Defending the Rise in SBA 504 Interest Rates

September 17, 2013 by Tom Wallace President, IDS Lenders have recently been challenged in marketing the 504 loan program by the sudden spike in debenture rates over the past ninety days. With the beginning of the tapering of “QE3” possibly on the horizon at this week’s FOMC meeting, a further level of uncertainty has afflicted…

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Fraud Friday – Cows at the Center of a Ponzi Scheme

September 6, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Our periodic reporting of the Greely, Colorado failed New Frontier Bank keeps getting more and more bizarre. In a FDIC lawsuit against the bank’s insurer the rhetoric has ratcheted up to the p word describing a $50 million fraudulent loan scheme. Says the FDIC, “This action…

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Thursday’s Movers and Shakers

September 5, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Pacific Premier Bank Now Offers Nationwide SBA Lending Pacific Premier Bank now offers SBA loan programs on a nationwide basis through its Premier Government Guaranteed Lending business unit. Diane Heyden, Senior Vice President and Government Guaranteed Lending Manager stated, “As an SBA National Preferred Lender, we…

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SBA Bans 16 People and Companies from its Loan Program in Six Months

September 4, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Starfield & Smith’s Norman Greenspan has penned a fascinating article describing the process SBA undertakes to suspend or debar someone from its lending programs. The takeaway? If SBA wants you out of its programs, the agency has the tools at its disposal to get you out.…

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Subway Franchisees Revenues May Be Up, But Cash Flow will be Down

September 3, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Several things pop out to me in this New York Post Subway article, and they are all bad from a small business loan underwriting and portfolio risk management standpoint. 1) Subway is buying market share at the expense of its bottom line with their $4 and…

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Thursday’s Movers and Shakers

August 29, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report The Community Bank Named Great Lakes SBA Community Lender of the Year The SBA Community Lender of the Year Award is presented to a community bank with the best overall performance among community lenders with assets under $1 billion out of the three SBA district states…

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How to Complete the New SBA 7(a) Litigation 7 Tab Package

How to Complete the New SBA 7(a) Litigation 7 Tab Package Thursday, September 19, 2013 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Price: $289.00 Complimentary Coleman Report Live! News Show with Bob Coleman from 1:50 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Sponsored by PCFS 2000 Use our  “email address only” order form! SBA has released a new…

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Best Practices: Tax Lien and Judgment Searches

August 28, 2013 By: Janet M. Dery, Esquire Starfield & Smith, P.C. Tax lien and judgment searches assist lenders when they analyze their borrowers’ collateral and evaluate their character. The search should be made on the borrowing entity, its principals and, often times, on any guarantors (especially if the lender is lending to the guarantors…

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