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Enhance your marketing
campaign with an aged shelf corporation. Gain increase access to
corporate credit.
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Prospective clients prefer to
buy from an business two years old than one that's two weeks old.
Consider credibility and stability part of your marketing plan.
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Business start-up is more
convenient when you have a corporation or LLC that's immediately
available.
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Have access to enhanced
contract opportunities
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Build corporate credit
- Use our mail forwarding
address while the company files as a foreign entity in your state.
- We throw away junk mail.
- We provide corporate
resolutions to protect the corporate veil.
- Obtain limited liability
in your business affairs. We call this asset protection.
Is the
name of the shelf company important? Should I change the name of
the company?
Remarkably, the name of
the shelf company is NOT as important as you think. What you do
is more important than the name of your company. But you still
want a catchy name, right? Obtain the shelf company and file it in
your home state. Then determine if the preferred name is available
in your home state. File a Doing-Business-As (DBA) in that state,
if the name is available.
Should
I change the name of the shelf company?
No, lenders consider name
changes as a new company. If you seek to max out available
financing, stay away from name changes.
What do I
get with my shelf company?
Original articles,
resolutions, operating agreement (LLC), bylaws (Corporation), release of
control over the company.
What should
I look for in looking for a shelf company?
- It's clean of
liabilities.
- Seller of shelf
corporation or shelf LLC will guarantee claims that it's clean.
- No previous owners.
- Ample selection of
companies.
- Reasonably priced.
Should we
use a virtual office?
The
virtual office industry is great for convenience but NOT for companies
applying for corporate credit. When too many companies share an address
and don’t pay off their loans, an address may be flagged. In the effort
to look legitimate, the company looks suspicious because too many
companies occupied that address and a few didn’t pay their loans.
What shall
you do about the company filing in your home state?
File the
company in your home state. You can serve as the registered agent for
the company. The registered agent is the point of contact for the
company in case the government, or court, seeks information about the
company. File the company in your home state as a foreign LLC or
foreign corporation.
Who should
be the corporate officers?
Lenders
will request that you serve as Director and Officer of the company
that’s applying for corporate credit.
What about
privacy?
You may
have privacy or corporate credit. But you may not have both at the same
time with the same company. We sell shelf companies to empower
business owners to access capital. Privacy services are not
offered here.
What about offshore shelf companies?
We haven't
identified any benefit in obtaining an offshore shelf company to build
corporate credit or to obtain capital. We don't recommend it.
Will a shelf company help me save money on taxes?
No tax savings
offered or promised. The lender will ask you to file the shelf
company in your home state before applying for financing. There
are no taxes savings other than what's provided after you incorporate
any other business. Check with your tax advisor.
Do you have aged corporations with aged EIN’s?
EIN’s are random numbers. They are not sequential. Therefore, you
really can’t tell if the EIN is new or old. This is a common question
by those who seek to build corporate credit. If having an “aged EIN”
were of benefit, we would apply for them. Those selling corporate
credit programs commonly present this as misinformation. Furthermore, a
corporation without an EIN is more likely free from liabilities.
What about a business license?
Visit
BusinessLicenses.com to determine what licenses you may need.
What needs to be done after I obtain the company?
Apply for EIN,
apply to do business in the state in which you seek to do business, apply
for the local or state level business license, build the corporate
credit, apply for financing.
Can I convert the corporation to an
LLC? LLC to a corporation?
No, the lenders consider this a new
company.
If I have good credit, how long will it
take to build corporate credit?
4-6 months.
If I have bad credit, how long will it
take to repair it?
1-3 months to repair your personal credit,
then 4-6 months to build corporate credit. Sometimes, it may take
less.
Can I select any business name?
Try to stay away from companies that
possess the following words in the company name: Funding,
Investment, Holding, Capital, or Real Estate
Why don't you publish the names of the
aged shelf companies online? I don't see them on your website.
We respect your privacy and your affairs.
Whether you acquired an existing company is your business. By
publishing the list of available aged shelf companies online, the seller
is claiming to the world that these available entities are for sale.
