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Best Practices: Protecting Your Mortgage’s Priority From Mechanic’s Liens

Mechanic’s lien laws are statutes that exist in every state to protect contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers that furnish work or materials to construction projects.  As the name suggests, these…
  • October 27, 2021
  • Katherine D. Tohanczyn

Best Practices: The Importance of a Closing Protection Letter

Most participating lenders are aware that under the current version of the Standard Operating Procedure 50 10 6 (“SOP”), U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loan proceeds may be used to…
  • October 20, 2021
  • Demetri A. Braynin

Best Practices: When to require a Borrower Opinion of Counsel in a 7a loan

Legal opinion letters are an integral part of business and commercial transactions and financing. In fact, on large dollar 7(a) loans or complex change of ownership transactions, Lenders often require…
  • October 13, 2021
  • Corrie Thrasher

Best Practices: Prohibition Against Refinancing Short-Term Interim Loans Revisited by SBA

Last October, SBA added a new provision to its SOP prohibiting lenders from using a 7(a) loan to “refinance a short-term obligation that was created with the intent of refinancing…
  • October 6, 2021
  • Victor A. Diaz

Best Practices: Getting the SBA Fundamentals Right

In these uncertain times, SBA lenders are often overwhelmed by the myriad rules, regulations and guidelines associated with SBA lending. However, by focusing on a handful of core concepts, Lenders…
  • September 29, 2021
  • Ethan W. Smith

Best Practices: Why do we need landlord waivers anyway?

SBA requires landlord waivers whenever SBA loans are secured with business personal property which is located at a leased location in order to protect the SBA and maximize any recovery…
  • September 22, 2021
  • Jessica L. Conn
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