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Is it Better to Buy?

September 14, 2013

"After a business has survived three to six years and is stable, commercial property ownership is a natural next step with benefits that new entrepreneurs often overlook. Ownership is a path to more stability and longterm wealth, and the government program administered by the Small Business Administration — SBA 504 — offers long-term financing at below-market fixed rates. 

— Chris Hurn, author of The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Creating Wealth: How the Smartest Business Owners Build Their Fortunes (www.TheEntrepreneursSecretBook.com).

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