Gone are the days when a small business owner could walk down to their local bank, have a lovely chat with their banker, and walk away with a loan to keep their business afloat. For many of us, those days never existed. The banks we’re familiar with are large...
Let’s take a look at the state of commercial real estate in 2024 against a backdrop of 2023. With a focus on staving off inflation, the FED repeatedly increased rates in 2023. As an era of ready capital ended, the commercial real estate space has and will continue to...
Until now, we’ve gone over the types of financing that small businesses need and how to use those products to overcome challenges in the marketplace. However, it might not always be easy to see how these solutions play out in a real-world scenario. So, today we...
If you’ve been doom-scrolling economic news for the past few years, you may have noticed something – there’s not as much “doom” as there used to be. While the economy has had its rocky moments, we’ve reached a point of relative stability....
Business is often about overcoming obstacles. Depending on the way you view obstacles, they can become opportunities or hindrances. Two of the most challenging obstacles for small business owners are buying commercial real estate and getting equipment. That’s the...