GENERAL BUSINESS DICSUSSION
CALIFORNIA UNFRIENDLYWritten By: DAVID L. COHEN
Jun 4, 2013
Contrary to what many would have us believe, the economics in the state of California are still tenuous at best for many employers, especially small employers. Despite this fact, the California Assembly has reared its ugly head again and has passed Assembly Bill No. 10, introduced by Assembly Member Alejo...
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SellingRestaurants to Appear on VetsOnRadio.com at 10am PST on Wednesday May 28, 2013Written By: Mel Jones
May 28, 2013
SellingRestaurants and Mel Jones shall appear on VetsOnRadio.com to help recruit our veterans into the restaurant brokerage business as well as the restaurant business. Tune in on www.vetsonradio.com Wednesday May 29, 2013 at 10am!
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Cyprus Taxing Deposits! Heck Ben Bernanke Been Taxing Our Savings for Years!Written By: Mel Jones
Mar 21, 2013
I'll keep this short and sweet. Today there is all this talk about Cyprus' debt issues and the fact the governmetn wants to "tax" deposits! Heck Ben Bernanke been doing this to every American deposit in the coutry and we all sit around and let him get away with it. Why!
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Be a Dog!Written By: Mel Jones
Mar 10, 2013
Trying to forget the past and only focus on the present is a challenge for most. Everytime I think about this concept I'm reminded by a story that I'd like to share. Imagine putting your spouse or partner into the trunk of a car along with your dog...
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Sad Day in American History - Neil Armstrong Passes AwayWritten By: Mel Jones
Aug 27, 2012
For all of us baby boomers who watch Neil set foot on the moon on that warm summer day in July 1969, meeting the goal that President Kennedy has set some 9 years earlier, it was a said day for us on Sunday. It was the Pinnacle of what our nation accomplished when everyone worked together for a common goal. And Neil Armstrong could have stolen the show and been one of those casualties of fame and power but instead, he chose a quiet life and decide to go teach engineering at a university.
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SELLINGRESTAURANTS PRIDES ITSELF ON PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES!Written By: Mel Jones
Dec 5, 2012
At SellingRestaurants, we pride ourselves on providing our client quality service. We thoroughly understand each of our clients needs and situation and we thoroughly understand their restaurant business....
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BEWARE ARIZONA BUYERS of the UNETHICAL BROKERAGE HOUSES!Written By: Mel Jones
Jan 18, 2013
It is unfortunate that I have to write this article, but SellingRestaurants' has a fiduciary duty to educate consumers, making them aware of unethical business brokerage practices so as to avoid those brokerage houses that practice them. I can't tell you the names of those houses, but if you read and study the below information you can avoid what several of our clients have endure dealing with these unethical brokerage house, and there are several of these houses in the Phoenix area.
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New Health Care Bill Destroys Business ValueWritten By: Mel Jones
Mar 1, 2013
The new health care bill passed by Congress and signed into law this week will single-handedly destroy billions of dollars of value for restaurant owners.
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Even Great Chefs With Great Food FailWritten By: Mel Jones
Mar 1, 2013
Today my family and I eat at a wonderful Eygptian restaurant that makes the BEST hummus I know. And the chef follows it with fantastic food as well. But despite the great food and service, the owner is struggling and needing to sell the restaurant. I'm telling you the food is out of this world...
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Highest Grossing Restaurants! Hold On To Your Hats Folks!Written By: Mel Jones
Mar 1, 2013
If you're in the restaurant business than you'll fall on your face to think of a restaurant gross $59 million a year...
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Aug 25, 2009
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RESTAURANT FOR LEASE AND RESTAURANTS FOR SALEWritten By: Mel Jones
Mar 6, 2009
If you've thought about buying or selling a restaurant, bar of club, then you've come to the right place to start. We have hundreds of listings in many states. We're professionals that know our industry and know how to sell.
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THE SMART MONEY IS MOVING INTO BUYING RESTAURANTS!Written By: Mel Jones
Nov 13, 2009
There is an interesting trend going on in the restaurant and bar selling business. This week we started seeing investors enter the restaurant/bar market.
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THERE'S A GOLDEN NUGGET IN THAT PILE OF RUBBLEWritten By: Mel Jones
Feb 8, 2010
Today I was thinking of what makes a smart investor/buyer of a business. I concluded it was the investor/buyer recognizing an undervalued business when they saw it of course. But what does that mean?
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ARIZONA BUYERS BEWARE!Written By: Mel Jones
Aug 28, 2012
There's a lot of good to be said about Arizona. It values personal freedoms and liberties as we can see in several sectors of our economy. This is good and this is bad for the restaurant sales businesses we sell. It is a buyer beware state.
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INVESTORS BEWARE OF A CLASSIC DEVELOPER SWINDLING TRICKWritten By: Mel Jones
Sep 23, 2012
SellingRestaurants has sold nearly 500 restaurants since 2004. In this time I’ve seen a lot of shady transactions and unethical business deals. One of the classic ones I’ve seen is where a developer builds retail space and then goes out an purchases a second rate franchise to place in the retail center.
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The Ethical Investor: Wall Street Ripoff #4 – Turning You Into a Passive InvestorWritten By: John R. Talbott
Sep 27, 2012
Investors can lose a lot of money, buying high and selling low, if they are very frequent and active traders. Trading costs and commissions alone can really eat into their profits as well as frequent trades that create big tax liabilities payable now rather than later.
