Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Take Your Company Public In Less Than 10 Days?

By James Scott

If you are involved in real estate investment there is no doubt that most investors are currently lacking one thing, cash. Banks have a surplus of foreclosed real estate , hedge funds are shriveling up and dying in record numbers, rehab lenders are now making it more difficult to borrow than ever so if you make a living off of investing in real estate or rehabbing and flipping houses where can you get the cash to continue doing what you love?

The answer comes in three little words "Private Placement Memorandum". The Private Placement Memorandum (also referred to as PPM or Offering Memorandum) originated out of Regulation D which was rooted in the Securities Act of'33. The government wanted to create a way for companies to raise capital quickly and easily but still stay within SEC guidelines, so they made three exemptions to the rigorous Reg. D laws.

Those exemptions are Rule 504, rule 505 and rule 506. This is where it gets good! Real estate investors in the know have been capitalizing off of the streamlined capabilities of Regulation D Rule 506 for years. Under this exemption, via Private Placement Memorandum, a real estate investor can sell equity shares in his start-up or established company and use that capital to invest in real estate.

Unlike rule 504 and rule 505, rule 506 has no limit to the amount of equity or debt capital an entrepreneur can raise. Say adios to banks and endless red tape.

If you are an investor and you're not taking advantage of this unbelievably powerful tool, wake up and get on the bandwagon. Raising capital doesn't get any easier than this. Find a consultant and tell him you want to invest in real estate with your Private Placement Memorandum and put your investment career on turbo cruise control.

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