Underwriting Small Business Acquisition Loans in 2013

Underwriting Small Business Acquisition Loans in 2013 The Appropriate Use of Add-Backs on Cash Flow Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Price: $289.00 Use our “email address only” order form! The AP recently reported business acquisitions are up 56% over last year. BizBuySell.com says retirement was the number one contributor for…

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NADCO’s Push for VetLoan Advantage Program

May 17, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report This week we attended the 2013 NADCO Annual Meeting at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. We sat down with NADCO Board Member Patrick MacKrell, President & CEO, NYBDC, Empire State CDC and Mike Owen, CCO of CDC Small Business Finance to disuss the new…

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Developing SBA Loan Policy and Procedures

May 16, 2013 By Karen McHugh SBA Complete Having a SBA loan policy is important for many reasons. SBA will use your own bank policy as a measuring stick at the time of loan review or risk assessment. Basically, are you doing what you say you are doing, not only in regard to SBA regulations,…

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Small Business Acquisitions Increase 56% in One Year

May 16, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Small Business Acquisitions Increase 56% in One Year Blame it on the baby boomers says the AP’s Joyce Rosenberg. BizBuySell.com says retirement was the number one contributor for the uptick. “It was almost like a light switch went on in January. We started getting a lot…

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Abandonment of Environmentally Contaminated Collateral

May 15, 2013 Abandonment of Environmentally Contaminated Collateral By Bart Blechschmidt, Esquire Starfield & Smith P.C. Unfortunately, all too frequently, after a loan is in default and the liquidation process has begun, the lender learns the real property collateral for the loan is environmentally contaminated. If this is the case, one should not automatically assume…

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Bankruptcy and the SBA Loan, Common Problems and Simple Solutions

May 15, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report During our Bankruptcy webinar yesterday featuring Greg T. Kupniewski from Starfield & Smith, P.C. we had so many great questions from our attendees that we thought we would share some common problems and simple solutions regarding SBA loans and bankruptcy. Here are the questions from our…

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Bankruptcy and the SBA Loan — Five Issues You Must Know

Bankruptcy and the SBA Loan — Five Issues You Must Know Tuesday August 14, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Price: $289.00 Complimentary Coleman Report News with Bob Coleman starts at 1:50 p.m. Eastern Use our “email address only” order form! A borrower’s bankruptcy is a common occurrence for workout specialists. However, if the…

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25% of the 65+ Plus Crowd are Self-Employed

May 14, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report 25% of the 65+ Plus Crowd are Self-Employed I didn’t know that. Also, 15% are self-employed in the 50-64 bucket. Anyway, if you are over 50, and want to start a business, SBA has a name for you – encore entrepreneur. And a website. http://www.sba.gov/content/50-entrepreneurs It’s…

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Major SBA Lender Live Oak Bank Ranks 2nd in Small Biz Lending Increase

May 8, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Specialty SBA lender Live Oak Bank, the 3rd highest generator of SBA 7(a) loans for the first quarter of 2013, increased its small business lending volume by 240% last year. Live Oak Bank received nearly $7 million from the U.S. Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund. Writes…

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