As my regular readers know, I always do a prediction post early in the New Year – and today’s the day for 2014. In looking back over my old posts, I have been pretty good at this. I’ve predicted increases in Section 179, and I not only predicted the 2012 super bowl, but also said Eli Manning will… Read More »
Here we are, right at the end of December. And besides the holidays and presents and eggnog and such, we have my favorite year-end event – Section 179. While other companies slow down for the holidays, equipment financing companies always see a little year-end spike as folks try and take advantage of the generous tax code. (…on that… Read More »
All righty… let’s continue on with my “what you should look for in a finance partner” series. If you don’t know what I am talking about, see the first post in this series here. Again, this is generally for manufacturers, distributors, and/or dealers of equipment looking to offer their customers credit. Your Finance Partner should be technologically savvy… Read More »
My last post discussed lead aggregators and how they were now popping up when companies searched for a finance partner. And I offered the advice that any finance partner you choose should be the actual company that provides the funds. But that got me thinking – what else should you look for in a finance partner? Let… Read More »
In my position, I talk to many business owners who manufacturer, distribute, or otherwise sell equipment. And most of them are small enough that they really don’t have an in-house financing department. Meaning their B2B customers pay cash (or otherwise arrange their own equipment financing.) Naturally, these companies would like to offer credit. So they look on the… Read More »