Writing the SBA 7(a) Credit Memo for Loans Less than $50k – 1/8/25

Managing Your SBA Small Loan Programs

A Coleman Webinar
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Includes e-certification & recording

SBA 7(a) loans under $50,000 account for 29% of all loans by number and 2% by loan volume. The SBA continues to encourage lenders to make loans under $50,000 by offering incentives such as higher guaranty percentages, higher interest rate spreads, and a lender-friendly credit box.

Now is the time to take a close look at this loan product niche and see how you can maximize its utility for 2025, both for your borrowers and for your SBA loan department’s performance. Recent changes include a continuation of waiving the guarantee fee and giving lenders more authority to structure the program to best suit their needs and their customers’ needs.

We will also include a discussion on using the SBA FICO credit score or developing an alternative internal score. As always with SBA, it is important that you follow the rules to protect the loan guarantee.

This webinar focuses on the exact documentation required by SBA in the underwriting memo and lenders’ responsibilities in closing and servicing the loan. We will also compare and contrast the SBA small loan program with the SBA’s microloan program for loans under $50,000 and, of course, compare and contrast your small loan program with the SBA Express loan product.

Coleman Report Webinar Benefits:

• Coleman Report webinars provide solutions to problems that left unaddressed will jeopardize the SBA loan guarantee.
• We give management the tools to create prudent credit boxes compliant with SBA’s standard operating procedures.
• We train your staff to ensure compliance of existing and new SBA rules and regulations.
• Tips that solve difficult SBA underwriting, servicing and liquidation challenges.

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Your Training Staff

Lance Sexton
A former small business owner, Lance Sexton has a successful history of working with small business owners and students related to entrepreneurship and SBA loan origination, servicing, and liquidation. He has received three training industry awards for his webinar instruction and his 8-week loan closing course. Lance has over 30 years of experience, including ten years directly managing portfolios of SBA loans. Lance was an entrepreneurship faculty member of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. He is an Executive Vice President of Fountainhead Commercial Capital and has been affiliated with Coleman Publishing for over eight years.

Bob Coleman
Bob Coleman is the founder of Coleman Publishing, a publisher of newsletters, reports, data, conferences, webinars, online training videos — to help finance professionals become small business lending experts. Bob is the nationally recognized expert on small business financing. He has appeared frequently on Fox Business News, NPR and other numerous media outlets. He is sourced by all print media. He is a frequent speaker about small business lending throughout the US and EU. Bob has a BA in Medieval History from the University of California Santa Barbara and a MBA in Real Estate Finance from the University of Southern California. Bob has earned numerous awards as a producer of events and video training. His passion is getting capital to Main Street and Rural American small business.

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How the Webinar Works

We use Microsoft Teams as the webinar platform.
We will open the webinar for attendees to join at 1:30 pm ET. This will give each attendee thirty minutes before the webinar begins to troubleshoot any technical issues. Call (818) 790-4591 if you need assistance.

Recording
All Coleman webinars are recorded and a link is sent to all attendees.

Single Site License
The single site license grants your institution one viewing of the webinar. It is permissible to use a single site license on one device in a conference room to be viewed by multiple attendees The webinar can be viewed on any device.

Multiple Site License
A multiple site license is an unlimited access pass for anyone at your institution. You will be given a link that will be usable to anyone with your email domain.

Webinar Links and Handouts
The webinar link will be included on your sales receipt.
The link will also be included when we send the presentation and handouts. These will be sent by eod the day before.

Participants Earn Certificates of Participation
All Coleman Webinar attendees will receive a certificate of participation. This documents your continuing education history for SBA and your regulators.

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Questions
Questions throughout the webinar are strongly encouraged. There are two ways to ask a question. The first is to ask the question via the chat in Microsoft Teams. The second is to send an email to anna@colemanreport.com. Also, feel free to ask pre and post-webinar questions.

The Fine Print
1) Substitutions are allowed at no charge.
2) Cancellations receive a 100% credit for any Coleman product.
3) As with all our products, we offer a 100% money back satisfaction guarantee — no questions asked.

3 Easy Ways to Order
1) ONLINE — Register and pay online via Stripe
2) EMAIL –Send an email to cindy@colemanreport.com with “Webinar Registration” in the Subject Line. We will do all the paperwork and either send you a sales receipt or an invoice.
3) PHONE — Call us at 818-790-4591.

Bob Coleman
Publisher, Coleman Report
bob@colemanreport.com