Picture two business owners who apply for a $2 million loan in the same week. Same city, same bank, even the same loan officer. One walks away with a quote that’s comfortably competitive. The other gets a rate nearly two points higher and spends the drive home...
Here’s a scene we watch play out all the time. Someone finds a great commercial building. The numbers make sense, the location is right, the tenant mix is solid. Then they call a bank, hear the words “you’ll need about 25% down,” do some quick...
Picture a $50,000 container of goods sitting at port. Before you sell a single item from it, before it even leaves the dock, you owe the duty. Add a tariff to that shipment and suddenly you’re fronting $77,000 instead of $50,000, weeks or months before the first...
SBA lending has never really been “set it and forget it,” but the last year and a half has tested that idea in a whole new way. The agency has rewritten who’s allowed to own a business that gets SBA financing, changed how loans get underwritten, opened up new options...
Ask a small business owner who’s applied for financing in the last two years and you’ll hear some version of the same story: the bank said no, again. It’s easy to walk away from that experience believing banks have simply stopped lending to...
Buying an existing business is often more leveraged than starting one from scratch. The business already has customers, revenue, employees, vendor relationships, equipment, and a track record. It’s gotten through the rocky startup process, has systemized, and...
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