The business plan is the firm's roadmap. By analyzing your plan for marketing, sales, manufacturing, website design, and more, you greatly improve your chances for business success.

Next, a financial institution or other lender will not invest in your company unless you can demonstrate that you have a roadmap to success. Banks want to lessen their risk of default and private investors want a realistic projection for when they will be obtaining a return on their investment.

• Considering there are many potential purposes of a business plan, Discuss what you feel are the top three purposes.
• Good business plans generally have between seven and ten sections. List the sections that you feel a good real estate builder's business plan would have.