Other Professional Resources

We recommend that you seek advice and counsel of attorneys, bankers, and accountants when making a decision to buy or sell a business. We have compiled the following list of professionals in the area that specialize in these transactions. We have worked with all of the following companies and found them to be extremely competent and familiar with business transactions. This list is by no means inclusive, and we will add to it as new resources are uncovered:

Financial Institutions:
Community Bank (www.cbank.com)
Pacific Capital Bank (www.pacificcapitalbank.com)
Comerica Bank (www.comerica.com)
CIT (www.cit.com)
Union Bank (www.uboc.com)
IBC Resources (www.ibcresources.com)
US Bank (www.usbank.com)

Attorneys:
Richard Aprahamian, of Aprahamian and Aprahamian
Demo Zeppos, of Zeppos Law Firm, Attorney/C.P.A


Accountant:
Ronald Frankiewicz, CPA

Title/Escrow Companies:
Burrow Escrow Services
Team Escrow
The Mechanics Bank Business Escrow Division (http://www.mechbank.com)
Equity Title Company (http://www.equitytitle.com)

Valuations:
Nationwide Valuations (www.nationwidevaluations.com)
AccuVal (www.accuval.net)
Gulf Coast Financial (www.gulfcoastfinancial.com)

Insurance
Brown and Brown (www.bbinsurance.com)
ACI Insurance Agency (www.ACIinsurance.com)