Selling an asset to afford the needed capital is a desperation act

Alexandoy

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In our Economics subject in college, I remember our professor saying that capital is the most important element of a start up. The lack of capital is the usual reason for the opening to be postponed or cancelled. It is also a common reason for a start up to not withstand the rigors of operation.

When you are well equipped with the knowledge in business and the only issue for the start up is lack of capital then the best source of money is to sell an asset. A restaurant owners who suffered a terrible loss in his business due to illness had sold his home after a few years for another start up of the same business. He was lucky to succeed again because his capital was more than enough. At least he proved that selling an asset for the capital of a start up is a winner.
 

Mataracy

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I believe selling an asset to raise capital for a business depend on the individual who does that. Some time if one is very sure that the business about to embark on is viable and lucrative one may do that ; after on he/she may still get money from the business to buy another asset back.
 

Jasmine

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Some people consider starting a business by selling your assets instead of taking a bank loan is better. When you sell your assets to build business, and if you lose, you will not have debt a you started with your own money. But when you fund with loan and if you lose, you will have debt to pay.
 

Sotherefore

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In our Economics subject in college, I remember our professor saying that capital is the most important element of a start up. The lack of capital is the usual reason for the opening to be postponed or cancelled. It is also a common reason for a start up to not withstand the rigors of operation.

When you are well equipped with the knowledge in business and the only issue for the start up is lack of capital then the best source of money is to sell an asset. A restaurant owners who suffered a terrible loss in his business due to illness had sold his home after a few years for another start up of the same business. He was lucky to succeed again because his capital was more than enough. At least he proved that selling an asset for the capital of a start up is a winner.
For me I consider selling my property or an asset to start up something I am really passionate about than for me to directly apply for a loan from the bank because having a property to sell is enough reason for you to be able to succeed in the business, . this will not put you in a serious debt that may takes ages to pay back.
 

Good luck

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It is not a bad idea to sell an asset to raise money for a particular business as long as the business is going to bring a good return at the end.A lot of people sell their properties to do things that is needed to be done.The idea is not bad at all but one needs to be careful when doing such
 

fmwinneer

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it is a good idea if you re going to generate more money that costs more than the asset.
when you have liquisd money you can invest in other things aned then buy again that asset, so basically it is about how good you re going to do with the money that you got with the asset .
 

Dest01

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It is not a bad idea to sell an asset to raise money for a particular business. just make sure that the business is actually profitable
 

Mika

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If you have made up your mind to start a business but you do not have funds, you can sell your assets to start a business. There is nothing wrong with this because you are trying to start a business and not gamble your money. By funding your business with the money you made by selling assets, you also don't incur any debt or bank loan.
 

kayode10

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Selling your business comes with some benefits if you look at it very well. It make it pretty much easier to raise a good amount of capital for the next project you want to embark on. Nothing is guaranteed in this world, once you sell the business, you are taking the risk associating with the business off your shoulder.
 

Augusta

VIP Contributor
I understood your topic differently but reading your content makes me see your writeup from a different angle. Yes it is always good to have the urge or desire to succeed at a thing when you have a genuine desire you would be able we to look for all means possible to succeed.

The truth is that a lot of people have asset so that they would be able to meet some future obligations. I remember my father selling one of his property when he needed money to fund my elder brother medical school. He knew a time like that will come and he wanted to be financial bouyant enough to cater for it so he kept his property till then.

So that was a good reason to sell his property because today my big bro is a strong hold to the family. So if the reason of disposing your property is a good one then you should go ahead with it.
 

Shaf

Verified member
If you have adequate knowledge and experience to make a business successful, you can sell your assets to raise capital if you become desperate. People usually do this after some type of loss that almost collapses the entire business.
It's not advisable to do this if you are starting a completely new business, since you have no idea how to run it and remain profitable in hard times.

My mentor totally is against this method though. He says it is preferable to get a loan and solve your needs. That's because any item you want to sell would be considered secondhand and have lees value than it's worth. Anytime you want to get that same item again, you would have to pay more to get it back.

There are other ways of getting capital, like taking loans or working extra jobs or hours. You can also use that asset as a collateral, killing two birds with one stone.
 
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