b'11. Prepare Your Offering Package & Raise Moneytheir names to lists maintained by government agencies under Homeland Security Laws, the Banking Secrecy Act, and/or the USA Patriot Act, or other applicable laws. Your bank may do some of this, but that may not be sufficient to provide you with an adequate defense in the event some of your investors names are present on those lists. Third-party AML services are available if you cannot do this yourself.Here is one option for finding this information yourself:Go to the Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. Use their tool to lookup information on the prospective investor. If no results are found, you should print out the page showing that you did this and that no results were found. If you have a broker-dealer involved in your transaction, they will do this initially, and perhaps periodically during the course of your engage-ment with them, as required by law and their own internal policies.DISTRIBUTE YOUR OFFERING MATERIALS Get your Attorneys Approval for All Marketing Materials Before DistributionDont send out your marketing materials to investors or let your website go live until youve had it reviewed by the corporate securities attorneys who will be drafting your offering documents. They may suggest changes to make it more marketable and/or to remove any potentially misleading statements. Additionally, the attorneys may propose structural changes that could impact the returns you are offering investors. Lay the Groundwork Before Distributing the SummaryBeforesendingyourinvestmentsummary,youshouldstartwitha phone call to each investor asking permission to send it. Dont send it out emailed in bulk, as that could be construed as a prohibited solicitation if you are using a Regulation D, Rule 506(b) exemption for the offering. 135'