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• Excecutive Summary
• Company and Financing Summary
• Products and Services Overview
• Strategic Analysis with current research!
• Marketing Plan
• Personnel Plan
• 3 Year Advanced Financial Plan
• Expanded Financial Plan with Monthly Financials
• Loan Amortization and ROI Tools
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1.0 Executive Summary

The purpose of this business plan is to raise $150,000 for the development of an online real estate focused website that will provide a platform for people to post advertisements for sales of real estate while providing a platform for people to discuss real estate purchases and transactions. This business plan will also showcase the expected financials and operations over the next three years. Real Estate Website, Inc. (“the Company”) is a New York based corporation that will sell advertising space while generating revenues through real estate listing ads (both for sales and rentals) via its online platform to users. The Company was founded by John Doe.

1.1 Products and Services

Real Estate Website allows users to place information on the website that will allow users within the United States to place advertisements for their homes and/or investment properties for rent or for sale. The business will generate recurring streams of revenue from the ongoing billing for these real estate focused ads on the Company’s website.  

The business will generate revenues from static and dynamic advertisements that generate revenues on a per 1000 impressions basis while concurrently earning other income from affiliate partner revenues. The third section of the business plan will further describe the services offered by the Real Estate Website.

The business will work heavily with listing agents and real estate brokerages throughout the United States in order to generate an immense number of listings on the website.

The third section of the business plan will further discuss the operations of the website.

1.2 The Financing

Mr. Doe is seeking to raise $150,000 from as a bank loan. The interest rate and loan agreement are to be further discussed during negotiation. This business plan assumes that the business will receive a 10 year loan with a 9% fixed interest rate. The financing will be used for the following:

• Development of the Company’s Real Estate Website platform.

• Financing for the first six months of operation.

• Capital to purchase servers, computers, and related technology

1.3 Mission Statement

Real Estate Website’s mission is to become the recognized leader in its targeted market as a platform where people can post advertisements for properties (for rent or sale) while acting as a platform for people that are interested in real estate investing.

1.4 Mangement Team

The Company was founded by John Doe. Mr. Doe has more than 10 years of experience in the real estate website industry. Through his expertise, he will be able to bring the operations of the business to profitability within its first year of operations.

1.5 Sales Forecasts

Mr. Doe expects a strong rate of growth at the start of operations. Below are the expected financials over the next three years.

1.6 Expansion Plan

The Founder expects that the business will aggressively expand during the first three years of operation. Mr. Doe intends to implement marketing campaigns that will effectively target individuals within the Company’s demographic.

2.0 Company and Financing Summary

2.1 Registered Name and Corporate Structure

Real Estate Website, Inc. The Company is registered as a corporation in the State of New York.

2.2 Required Funds

At this time, Real Estate Website, Inc. requires $150,000 of debt funds. Below is a breakdown of how these funds will be used:

2.3 Investor Equity

Mr. Doe is not seeking an investment from a third party at this time.

2.4 Management Equity

John Doe owns 100% of Real Estate Website, Inc.

2.5 Exit Strategy

If the businesIf the business is very successful, Mr. Doe may seek to sell the business to a third party for a significant earnings multiple. Most likely, the Company will hire a qualified business broker to sell the business on behalf of Real Estate Website, Inc. Based on historical numbers, the business could fetch a sales premium of up to 10 times earnings.

3.0 Products and Services

3.1 Benefits of the Real Estate Website

Below is a brief summary of benefits offered to the end user of the Real Estate Website:

• Users can discuss purchasing homes, renting properties, investing in real estate, and making real estate transactions  through the website’s forums.
• Individuals can maintain individual pages showcasing their properties for sale or for rent.

The business will generate recurring streams of revenue from the ongoing sale of real estate focused advertisements to users that are uploading advertisements to the website. The anticipated monthly fee for this service will be $9.99 per advertisement.

3.2 Advertising Revenues

The revenues will come from the sale of advertising space to businesses. At the onset of operations the business will develop a relationship with pay per click programs so that the business can immediately generate revenue. Each time a visiting user clicks on one of the advertisements for the business, the Company receives a payment from the server. These ads will be tastefully placed throughout the Real Estate Website’s platform.

TThe Company also intends to develop its own internal advertising programs that will feature static advertisements within the website. These advertisements will be sold directly to advertisers rather than through a third party system. In the future, the Real Estate Website will also seek to develop product affiliation and corporate sponsorship relationships which would further the Company’s visibility and revenue streams.

