The last post I did was about what’s hot in business trends / equipment financing, so it’s logical to follow that up with a post about what’s NOT hot in equipment financing. These posts were a response to an e-mail question from a reader who thought that an equipment financing specialist would have good stock tips. And while… Read More »
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 »