| Â | | | | you'd be wrong. Unlike a personal credit |
| | | | card, a business line of credit, whether |
| Would you buy that equipment your business | | | | through a bank, or credit card company (such |
| desperately needs? | | | | as the Open American Express card), will be |
| | | | giving perks for being a business account. |
| Would you hire that assistant so you wouldn't | | | | Some of those perks can include convenience |
| have to work 70+ hours a week and on | | | | checks. Sure, you've seen those with your |
| weekends? | | | | personal credit card, but when you use 'cash |
| | | | advance checks' with your card, it will cost |
| Would you pay off some bills? Taxes perhaps? | | | | a fortune. Business accounts often come with |
| | | | 'convenience checks' that do not come with |
| Would you launch an advertising campaign to | | | | the same penalty fees and charges for usage. |
| bring in more customers or clients? | | | | |
| | | | While these two tips may seem relatively |
| Would you buy residential or commercial | | | | simple and basic, establishing your own |
| property? | | | | business credit, and a business line of |
| | | | credit can help you take major strides |
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| business credit. | | | | the country: Alabama (AL), Alaska (AK), |
| | | | Arizona (AZ), Arkansas (AR), California (CA), |
| Securing business credit can seem daunting | | | | Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware |
| when you are first starting on this path, but | | | | (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii |
| with a few small steps, and a little | | | | (HI), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana |
| patience, you will be able to secure the | | | | (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), |
| credit you need to get your business where | | | | Louisiana (LA), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), |
| you would like it to be. | | | | Massachusetts (MA), Michigan(MI), Minnesota |
| | | | (MN), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), |
| The first thing you need to do is make sure | | | | Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New |
| your business has it's own credit. Often when | | | | Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico |
| people start businesses, they don't realize | | | | (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), |
| the business credit is tied to their personal | | | | North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), |
| credit. | | | | Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island |
| | | | (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), |
| It's time to do a credit check on your | | | | Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), |
| business. Pull your business' Dun & | | | | Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA) , Washington |
| Bradstreet Credit Profile and see what it | | | | (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), |
| says. Don't have a D&B Credit Profile? This | | | | Wyoming (WY) Major Metro Areas: Albuquerque, |
| is not going to help your business establish | | | | Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, |
| it's own credit. | | | | Charlotte, Chicago, Chico, Cincinnati, |
| | | | Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Fort Worth, |
| As you build credit for business, you will | | | | Denver, Bolder, Detroit, Ft Lauderdale, Palm |
| suddenly find a new world is open to you. | | | | Beach, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, |
| Instead of having to take out complete loans | | | | Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little |
| for each purchase you want to make, you will | | | | Rock, Long Island, Los Angeles, Memphis, |
| instead be able to secure a business line of | | | | Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St Paul, |
| credit. This means you will have money, ready | | | | Monterey, Nashville, New Haven, New York, |
| to go, when you need it, but don't have to | | | | Oakland, East Bay, Oklahoma City, Orange |
| use it (or pay interest on it) until that | | | | County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, |
| time comes. This is the way large businesses | | | | Pittsburgh, Portland, Puerto Rico, |
| work, why shouldn't you be using their | | | | Raleigh-Durham, Reno, Tahoe, Rochester, |
| business credit line tricks? | | | | Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, |
| | | | San Jose, Silicon Valley, Santa Fe, Seattle, |
| While you may be thinking you can get the | | | | Spokane, Springfield, St. |
| same thing by having a personal credit card, | | | | |