We have been in this business for 12 years now – and have never seen anything as quiet as the past 1 1/2 years. Our field is connecting buyers and sellers of lodging and foodservice properties, and from our perspective it looks as if anyone who could avoid selling, did so!
However, the past month has seen some movement – we are getting in more quality leads, and more properties and businesses to sell. About time too!
Lets hope the much vaunted upturn of the economy extends to banks lending money to buy properties and businesses to people who need the loans – not just to those who don’t!!
From our experience properties and businesses that can offer to finance their sale get a much healthier response – no surprise there, but, as always – “seller beware” – choose your buyer carefully if you dont want your business back down the road!
Hows business?
February 21st, 2010Scams – buyer beware!
February 7th, 2010Unfortunately we are open to scams – and despite our best efforts to stop them, they do get through. By the time we have found out about them its often too late. Blacklisting the email address is ineffective as each time they use a different one.
There are several sites detailing these scams – one is www.snopes.com. They make interesting and educative reading.
BEWARE – do not give out your bank details, and do not accept cashiers checks for higher than the agreed amount – these are ways these people cheat you.
technical problem
February 5th, 2010I’ve been told that if you have a square monitor our hotels site header bleeds over to the right.
Has anyone found this?
People are taking advantage of us!
February 5th, 2010Our Special 2010 Offer is proving popular – new listings coming in every day.If you sign up for one month on any of our hotel or restaurant websites you get one month free. Sign up for three months – get 3 months free.
What a deal!!
FSBO is now on Facebook and Twitter
February 2nd, 2010We are now adding all our new listings to Facebook and Twitter. So, when you add a listing to www.restaurants-fsbo.com, www.hotels-fsbo.com and www.hotelsforsale.biz you’ll get the extra exposure for no extra charge – its free!!
Intro to our FSBO Blog
February 2nd, 2010I’ll use this blog to add what I hope are helpful comments to buyers and sellers of hotels, restaurants and so on.
Where we are having issues that you should know about we’ll publish them here as well.
Hope this is helpful!