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Business Acquisition Loans: What You Need to Know
When most people think of starting a business, they often think of starting from scratch. But starting from scratch has its own hurdles to overcome like the difficulty of building a customer base, marketing the new business, hiring employees, and establishing a cash...
Small Business Tax Filing & Payments: The Dos and Don’ts
With September ending and October approaching, the season for extended tax filing is coming to an end. If you requested an extension on your 2015 taxes, the six-month extension period will end on October 17th. As a small business owner, you may assume the IRS doesn’t...
New Regulations Hurt Commercial Real Estate Mortgages
The US commercial real estate market is in relatively good shape. Investor demand remains strong, as evidenced by continually increasing prices, and property owners still have relatively easy access to mortgage financing. However, there’s a real concern about the...
The Ins and Outs of Centers of Influence
We lead the industry in pioneering techniques for developing a strong referral base from a powerful network of centers of influence. Our CEO, Tom O’Rourke, was recently published on the subject in Colorado Banker Magazine. This article summarizes some of his primary...
E-signing: Changing The Loan Industry Forever
Working in an increasingly online and mobile world means embracing new technological trends that can save you and your clients time and money. In 2000, Congress enacted a law to change the way buyers, sellers, lenders, and borrowers close real estate and mortgage...
Invoice Factoring Vs. Small Business Loans
When your business is in need of funding, the first place you may think to look is a small business loan. However, there are many other options for small business financing that you may not know about. We are going to look at the two most popular funding choices for...
Applying for Business Loans: The Essentials
Businesses in need of funding should be armed with the knowledge they need in order to make informed decisions about the loan that they will apply for. The loan application process is often overwhelming and complicated. Having deep knowledge and a strong...
Business Real Estate Loans: What You Need to Know
For businesses large and small, the purchase of real estate is an important part of growth and success. Whether you are looking to purchase your first location, or moving to a new, improved building, there is a real estate loan that can finance your move. Funding...
Equipment Financing for Your Business: Which is Best?
When your business is in need of new equipment in order to be successful, you will need to consider which method of obtaining that equipment is best for you. Although there are many options for financing equipment and machinery, loans and leases are the most popular...
Financing Success: Alternative Funding Partners Provides Funding for Bank Turndowns
For businesses large and small, a loan may be needed to overcome financial distress, purchase real estate, or acquire equipment to make their jobs easier. Business loans come in all sizes and for use in every aspect of business. Depending upon the size, age, and niche...
Money Saving Tips for Small Business: Make Every Dollar Count
Owning a business isn’t easy and it certainly doesn’t come with a manual. Many business owners find themselves needing to save money in order to make money but they don’t know how to begin. Saving money for your business may not come in the form of a large savings all...
Don’t Give Up: Your Bank Loan Turndown is Our Green Light
Businesses in need of funding generally turn to traditional banks, they fill out a ton of paperwork, they hand over the details of their life and business, they hold on to hope. After all of this, denial. How does a business owner get back on their feet after a bank...
Financing Your Business: How and Where to Get Funding for Success
Owning a business may be one of the greatest achievements of your life, and the success of that business often relies on your ability to generate the funds needed for daily operating expenses. Managing cash flow becomes all the more complicated when move to a new...
Alternative Funding Partners Provides Reliable Funding for Businesses
What Can a Commercial Loan Broker do for Your Business? Owning a business isn’t easy. With deadlines to meet, employees to look after, customers and clients to keep happy, bills to be paid and a plethora of other responsibilities, business owners face challenges...
Alternative Funding Options for Small Business
Banks often decline small business due to credit issues, lack of collateral, or simply because they don’t fund that particular industry or business type. Too often, new business ventures are unsuccessful because they can’t obtain the funding needed to keep the...
FinTech Implications and How to Avoid Them
FinTech corporations are found in every corner of the world and in every niche. (For a helpful overview of FinTech and financial technologies, visit our first article in this series: What Is FinTech?) Companies are using technology to make financial transactions...
Residual: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Residual income, or recurring income, continues to be generated after the initial work is done. Rather than linear income where you receive one lump sum and that’s it, residual income is a continued source of income that requires little or no work once the income has...
What is Fintech and How Does it Affect Businesses?
Financial Technology, or FinTech, is a term used to describe a growing number of businesses that are using technology to make financial transactions easier and faster. Traditionally, new businesses would look for financing from a bank or investor. Fintech has changed...
5 Steps to Managing Business Credit
Whether you own a seasoned business or are just starting out, it is essential to make sure that your business credit remains in good health. Managing your business credit should be included in the overall operation of your business and should be considered a top...
Shedding Light on “Bad Brokers”
You have likely heard many horror stories about bad brokers and the way they do business. Clients who have been denied for traditional loans believe they are getting a deal, or that they are getting the best funding alternatives only to find out that they have been...