Author Archives: theLeaseGuy
We’ll take a quick break from the vendor/lender equipment financing relationship and answer an interesting e-mail I got the other day. John writes: Hey Fletch, do me a favor. Because you write equipment leases, you probably know business trends better than most. Can you tell me what industries are hot or emerging so I can have a clue… Read More »
Awhile back, I mentioned 4 different types of equipment financing relationships between vendors and lenders. Let’s continue forward on that these and look at the second type of vendor/lender equipment financing agreement – Private Label Programs. Private label programs are one step beyond the “equipment financing provided by X” referral programs I had written about earlier. With a… Read More »
Continuing our journey into the different types of vendor/lender equipment financing relationships, let’s take a look at the first one I mentioned earlier: Referral Programs. A simple Referral Program is easily the most popular equipment financing relationship between a vendor (aka, the manufacturer / distributor / etc) and the equipment financing company (that would be me). Here’s how… Read More »
Ok, I’m not an alarmist, and I don’t really think time is running out. But I was looking at the calendar the other day and I realized “Whoa, the year is almost half over!! Wasn’t it seemingly yesterday that I just wished everyone a Happy New Year?” And it’s true – in my own mind, it was yesterday.… Read More »
It’s Tax Day!! One of my favorite days of the year (ok, that officially makes me a little odd, but readers of this blog already expect that – I just get giddy about financing, taxes, and all things Section 179.) So, being that it’s Tax Day, let’s expand on that last point and discuss Section 179. Tax Day… Read More »