b'Is Your Offering Marketable? The second hurdle, Is your offering marketable,,is also something you can run past an experienced corporate securities counsel. They should be in tune with what investors are looking for and what will make them willing to invest with you. Some attorneys might just take your money and draft the offering materials whether your deal is marketable to investors or notwe wont. Well try to talk you out of doing an offering that is doomed to fail as failure is dishearteningmostly for youbut our mission is to help you succeed, so your failure is a disappointment for us too.Here are some things to consider when deciding whether your offering is viable:1.Specified offerings are the easiest way to raise money: Our statistics show that clients who do specified offerings to raise money for a specific, pre-identified project, are 85% successful in raising the money and closing on the project. Get something under contract, calculate your pro forma projections, create a business plan to show what you will do to make the property profitable and your planned exit strategy; show investors how and when you expect to pay them back their original investment and how you will generate a return on their investment. If your terms are within market parameters, investors will invest with you.2.A fund that has no pre-identified properties is the hardest way to raise money: While it sounds great to be able to raise money before you have an identified project; in reality, this only works if you have a 154'