Having no or a low personal credit score can certainly make it difficult to obtain financing. Most mainstream business lenders prefer to provide funding to borrowers with established credit over 680, but these days alternative business capital is abound making it easier for business owners with credit scores down to 550 or even 500 to [...]

According to a recent Small Business Administration (SBA) report, veteran-owned firms represent about 9.1% of all U.S. firms. When you consider that there are over 28 million small businesses in the United States, the number of veteran-owned businesses is staggering. Veterans of the armed services are highly-trained professionals who are conditioned to operate under stressful [...]

Non-profits are tax exempt entities organized under the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) as “public charities”. These organizations are created to provide a “public benefit” and generally help improve the communities which they are a part of. Because non-profits are tax exempt and structured differently from organizations that can be taxed, it can be difficult [...]

Whenever anyone begins looking for financing the starting point is always the same; how to find the lowest rate. The quest is no different when it comes to locating business financing and finding a low rate may matter more, since business loan sizes tend to be larger than personal loan sizes putting more potential savings [...]

Finding a loan for a business located in a US territory is not an easy task. There are hundreds of lenders willing to provide financing to businesses located on the US mainland, but tracking down capital to help your company grow if you are located in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, US Virgin Islands or [...]