June 2007 Archives


S Corporations: K-1s are(n’t) all alike!

So once again you are looking all over the K-1 for the owner's capital contributions, or whether the distributions are cash or property, or the borrower's share of liabilities. Where the heck did it go?

Posted Jun 29 2007 by Linda Keith

How Real Estate Developers (should) choose their lender

In the June 15-21, 2007 issue of the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ), Reid Adamson of Baldwin Resource Group advises real estate developers: "Don't just choose a banker -- chose right bank". The recent new

Posted Jun 26 2007 by Linda Keith

The ’shooting-the-breeze’ method of learning business banking

"How do we teach the next generation of bankers?" queries Ben Shandrow, SVP at Columbia Bank in Washington State. Here is the short version...read the article Ripples in the Pond in the RMA Spring Newsletter.

Posted Jun 21 2007 by Linda Keith

FAQs for your business borrowers…

Especially with a start-up business, sometimes the business borrower does not know all the questions to ask. Pair that with a newer lender and some critical piece of the communication may be dropped. Ten questions...

Posted Jun 18 2007 by Linda Keith

Tough loan climate makes good decisions more critical…

It is no surprise that the current rate environment is pinching the profits of lenders. If you missed it, there is a good article in the Puget Sound Business Journal in which economists say tough

Posted Jun 11 2007 by Linda Keith