Money, money everywhere no doubt, and interest rates will rise, but will capital flow wane? For the past few years despite flat fundamentals and declining returns, real estate has been the darling for many investors. Even with returns in the mid-single digits, real estate's stability is appealing. Leading the pack in the capital/financing area has been capital from private investors. With their ability to lever up at cheap rates, coupled bya lack of attractive alternatives, private investors have been the most aggresive and have been credited with driving real estate prices sky high. Private REIT's(Real Estate Investment Trust's) are bursting with capital to spend, while private syndicators have taken possession of some of the country's best assets, including Sears Tower in Chicago and Bank of America Tower in San Francisco. Wealthy individuals have been essential to American entrepreneurs, betting on early-stage ventures that frighten most other investors. The good news for you is that these wealthy investors are picking up the slack from venture capital funds, which are increasingly focusing on late-stage outfits. Last year alone, did you know 42,000 of these investors plowed $18.1 billion into early stage (which is were you're most likely at right now) companies compared with a mere $304 million plucked down by venture capitalist according to a study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for venture Research. Foreign capital has and will continue to have a strong influence on the U.S. finance markets. The Germans are still active players and they are joined by Australians, Middle Easterners and others; To learn more about either domestic or overseas financing, and capital sources their is a FREE video where you get all these sources by mailto: (type in the subject area "money and capital sources" and you'll receive more information): raisemoneynow@juno.com. In fact, here is some contacts you can use right now *Open Business plan Contest, www.mbajungle.com, *Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance, www.cfda.gov, *Funding for turning ideas into products, 909-947-5442, *Wharton Business Plan competition, www.whartonbpc.com, *$$$$ to help sell products overseas (Market promotion program), http://www.fas.usda.gov, and *Garage.com's PLANedu Contest, www.garage.com/PLANedu, to get more contacts some 100+ on video FREE, again, mailto: (type in the subject line "money and capital sources") raisemoneynow@juno.com. And finally, here's some recent statistics: 56% of the CEO's of Inc's Magazine 500 top businesses wrote they're own business proposals. Average annual growth was 265%. The oldest CEO was 64 years of age, the youngest was 26 years of age, and the average was 43 years of age, and a little over half 51% of the CEO's net worth was between $1 milion to $5 million. The information in this special report was otained from sources deemed to be reliable. Every effort was made to obtain accurate and complete information; however no representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, may be made as to the accuracy or reliability of the information contain herin, the publisher neither guaranties nor assumes any responsibility for contacts or negotiations which might result from publishing this type of information. Items appearing in this report are presented for their news value as public information only.