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By Stephen-A.-Bush
Business borrowers have more commercial mortgage loan alternatives than they realize. I refer to these business loan alternatives as "Thinking Outside the Bank" because a typical commercial borrower probably believes that a bank is the best source for a commercial mortgage loan. Non-traditional business lenders are usually viewed as having the competitive edge for many common business loan scenarios.
Here are two brief examples about how a commercial borrower is likely to benefit by "Thinking Outside the Bank". In many situations a traditional bank will provide a commercial mortgage but will include non-competitive covenants and terms. In other cases a traditional bank will decline the business loan because they do not provide commercial financing to the commercial borrower's particular type of business.
Commercial loan borrowers might feel that a bank is their most likely source for business financing. However, since traditional banks usually focus on a few types of businesses, non-traditional business lenders should be emphasized for any business loan situation. Therefore the recommended commercial mortgage strategy discussed in this article is to "Think Outside the Bank".
As I reported in a previous business loan discussion, in many commercial mortgage situations it is common for a local bank to assess stricter commercial loan conditions than would typically be seen in a competitive business financing scenario. Such banks can often take advantage if there are few business lenders in their market.
An appropriate response by commercial borrowers is to seek out non-bank business loan options. It is neither necessary nor wise for commercial borrowers to depend only upon local traditional banks for business financing solutions. For most commercial mortgage situations, a non-local and non-bank commercial lender is likely to provide improved commercial loan terms because they are accustomed to competing aggressively with other commercial lenders.
There are several business financing situations in which commercial borrowers will frequently find that non-traditional commercial lenders are better positioned to provide terms that are more advantageous to the commercial borrower: (1) commercial real estate loan programs; (2) business cash advance and credit card financing programs; and (3) credit card processing programs.
Commercial Loan Programs - Commercial Mortgage Business Loan Choices
Two of the most prevalent commercial real estate loan obstacles can be precluded with a "Think Outside the Bank" mentality by businesses. The first commercial mortgage obstacle is the common practice of most banks to decline business financing for special purpose commercial properties such as churches and golf courses.
A second business loan possibility is the frequent practice of many
commercial banks to add recall and balloon conditions to their commercial loans. The bank can then require early payoff of the commercial real estate loan under stipulated conditions. Both commercial financing situations can easily be prevented by a non-traditional lending source.
Working Capital Business Loan and Business Cash Advance Programs - Business Financing Alternatives
Most businesses that accept credit cards will qualify for a business cash advance with their credit card receivables. Traditional banks will typically be very poor candidates to consider if a business needs assistance with credit card factoring and business cash advances.
Because successful business owners typically need more working capital than they can obtain from a bank, it is important for a business to "Think Outside the Bank" with non-traditional lenders to help with this working capital management function.
Business Loan Options - Credit Card Processing Programs
The choice of an appropriate credit card processing service can be instrumental in improving the profitability of businesses with a high volume of credit card activity. The analysis of credit card processing providers can be effectively combined with the credit card factoring and credit card receivables process described above.
In managing a merchant cash advance program, it is often possible to obtain a significant improvement in credit card processing activities. It is probable that a non-traditional lender will be the key source of effective help with credit card processing because traditional banks are usually not competitive in providing assistance with credit card financing.
A closing business financing thought: I have written an earlier business loan article about commercial lenders to avoid. It should be noted that there are in fact both traditional and non-traditional (non-bank) lenders which should be avoided.
When business owners are "Thinking Outside the Bank", they should be ready to avoid troublesome non-traditional business lenders in their quest for worthy working capital management dealing with commercial real estate loans, credit card financing and credit card processing.
Copyright 2005-2007 AEX Commercial Financing Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Article Source: http://activeauthors.com Steve Bush and AEX provide candid advice for church loan - working capital loan and business loan - commercial mortgage situations
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