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What you should know about securing a small business loan

Securing a loan from a bank isn't as cut and dry as the imagination may make it seem. There are many options of going about starting a business in this way. The time to get a loan should be in the early years of the business in to help it early on to have the funds necessary to get in off the ground. Once it's matured and become self-sufficient, no matter what kind of loan has been used, pay it off immediately to keep interest rates from making the debt larger than it needs to be. Here are some of the options available you know about when securing a small business loan.

Getting a small business loan from the bank is the first obvious choice. What is not obvious is to avoid commercial banks as they do not like to assume risk for the money lent. If they do, they have extremely high interest rates for the use of the money. A better option is to use local banks because they are always looking for local businesses to do business with directly. Most often, local banks will even have benefits available for small businesses to lure them into the bank. Get to know the loan officer that works in the bank. Plan to make several visits to that office so they can get to know who you are and what you are all about. If they have a good feeling toward you, they will more than likely have an ok feeling about lending money to your endeavor. Doing this will make work with them much easier.


When receiving financing from a bank there are two choices available.One is to simply take out a loan. Another way, which in the long run can save money on interest, is a line of equity. When it comes time to pay off the bills your company has accumulated, only then will you withdraw money from the bank. From then on, you only pay interest on that money from the moment you withdrew it, but at the same time, you still secure the large pool of money that would be otherwise be a fat loan collecting interest payments. A way to make interest rates even lower is to explore the possibility of using a business credit. It works pretty much the same as a line of equity, only it doesn't usually give as large interest payments.

If you find that you are continually being denied loans to get your business started, there is yet another option available to make it possible. The U.S. Small Business Administration works with private institutions by them an incentive to offer smaller businesses loans to receive necessary funding. According to the SBA, a small business is smaller than 100 employees and makes less than 5 million dollars every three years. If you fit this criterion, then this could the avenue to take. More good news about this is that there is a new "low doc" or streamlined documentation that makes it easy as filling out an application. Depending on how much money you apply for changes the amount of information, or documentation they need to see. The great thing about this opportunity is that ninety percent of applicants are accepted and that interest rates are incredibly low because the private loaning sectors receive benefits from SBA. It's just a great thing for everyone all around.

If you need to receive a loan for your small business, just know that there are plenty of opportunities available to aid you if you have a good idea. Arm yourself with the necessary tools to ensure that this money will only aid those skills you have acquired in building your business.

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