The last few posts were all about bank business loan restrictions, and how harmful they can be to your business operations and financial flexibility. Clauses like blanket liens, compensating balances, and annual requalification are common and written into almost every bank business loan. They may or may not be clearly discussed, and it’s up to the borrower to… Read More »
I’ve been writing about bank loan restrictions and clauses for a few weeks now. We went over blanket liens and compensating balances, and now we’re going to talk about maybe the scariest one of all: annual requalification. If you thought the bank saying “yes” when they gave you the loan was the end of them looking at your… Read More »
We’re talking about lending restrictions in 2024, and first up is the notorious blanket lien. First let’s talk about liens in general. In business/lending, a lien is when a lender claims the right to property belonging to the borrower until the debt owed by that borrower is discharged. The mainstream talk on liens is usually related to vehicles.… Read More »
I’m not really a salesperson at heart, but whenever I talk with a small business owner, I’m probably going to bring up equipment financing. Not so much because I want to bring another client on board (but that never hurts), but more because I truly believe in it. Equipment financing / equipment leasing are far and away the… Read More »
Let’s keep going with our ten reasons an equipment financing company is better than a bank with reason #3, which is cross-collateral (or as we like to say, your first born.) Ok, let me be honest – the bank probably doesn’t want your first born (especially if he or she is still in the diaper stage – yuck).… Read More »