I know some of you running a vending business are thinking is this guy off his rocker? Vending machines do make money, they’re a 24-hour employee that never sleeps, eats or asks for a raise. And to an extent you’re all correct but has it ever occurred to you that the vending machine is only your tool of choice to earn your living? Construction workers use a hammer, truck drivers use their truck, and venders use their machines.

So what’s the point? The point is the type of machine your using isn’t the be all end all of your business. The first vending machine sales person I ever encountered was selling a new design of Bulk candy machines. The kind you’d see in a department store or mall. He preached about the increase in sales his clients were seeing, but the cost of the machines was astronomical. I asked him a simple question about how a machine could increase sales, and voila I had found the hole in his pitch. It can’t, if a machine has M&M’s in it and accepts quarters either an older style or newer type of machine has the potential to close the deal.

So what makes you money in the vending business?

The magic ingredient is you! A simple scenario, you have three snack machines. You pay a locating company to place these machines, and you run around town collecting money and re-filling them. After about 6 weeks of doing this you realize that the amount you collect each week is barely worth it for the running around you do so you decide to sell the machines and chalk it up to the vending industry just wasn’t for you.

With this example you’re involvement in the business is more or less an employee. You’d be doing the same thing with the same level of involvement if you worked for the large vending company in your town. How can you turn this around? Simple, your vending businesses success depends on you. Your job is to place machines, and provide the best customer service possible. Are the machine placement company’s interests in you? Nope, they get paid whether your machines make money or not, the profitable accounts are dug up from your hard work, networking, and sales abilities.

So what more can you do to have your best shot at success?

Don’t use a placement company to get locations. It’s not the nicest part of the job, but everything is sales. You need to network, watch new businesses moving in, new developments. Let everyone know the business your in, you never know who’s office is having difficulty with their current supplier, or who’s brother is moving to a new office down the street.

Take care of the accounts you have. It can be easy to become complacent with your current accounts, you have them, each week there’s money in the machine you fill it back up and away you go. Remember your best account is your competitor’s number one prospect. Always interact with employees at your locations, find out if the location is satisfied with its mix of product in your machine. Let them know who you are, leave your contact info on your machine.

Last but not least always look professional. Remember what you’re supplying may not be the most important part of a companies inputs, but there are also others that can do it. By handling yourself and appearing professional in dress and behavior you increase the chances of earning referrals to new locations, new machines at current locations, and decrease turn over. It’s always less expensive to keep a customer then to gain a new one!

By: Ian Henman

Getting a hard money loan with bad credit may be easier than getting a standard loan from a bank. It really depends on the individual situation and the lender. Most banks have raised the minimum required credit score for personal loans. If your score is low, you may still be able to get a mortgage for your primary dwelling from a regular bank, but if you are interested in real estate investing, rehabbing or flipping, your application will probably be denied.

For some hard money lenders bad credit is not an issue. It is their business. Some small companies and private individuals specialize in making high risk loans to property owners. The amount that a person can borrow is limited to the amount that the lender can expect to recoup in the case of foreclosure. These are risky deals for both the lender and the borrower, but sometimes it is the only option.

The best advice is to look at your situation carefully. Don’t be overly discouraged by low credit scores, but don’t go around putting in applications at every bank in town. Numerous denied applications will drive you score even lower. It makes you look desperate.

If you have been denied credit based on a low score, you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report. Get it. Check it carefully. There may be inaccurate, old or false information. Even correcting a bad address can add a couple of points to your score. Some people search for a hard money loan with bad credit, because they think that they have no choice. Correcting information on your credit report is the best choice, particularly if you want to invest in real estate, now or at some point in the future.

For real estate investors seeking hard money lenders bad credit scores are not ideal, but private lenders are more likely to take other things into consideration. For example, perhaps you have some experience in flipping properties, but for some reason you credit history is less than perfect. You could have been a victim of identity theft or a difficult divorce. Maybe you have a recent history of making payments on time and repaying promptly, but late payments from years past are still affecting your overall FICO numbers. Once you know it’s there, it may take you months to get the credit bureaus to remove that old information. Those months could cause you to miss out on a good opportunity.

If you explain your situation to the hard money lenders bad credit issues might not prevent you from cashing in on that great deal. Bankers, on the other hand, typically make their final decisions based on the numbers, even though we all know that they are not always an accurate reflection of a person’s creditworthiness. It is that fault in the system that creates one niche for the private lender.

Providing solutions for people with problematic credit is not the only gap filled by private lenders. In fact, it is not even the most common reason that people look for this type of financing. There are advantages to real estate rehabbers that have to do with the time it takes to close, the amount available for the loan and what it can be used for. Both banks and private lenders have different requirements. Even private lenders may take a look at your credit score. Some may require a higher score than others

So, to get a hard money loan with bad credit, you may need to look around until you find the right lender. You may even need to wait a little while or make the effort to correct inaccurate or old information that is still lingering on your credit report. In other words, it may take a little doing, but don’t give up before you even try.

By: James Whitmore

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By: Zachery V Wade