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Originally Posted by no_worries
Brian, how long ago did you open your first business account?
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about 19 months ago as soon as I started driving for myself, I got a phone from verizon (one business account) an air card from sprint (another business account) ordered stationery from a company (another business account) ordered some clothing (another business account) got a fuel card (another business acount)
all of those were opened within the first 15 days of being incorporated, there net30 accounts meaning they had to be paid in full in 30 days, that right their gave me 6 or 7 accounts reporting to dunns and bradstreet (commercial credit reporting agency) and experian business credit.
after that you start applying for revolving business credit, like I said i`ve got a few hundred thousand in business credit and none of it is personally garaunteed.
theres no point in becoming an llc or getting inc if your going to personally garauntee the accounts because theres no protection from debt collectors or being sued if the business goes under or somebody gets hurt as a result of your actions.
it takes time sure but not two years+ to build business credit, I got a couple 15-30k credit lines 4-5 months after inc`ing as well as ford and dodge commercial credit, companies dont hardly ask to even see financials till you start asking for more then 50k.
I guess I should put a little disclaimer up though, I would never use any anywhere near the amount of credit I have, I only use one 100k LOC when I acquire some equipment or buy a couple tractors to refurbish.