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Nearly everyone has heard the horror stories – a business takes your money and runs for the hills without ever providing the expectations set forth in the original agreement.

How many times have you heard about someone who was having their home remodeled, only to have the contractor disappear with the money and a half-finished house?

Or perhaps the job was finished, but the work so shoddy that someone else had to be hired to fix it.

Maybe you wanted to open a retirement account and sought out a company that would help you invest your money, providing you with a healthy retirement down the road.

Later on, you found out the firm had gone bankrupt, and the proprietor had absconded with your nest egg.

Buying an existing business can pose potential problems and opportunities for fraud as well. The seller may show you a profit-and-loss statement, but how do you know they have not doctored the books to make the business appear more profitable than it really is?How do you find out if it will earn enough to support your family?

Arm yourself with the power of knowledge