Why Your Accounting Firm Should Recommend SBA 504 Loans

Is your Accounting Firm recommending SBA 504 Loans?  As a professional intimately familiar with a business client’s financials, stepping beyond tax prep and bookkeeping into the role of consultant makes sense for both your client and your accounting practice. ...

Beginning in 2018 – SBA 504 to Provide a 25-Year Loan Term

There will soon be a new member of the SBA 504 loan family.  To better meet some borrowers’ needs, a 25-year loan term option will become available in 2018, which will be in addition to the 10-year and 20-year loan options already offered.   SBA’s recent announcement...

Who Uses SBA 504 Loans?

Starting or growing a business can, and usually does, involve spending in several different areas.  And some business owners may find their type of business to be one that lenders pass on due to inexperience with the business type or lack of comfort with the risks....

Business Financing for Military Veterans

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recognizes the importance of our veterans and offers them special benefits through their SBA loan programs.   SBA History The SBA was created in 1953 to counsel, assist and protect the interests of small businesses....

Financing the Soft Costs of Expansion

The true bottom line of an expansion project, no matter the size, is far more than just the cost for foundation and bricks.  Let’s face it, soft costs can constitute a big portion of expansion costs.   And most conventional bank loans only finance a percentage of the...

A Lender’s Guide to SBA 504 Loans

Attention lenders: when small business owners approach your bank looking for a loan to purchase commercial real estate or heavy equipment for their growing business, are you prepared to meet their needs?  What if they lack a sizable down payment?   SBA 504 Loan...