us posted on how those ideas strike you, and how they work. Sounds like you have a great deal in the works there.
Barry Lenson
Executive Editor, Trump University

Dear Mister Trump, and Staff:

Twenty years ago I wanted to be a Professional Gambler. (1987)

I did all that, took all the chances, wound up in jail.

Meanwhile, our "sister game" was DISCOVERED by Sen~or Trump and won a free trip to somewhere- (?).

But to this day I do not regret the risks, the setbacks, nor the rewards of following my dream. Thanx for the reminder!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J. Glen Dale
Pinellas County, Fla.

Dear Mr. Lenson,
Thank you so much for your response. The building is actually zoned residential and commercial. It is currently being used as a residents. We would of course use it as commercial space. It isn't large enough to rent out any space, but I do know the owners and I've talked him down to 950K. from 1.2mil. They want to sell so that they can build a house out on their farm and finish out their lives in peace. Wonderful people! I just called a friend who is a VP for a local banker and she wants to sit down with me and crunch some numbers. Thanks for making feel better and more opportunistic about it. I will keep in touch!