4.0 Strategic and Market Analysis

4.1 Economic Outlook

This section of the analysis will detail the economic climate, the online advertising and e-commerce industry, the customer profile, and the competition that the business will face as it progresses through its business operations.

Currently, the economic market condition in the United States is moderate. However, this should not impact the Company’s ability to generate revenues from real estate classified ads as the business will generate highly recurring streams of income from these services.

4.2 Industry Analysis

According to 2014 report on aggregate internet marketing budget statistics, it is anticipated that internet marketing expenditures in the US will reach $70 billion dollars per year by 2015. Currently, internet marketing is a $50 billion dollar per year industry. Approximately 80% of this revenue is from keyword search advertising with the rest of the revenue generated from rich media, banners, classifieds, sponsorships, referrals, and email advertisements.  This industry is expected to continue to grow as the numbers of businesses increase. The growth rate of the industry over the last five years has been well over 40% per year with this trend expecting to continue and then level off over the next five years.

4.3 Customer Profile

The Real Estate Website’s average client will be a young middle to upper middle class male of female that has a broadband internet connection. Common traits among end users will include:

• 4.4 Competitive Analysis

  This is one of the sections of the business plan that you must write completely on your own. The key to writing a strong competitive analysis is that you do your research on the local competition. Find out who your competitors are by searching online directories and searching in your local Yellow Pages. If there are a number of competitors in the same industry (meaning that it is not feasible to describe each one) then showcase the number of businesses that compete with you, and why your business will provide customers with service/products that are of better quality or less expensive than your competition. soNormal"> T5.0 Marketing Plan

  Real Estate Website intends to maintain an extensive marketing campaign that will ensure maximum visibility for the business in its targeted market. Below is an overview of the marketing strategies and objectives of the Real Estate Website

  5.1 Marketing Objectives

  • Develop an expansive online presence through the use of pay per click marketing and search engine optimization.
  • Establish relationships with advertisers that are targeting a computer savvy younger demographic.
  • Develop promotional giveaways that will draw users to the website via viral marketing methods.

  5.2 Marketing Strategies

  Mr. Doe intends to use a high impact marketing campaign that will generate a substantial amount of traffic to the website. These strategies include the use of search engine optimization and pay per click marketing.

  The Company’s web development firm will place large amounts of linking text on the Company’s website. For instance, when a person does a Google search for “real estate sales”, the Company will appear on the first page of the search. This strategy is technically complicated, and the Real Estate Website will use a search engine optimization firm to develop the Company’s visibility on a non-paid basis. Management expects that a SEO firm will place large amounts of linking data and text specific keywords into the business’s website, which will allow the Company to appear more frequently among search engines. A majority of web portal and search engine companies use very complicated algorithms to determine a website’s relevance in relation to a specific keyword. SEO firms place text and tags on the website to increase the rank of a specific website.

  Additionally, Management intends to work very closely with major real estate brokerages that will post their rentals and properties for sale on the website. This will be a promotion among real estate brokerages (wherein classifieds will be provided for free for a moderate period of time). This will immediately populate the website with listings.

  Management will also use pay per click marketing methods that will draw immediate visibility to the Real Estate Website. This method of marketing will decline once the business’ SEO strategies take hold.

  5.3 Pricing

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  5.3 Pricing

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  6.0 Organizational Plan and Personnel Summary

  6.1 Corporate Organization

  The Company has based its proforma financial statements on the following:

  • The Real Estate Website will have an annual revenue growth rate of 31% per year.

  • The Owner will acquire $150,000 of debt funds to develop the business.

  • The loan will have a 10 year term with a 9% interest rate.

  7.2 Sensitivity Analysis

  In the event of a severe economic decline, the demand for specialty online based advertising (especially for the sales and rentals of properties) may decrease significantly, which may cause the advertising/real estate classified ad revenue generated by the business to level off or decline. However, the high margins associated with the Real Estate Website will ensure that the business will be able to remain profitable and cash flow positive at all times.

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  6.3 Management Biographies

  In this section of the business plan, you should write a two to four paragraph biography about your work experience, your education, and your skill set. For each owner or key employee, you should provide a brief biography in this section.

  7.0 Financial Plan

  7.1 Underlying Assumptions

   

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  7.3 Source of Funds

  
  

  7.4 General Assumptions

  

  7.5 Profit and Loss Statements 

  

  7.6 Cash Flow Analysis

   

  7.7 Balance Sheet

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  7.8 General Assumptions

  

  7.9 Business Ratios

  

  Expanded Profit and Loss Statements

  

  

  

  

  Expanded Cash Flow Analysis