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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SBA Loans on Upswing

May 7, 2013 Reports CFO Magazine’s Marielle Segarra. “Small business lending may be warming. The Small Business Administration has backed more small business loans so far this fiscal year than it did during the same period in 2012. As of May 4, the SBA had approved about 26,000 loans through its 7(a) program, compared to…

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Hospitality Industry Cliffs Notes For Lenders — “It’s Good”

May 7, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report We sat down with Jan Freitag, a Senior Vice President at STR, his firm tracks supply and demand data for the hotel industry and provides valuable market share analysis for all major international hotel chains and brands. He simply said hospitality lending is “good right now,…

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Does Google Want to be a Small Business Lender?

May 6, 2013 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Asks Bloomberg’s Patrick Clark. The reason for the question is Google has announced two investments in alternative lenders this week, including a $125 million investment in Lending Club. Who is Lending Club? The company boldly states, “Lending Club is using the Internet to reshape the financial…

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