Your business borrowers are making big decisions in very 'confused seas'. Is it time to:Rehire workers?Add to production?Beef up inventory?Market more aggressively?Borrow money?Last weekend I planned to take the kayak out for a trial
Posted Mar 10 2010 by
Linda Keith
This would be a bad time to miss an add to taxable income. Your borrower's need all the help they can get to qualify for your loan.Some in this list are personal and some are
Posted Feb 23 2010 by
Linda Keith
Sam Thacker works with small businesses to secure all types of financing. He is often referred by bankers who either can't do the deal themselves or realize the borrower needs help putting together the loan
Posted Feb 02 2010 by
Linda Keith
Long before I focused on working with lenders to understand business and make good loan decisions, I focused on working with the businesses themselves. I still do.I am one of the Business Credit bloggers on
Posted Jan 06 2010 by
Linda Keith
I'll be presenting a webinar for the Credit Union Executive Society. If you are a CU lender or lending manager...plan to attend. (If not, scroll to the end of this post). From Taxable Income to
Posted Jan 05 2010 by
Linda Keith
In the mood to be inspired? Read on. Not in the mood, scroll to the bottom of the post for some 'cost' definitions and why they are important.If you have not yet presented a Junior
Posted Dec 29 2009 by
Linda Keith
I interact with a lot of lenders...between 20 and 100 each month...in the training sessions on 'Tax Return Analysis in a Tough Lending Environment [tm]'. Two weeks ago a lender in class asked: "Which sectors
Posted Dec 28 2009 by
Linda Keith
When a business is sold and the seller carries back a note, what happens when the buyer does not pay? And if the business assets are collateral for that note but the former owner accepted
Posted Dec 14 2009 by
Linda Keith
I'll be presenting to Chief Lending Officers from Credit Unions around the country at the CUNA Lending Council 2009 Conference. Sure, it is likely the attendance will be down as it is for many business
Posted Oct 22 2009 by
Linda Keith
For lenders more than an hour from my usual open-enrollment cities of Seattle, Portland, Burlingame, Pasadena and Anaheim, travel time and money may be keeping you 'out of class'. No longer. In both Eugene, Oregon
Posted Oct 18 2009 by
Linda Keith