Category Archives: Equipment Financing

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2021 – Resolving to Stay Flexible

I usually do a prediction post early in the year, and indeed, that’ll be coming. But I realized I never really do a New Year’s Resolutions post. Maybe that’s because I generally don’t make them – I don’t feel the magic turning of the calendar means a “new you” or whatnot.  But there is a change in the… Read More »

Put 2020 in the Past, But Not Before Using Your Section 179 Deduction

Here we go – my final post for 2020. And what a year it’s been. I’m not going to rehash everything, because you went through it too.  Still, despite everything, we’re resilient here in the USA, and businesses moved forward as best we could. In that true American business spirit, many companies made shifts to better position themselves… Read More »

What is Better for Equipment Financing – Fixed Rates or Adjustable Rates?

We get asked this question all the time – “Are fixed rates better than adjustable rates for equipment financing?” And the short answer is an emphatic YES. Fixed rates are always superior for equipment financing and leasing.  The reasons are many, but the big one is stability. Knowing what your monthly payment is going to be for the… Read More »

How Large Does a Business Have to Be to Get Equipment Financing?

The classifications we use to describe businesses bothers me sometimes. For example, the Small Business Administration generally considers businesses with less than 500 people a “small business”. Fair enough, but does anyone really think a 450-person company is small? I sure don’t.  I also talk to many small business owners who feel the same way – they go… Read More »