2020 is half over, and while most people are saying “thank goodness”, I’m thinking “in all that’s been going on, I haven’t mentioned Section 179 lately.” My wife even asked “are you ok, you don’t seem like yourself”, to which I replied “I’ve been ignoring Section 179”… ok, I’m kidding there. Old Fletch knows that wouldn’t be great… Read More »
A lot of times when we discuss equipment financing in print, or even face to face, we’ll sometimes use the phrase “monthly payments” as a substitution for the word “financing”. For example, I’ll write a blog post on vendors offering financing, and now and again, I’ll slip in “offering monthly payments is a great way to increase sales”.… Read More »
I mentioned opportunity at the end of my last post. Let’s expand on that. As we navigate through what is proving to be an extremely “different” business environment, I am reminded of a local planning board meeting I attended a few years ago. Under discussion was a recent blight of failed businesses, and some empty buildings on the… Read More »
Every year, I do a Fletch Predicts post in January, and this year was no different. But then Covid-19 hit, and threw pretty much everyone’s predictions for the year out the window. So I’d like a re-do. Here we go: I won’t predict sports winners, because at this writing, nobody knows if anything will resume. I’m a big… Read More »
Every spring, I do a “hot and not in equipment financing” series of posts. And since I’ve always done it, I will do it in 2020 as well. That said, it does feel strange doing this in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. So it’s with an addendum: I’ll talk about a few industries that are doing well… Read More »