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CALIFORNIA HAS GONE EXTREME LEFT AND IT IS KILLING MY STATEWritten By: Mel Jones
Oct 3, 2012
I was born in California, Los Angeles to be exact. I grew-up in North Hollywood. For those who don't know, North Hollywood isn't the land of milk and honey. Its a rough neighborhood today and was back in the 60's and 70's. So I'm not some silver spoon guy whose parents paid for my college.
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BROKERS MUST EMBRACE THE INTERNETWritten By: Mel Jones
Nov 7, 2012
10 years ago I was laid-off as a Chief Financial Officer of Universal Music Group’s internet technology divisions, after nearly ten years in the entertainment business...
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Arizona Stands to Gain From New Laws in CaliforniaWritten By: Mel Jones
Nov 12, 2012
The November 6, 2012 election may not have gone the way the majority of Arizona’s would have liked, but there is a silver lining on those dark clouds that can benefit Arizona’s economy immensely.
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SELLINGRESTAURANTS REACHES 40,000 MEMBERSHIPSWritten By: Mel Jones
Nov 28, 2012
After 8 years of being in business, SellingRestaurants reaches a major milestone of 40,000 members. These are buyers and business owners who have joined our website to receive both educational information and listing updates.
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SELLINGRESTAURANTS GOES MOBILE!Written By: Mel Jones
Jan 17, 2013
SellingRestaurants becomes the first full service brokerage company to develop a mobile website for the convenience of its clientele.
"It is clear that our society is becoming more and more reliant on mobile devises to access the internet and surf the worl-wide-web looking to buy a business. At SelingRestaurants...
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CALIFORNIA’S LEGAL SYSTEM NEEDS REFORM - Article #1Written By: Mel Jones
Feb 10, 2013
Its unfortunate that I’m writing this article, but I’ve always been one that fights for reform and fights for doing what’s right. Our legal system in California is designed for attorney to maximize their income while stealing the income of hard working average Americans.
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HOW BADLY DOES CALIFORNIA TREAT SMALL BUSINESS?Written By: Mel Jones
Nov 5, 2010
People I speak to about California's unfriendly small business environment are often shocked to discover what that state puts small business owners through...
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EVERY DAY IN THE LIFE OF A RESTAURANT BROKER...Written By: Chuck Machado
Aug 13, 2012
This deal has gotten hairier and hairier by the day. Now I want you to know that in the beginning, the buyers HAD TO sign the purchase contract on the Koran. Ok? I kid you not. Every sheet of paper, signed three times had to be placed on the book.
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Don't Hold a Dead Restaurant Business Too Long, It Will Not Only Stink, It Will Kill You Financially!Written By: By Mel Jones - President SellingRestaurants
Aug 21, 2012
In the past 8 years we've sold more than 500 restaurants and we run across all sorts of restaurant owners who are in trouble with their business. If you are missing rent payments and you have vendors pounding on your doors, and missing payroll, it is probably already too late for you to try to sell.
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HOW TO CREATE 10's OF THOUSAND OF JOBS IN CALIFORNIA!Written By: Mel Jones
Aug 28, 2012
When an economy is in recession, our politicians must get creative in order to help small business create jobs. On creative solution for California is to reduce the minimum wage for full service waiters at every restaurant in the state. Every restaurant owner knows that a server earns an hourly rate that is grossly higher than the minium wage in tips. I've heard average as low as $25/hour to as high as $400/hour depending on the restaurant. Nevetheless, the minimum is well about the state's minimum wage.
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THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR...Written By: John Maxwell
Aug 27, 2012
Great communicators are not all cut from the same cloth. But they all share the ability to connect. That does not develop by accident. You cannot expect to succeed through dumb luck, as did the leader of a wagon train of pioneers that was heading across the Western Plains.
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IT'S THE DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWNWritten By: Mel Jones
Oct 4, 2009
Perhaps you've heard it before "it's the darkest just before dawn." This phrase is used to describe the hope that is coming after a period of hopelessness. Times where it seems the world is ending; where fear paralyzes the masses and stops them in their tracks while the masses, like sheep, follow their fear sheppard to the wolves.
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BUY AMERICAN. I AM. Written By: By WARREN E. BUFFETT
Mar 6, 2009
THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.
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Rents Are Coming DownWritten By: Mel Jones - President
Jan 6, 2009
The tide has changed in the retail rental market. Rents are coming down and at a fast pace.
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Restaurant Owners Join Forces To Strengthen Purchasing Power By Mark AndersonWritten By: MarK Anderson - Sacramento Business Journal
Mar 6, 2009
There's strength in numbers, and buying power, too, as local restaurateurs have found by forming a buying group.
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2010 Jobs Act Information Reporting for Rental ExpenseWritten By: Peter S. Muffoletto, C.P.A.
Feb 23, 2011
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (2010 Jobs Act) requires information reporting for rental property expense payments of $600 or more....
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WATCH OUT FOR THAT LEASE!Written By: Mel Jones
Jul 9, 2012
I was talking to a property manager in the Sacramento region about a foreclosure that is talking place on one of his properties where we had several lease space listings we were trying to fill.
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OBAMACARE TAX STARTS JANUARY 1, 2013!Written By: Pete Muffoletto
Aug 28, 2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and education Reconciliation Act of 2010, otherwise as it has become known as Obamacare imposes a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on all net investment income of higher-income individuals as of January 1, 2013
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Restaurant for Sale Google Search TeaserWritten By: Mel Jones
Apr 20, 2008
This website is a broker operated website specializing in restaurants for sale, brokering restaurants, leasing restaurants, restaurant valuations, bars for sale, brokering bars, leasing bars. We don't sell restaurant equipment.
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