We don't think this works in the best interests of the client.
We prefer to email you a list of available
aged shelf companies so we may protect your interests, when you acquire
the entity. In this manner, you reserve the choice to tell others
whether you acquired an existing company.
Inquire whether the aged shelf company
was consistently in good standing.
There are providers, who sell aged shelf
companies, that are over five years old. Many times, these
companies were not consistently in good standing. As a result,
when the company is researched by a lender or credit rating outfit, the
shelf company itself may be "red flagged." This may prevent the
obtaining of financing. If the company wasn't always in good
standing, the age of the company may be reset to when it was brought
"back from the dead."
All of our companies are home grown.
We don't acquire them from others. We file the corporations and
LLC's ourselves, maintain them in-house, and we make certain that they
are always in good standing. This results in a quality company
that you may rely on to build corporate credit.
When does the age of the aged shelf
company translate into a liability?
A company that is over five years old, and
has nothing to show for it in terms of assets, may be perceived as a
strange bird. Let's place you in the position of the banker or
financial institution. You're the banker and company owner
approaches you for a loan. The company has no assets despite being
five years old. Don't you think this is strange? How can a
company be in business for five years and accumulate nothing?
A two or three year old company normally
lacks any assets of substance. But as we approach five, seven or
nine years, there comes a time when the business must "put up or shut
up." As a result, obtaining an aged shelf company that is two to
three years old helps substantially. However, obtaining an aged
shelf company that is five years old or older, may lead to additional
inquiries and expectations. Considering that an aged shelf company
that is five years old costs about $5000, that additional cost doesn't
translate anything into added value or benefit.
Solution: Keep your costs low.
Obtain a two to three year old company and don't overspend.
There's no need to buy a five year old entity, or something older, when
it will not translate into an advantage.
Aged shelf corporations and
LLC's offer no tax advantages. We're not attorneys. We're not
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CORPORATE CREDIT: WHAT TO AVOID...WHAT TO DO |
| DON'T DO |
DO |
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Not paying bills on time. |
Pay
bills on time. |
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Don't use personal credit to
finance business operations. |
Obtain credit in the company name. |
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Don't place your house and other
assets at risk. |
Incorporate. |
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Don't post collateral from
personal assets for business operations. It makes them
vulnerable to loss. |
This
risk is acceptable if you're reasonably sure that it's necessary
and there's a likelihood of success. Otherwise, it's a bad
idea. |
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Don't commingle business and
personal assets. |
Incorporate! Keep company
assets separate from business assets.
Then place business assets in
your business. Don't commingle personal and business
assets. Separate is good. |
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Don't commingle contact
information. |
Keep
business contact information separate from your personal assets.
This means a separate phone number, separate fax number and
address. Efax.com and a virtual office, or mail drop, may
help accomplish this objective. |
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Don't use family assets. |
Keep
the family assets and obligations separate from the business. |
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Don't commingle credit histories |
Keep
your credit file separate from your spouse, separate from others
(co-signer) and separate from your business. |
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For more
information, please click
here. |
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PREPARATION FOR BUILDING CORPORATE CREDIT |
- Lenders require full
transparency. This means your name is listed on the public record.
- Don't use a nominee
officer/contract officer if you're applying for corporate credit.
- Lenders prefer companies
that are at least two years old.
- File the WY company in
your home state as a foreign corporation
- Obtain a commercial
address where you intend to do business
- Obtain the phone number,
using the commercial address as the billing address
- Register the phone
number with 411 information services
- Be honest on all
applications for credit
- You're ready!
Start building corporate credit. Call
307.237.2580 for a referral.
1. Choose the shelf company for
acquisition
2. We send a custom order form
3. You approve the order and fax to
our number, 702.920.8824
4. We process the order after
receiving payment
5. The documents we have on file are sent
via USPS Express Mail
6. We order a new set of documents
from the Secretary of State
7. You provide an updated list of
officers and the new company address
8. You apply for the EIN and the bank
account.
9. You file the company in another
state and update that information with us.
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FILING
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