September 2007 Archives


Commercial lenders: Would your current clients help you get new clients?

An article on 'Choosing your Commercial Lender' at the www.BusinessZone.com Buyer's Guide, the lists five steps for a business borrower to consider. The fifth is to ask for and check references. Here are the details:

Posted Sep 30 2007 by Linda Keith

3 ways to lose your business borrowers…and 3 ways to keep them

Jack Hubbard is a sales guru for banks and wrote an interesting article in the September 2007 RMA Journal on "Small Business, Big Picture". Lose them by losing touch. Keep them by face-to-face calls. Jack

Posted Sep 27 2007 by Linda Keith

The Worlds Biggest Blog Party

Sometimes blog posts are about something else. That is one of the beauties of blogging. So I ran across this great idea on Eileen McDargh's Plain Talk blog. The Worlds Biggest Blog Party is an

Posted Sep 25 2007 by Linda Keith

New Blog for Women in the Mortgage Lending Business

I found a fun blog for mortgage lenders who are women: Mortgage Girlfriends. I have to admit, the feminist in me feels bad about leaving the guys out. I came of age in the early

Posted Sep 24 2007 by Linda Keith

Lender responsibility or borrower choice? Three more points of view…

You may have found yourself in a conversation defending the lenders who participated in sub-prime offerings. Or you may feel the companies who offered those loans are getting what they deserved. Whatever your view, here

Posted Sep 21 2007 by Linda Keith

How to survive a downturn? Show me the money…

If your personal income is based on your volume of loans closed, you may be feeling the pinch about now. Running low on personal cashflow adds to the stress of a down market or credit

Posted Sep 17 2007 by Linda Keith

Are lenders to blame or the scape-goats for the Sub-prime meltdown?

Is anyone else getting tired of the blame for the sub-prime meltdown being laid at the feet of the lenders? Sure, any lenders who lied or purposely mislead borrowers should be paying for their misdeeds.

Posted Sep 14 2007 by Linda Keith

Fraud? Or legitimate differences? Tax Returns vs Financial Statements

I just sent out my monthly Lender's Q&A answering this question from a lender: "Why are tax returns and financial statements for the same year sometimes so different?"   {If you want info on

Posted Sep 10 2007 by Linda Keith

Lender’s Red Flag: Getting ‘fired’ by the CPA firm

Two of the many changes in the accounting profession over the past few years alters what used to be a red flag to lenders...a company that gets dumped by their CPA firm. CHANGE ONE:

Posted Sep 02 2007 by Linda Keith