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Best Practices: To Use or Not to Use- That is the Ten Million Dollar Question

It turns out that your English teacher may have been right, after all: a misplaced comma can be a big deal. A Maine dairy company was reminded of the importance…
  • August 2, 2017
  • Katherine D. Tohanczyn

Best Practices: Documenting Small Construction Projects Under $350,000

SBA guaranteed loan proceeds may be used to construct or renovate buildings. The SBA provides specific requirements for SBA guaranteed loans where the construction component of the loan is more…
  • August 2, 2017
  • Michelle Sergent Kaas

Best Practices: Franchise Agreements and Consistencies with the SOPs

Lenders extending financing to franchisees – either to re-finance existing debt or open new facilities – have historically been concerned with determining whether affiliation exists between the franchisor and franchisee.…
  • July 26, 2017
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Best Practices: All Available Collateral

Everything AND the kitchen sink? This question faces all SBA lenders who are attempting to comply with SBA’s policy concerning available collateral. Under SOP 50 10 5(I), Chapter 4, Paragraph…
  • July 12, 2017
  • Jennifer E. Borra

Best Practices: Change of Ownership via Stock Purchase – A Primer

Changes of ownership financed with SBA guaranteed loans are often structured as stock purchase transactions. Beyond the rigorous requirements imposed by the SBA, the transfer of fractional ownership interests from…
  • June 28, 2017
  • Victor A. Diaz

Best Practices: Prudent Liquidation Deadline is Quickly Approaching

When SBA issued Standard Operating Procedure 50 57 (2), which became effective on December 1, 2015, the Agency included a new guideline designed to encourage SBA lenders to complete liquidation…
  • June 21, 2017
  • Ethan W. Smith
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