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Invoice Factoring: Is your factor solving your problem or just selling you money?

Jul 29th, 2010 | By Ernie Brown | Category: Uncategorized

Can you imagine a factoring company setting up a contract with your company knowing full well that your customers are not going to pay you in time and too that this is going to put you and your company in financial duress? If you know of this having happened please share it with other here [...]



Working Capital Made Easy: When Funders and Lenders Work Together

Jul 26th, 2010 | By Ernie Brown | Category: Uncategorized

When their bank and several other funders turned them down, a growing clothing manufacturer in New England was referred to us.  We worked out an alliance with their bank that allowed us to complement the existing bank loan and credit line, enabling this company continued growth. Why is this an important success story? First off: [...]



How small businesses compete with big businesses

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Ernie Brown | Category: Uncategorized

There are two ways small businesses can compete with the “big guys.” One is by offering open terms with their sales; the other is by getting paid COD for their work. An oxymoron? Not quite. Remember: Cash is king! There are many options to help a business stay competitive. One is to carry a credit [...]



Hard Money Lending

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Ernie Brown | Category: Uncategorized

Recently investment property owners have been utilizing the equity in their investment properties both to refinish these properties but also access working capital for their businesses. A third opportunity is to use this equity to purchase other properties. Transactions have run as small as $45K and as high as $10MM (+). Loan to value has [...]



RECENT MONEY $MART SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM …

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Ernie Brown | Category: Uncategorized

A state agency lender (non-bank financing offered through state agencies that support and enhance business development when banks cannot and frequently involving multiple lenders) was faced with a problem: A company they had loaned money to was growing readily using the agency financing and a factor to maintain working capital levels had their cash flow [...]