Useful links

We’ve compiled some useful links for small business and commercial real estate.  If you have some that you think we should add, please drop us a note with the link.

General Business Information

• www.hoovers.com (Business Information)
• www.dnb.com (Dun & Bradstreet/Business Information)
• finance.yahoo.com (Great to look-up public company info)
• www.business.com (General Business Info)
• www.brint.com (General Business Info)
• www.manta.com (General Business Info)
• smallbusiness.findlaw.com
• www.bizfilings.com (Biz Filings professionally forms corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), and nonprofits)

• www.HelpMovingOffice.com (Office Relocation Website)
• www.netronline.com (Public Records search)
• www.propertytax.com/statelinks.cfm (State by State Property Tax Info)
• retailelement.com (Store Design)
• www.officespacesearchusa.com/ (Office Space calculator)
• www.realfacilities.com/calculator.asp (Office Space Calculator)
• www.geovue.com (Site selection demographic data provider)
• www.gispilot.com (GIS search, assessors, etc)
• www.gisplanning.com (GIS Search, local listings)
• www.reedfirstsource.com/means/index.asp (Construction Cost Estimator-FREE!)
• easidemographics.com (Excellent demographics provider subscription based/Free trial)
• www.freedemographics.com (Free Demographics)
• www.census.gov (Demographics)
• www.realwebfunds.com/company/commercial_mortgage_rate_matrix.asp (Current Commercial Mortgage Rates)

• www.2chambers.com (Links to Chambers of Commerce)
• www.icommunity.biz (Executive Office Suites in the Washington DC Area)
• www.IntelligentOffice.com (Executive Office Suites Nationwide)
• www.williamsmullen.com (Attorneys)
• www.offices.org/info/lists/national_us.htm (Directory of Executive Office Suites Nationwide)
• www.regus.com (Executive Office Suites Nationwide)
• www.sba.gov (Small Business Administration)
• www.irs.gov/businesses/small (IRS Small Business)
• www.fedexkinkos.com (FedEx/Kinko's)

• www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs (Forbes Magazine)
• money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb (Fortune Small Business)
• www.businessweek.com/smallbiz (Business Week)
• www.inc.com (Inc Magazine)
• www.entrepreneur.com (Entrepreneur Magazine)
• www.frantrends.com (FranTrends)
• www.franchiseselectionspecialists.com (Franchise Selection Specialists, Inc.)

• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP)
• BOMA International (Building Owner & Management Assoc.)
• Council of Logistics Management (CLM)

• www.globest.com (Free/Globe Street - Daily Commercial Real Estate News)
• www.crenews.com (Subscription-Based)
• www.realestatejournal.com (WSJ Real Estate News CRE & Residential)
• www.mastersinmanagement.org
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