Tag: Financial Risks

  • Financial Leverage in Real Estate

    Financial Leverage in Real Estate

    Financial leverage refers to using a third party’s money to increase profit for the borrower. With real estate, the profit or equity in the property is the weight being lifted by the use of a lever (borrowing money) on the fulcrum (the property).

  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

    Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

    Internal Rate of Return or IRR is the value rate earned on investment made by the company with its working capital. In the small business world, this form of financial investment evaluation has little to no value. Allow me to restate this: ‘IRR has limited to NO value in the small business world’.

  • How Much is a Fair Profit? Part III of V – Risk

    How Much is a Fair Profit? Part III of V – Risk

    A third factor in determining a fair profit percentage is risk. Risk is divided into two types. The first is insurable and the second is uninsurable risks. Insurable risks are mitigated and have very little to no effect on the profit formula due to transferring the risk to a third party known as the insurance underwriter. Uninsurable…

  • The Basic Principles of a Partnership

    The Basic Principles of a Partnership

    A partnership is a form of a business entity that provides many more advantages than any other form of business entity. There are several basic principles of a partnership that once understood, the reader can use to his advantage in the small business world. Below are descriptions and an explanations of the basic principles of a…