Get the Money in the Door Right Now: Discover Factoring Secrets That Unlock Immediate Cash Flow

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Need to get cash in the door—fast? This episode of Your Business, Accelerated reveals how to turn your receivables and inventory into immediate revenue using smart factoring strategies. Attorney Shaune breaks down how to qualify, what to watch for, and how to maximize your leverage—starting today.

Transcript

Hello, friends! I want to welcome you …once again …to Your Business, Accelerated! I am your host, attorney, Shaune B Arnold, and I am just so excited to talk to you today about how to get the money in the door right now. 

You have money available to you. You probably just don't realize the gems because they're a little bit dirty. They're kind of unpolished. I'm going to show you where to find them and how to polish them up real pretty.

We are going to talk about ways that you can get the money in the door right away. But before we do that, we have some housekeeping matters we need to attend to. First of all, I want to thank you for being here. Secondly, I want to let you know that I am a California business attorney. This means to the extent that we talk about legal and business issues here on your business accelerated, we need to take those in the context of me being a California business attorney. 

That means if you live in another state, or you live in another country, or you live in another state of mind …. you should take what I tell you to an attorney in your jurisdiction, in your local area, and have them tell you whether there's a difference between the law where I live and the law where you live. That way, you'll know you have the latest, best information for you to start build or fix the business of your dreams.

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So, let's get started chatting about how to get the money in the door right now. Now, this conversation assumes that you have a business and that you have been in business for some time and that you need to get the money in the door. You know, there are certain businesses that do tend to lag a little bit behind in clients paying. Law firms, for example, are typically three months out. Even if you work for a firm that supports insurance companies, they tend to lag in the billing and it can get four months or more to get paid. It can get really, really bad.

So, what do you do if you are a company that needs to get the cash in the door right now? Another business that typically does this is a school or university. They will typically, if they are helping the student finance their education, they will typically use a factor or a receivable financier to get the money up front, and the financier or the finance company will actually charge the money on the back end.

Car companies do that as well. When I purchased my vehicle, I purchased it from a car dealership, and that car dealership actually sold my loan.They received a certain portion of my loan money up front, and the company that purchased the loan billed me over a number of years.

You can do this kind of arrangement in your business as well, but there are some guidelines that you really need to meet. There are some requirements in order to attract a receivable finance company.

They are going to take a look at your company, and there are certain things that they need. For example, they need to know that you have steady, consistent business. If you have steady, consistent business, but you find that your clients are good, but slow to pay, then I advise you to take advantage of a finance company and have them actually purchase your receivables from you, and then they get paid over time, instead of you getting paid over time. If you have that steady, consistent business, then you are attractive to a finance company.

Another guideline that you should follow in order to really attract a good receivable finance company is to have creditworthy customers. Now, isn't that interesting? That means that if your customers have good credit, you don't necessarily need it.

Now, I'm not saying go out and get yourself bad credit, but what I am saying is if your clients are stellar then you want to take advantage of their stellar credit by factoring out the money that they owe you, because they're good for it, so the financier will take that bet.

Another guideline that I would encourage you to meet before you go looking for receivable financing is to have a large customer base, if you have a lot of customers, then a finance company is more likely to do business with you than they would be if you just had a few concentrated customers. You really do want to have a variety of customers in order to attract that financing company.

Another tip I have for you is to make sure that the average size of the transactions in your business is a large one. Can you create packages? If your prices are low, can you combine goods and services to make up a larger package? Because if you have $2,000 owed to you by 10 different customers, that looks a lot better to a factor company than $200 being owed to you by 10 customers. So do what you can to actually make your customers owe you more money. I know that seems counterintuitive, but you really do want larger amounts owed to you so that you can get those factoring agreements in place.

And finally, take a look at the industry that you're in or the business that you are in. It is getting more and more difficult to use receivable finance in some types of businesses, like construction and healthcare. Those can be difficult to get the factoring agreement in place. But if you don't fall into one of those difficult industries, and you do have steady, consistent business and creditworthy customers, then I advise you to tap into that large customer base, and with those large and average-sized receivables, go ahead and get that factoring agreement in place. This is going to really help you capitalize your business properly, so that you get into business properly and stay in business as long as you want to be there.

I encourage you to also contact a number of different factoring companies before you complete any particular arrangement, because their programs will differ, their terms will differ, and only by contacting a number of sources can you really determine what the best option is going to be for your particular needs.

You know, you can also do the same thing with your inventory that's sitting in a warehouse. You can actually get financing against it. There are a number of ways that you can make money right now in your business.

So, those are the tips and tricks that I have for you this evening regarding how to get the money in the door right now, …by factoring out your receivables that people owe you. I encourage you to take those ideas and run with them just as far and fast as you can, until I talk with you again

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm so glad that you joined me this evening, on Your Business, Accelerated! If you have a question or comment about how joint ventures can impact your business, drop it in the comment section below. I'd love to get to know you better.

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I'll see you next week right here on Your Business, Accelerated. Bye-bye, friends!