Waiting for money always tends to be unpleasant. There are ways you can access the money on invoices early through something called factoring. However, in those cases, you are getting an advance on your money in exchange for a cut to be paid to the factoring company while you wait for the invoice to be paid. There are ways to get the money but it'll cost you to access it quickly.

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