Lori N. McCausland
Apr 19, 2023
Oh, Those Prime Rate Increases
You knew it was coming – and yes, it’s here: Prime rate increases have been on the rise. On March 15th of 2020, the Prime rate went back...
Lori N. McCausland
Mar 30, 2023
Drowning under an SBA to-do pile?
We've been hearing it's been a challenge for SBA 7a lenders to find, hire, and maintain an experienced SBA 7a lending team. Whether it's...
Rebecca Mendoza
Mar 16, 2023
Screen Outs - The last word
Welcome to the final article in our series on SBA Screen Outs. You can find the others by following these links: Errors in Loan...
Lori N. McCausland
Mar 2, 2023
Screen Outs: Finding the Positive – wait, WHAT?
No one wants to see that Screen Out message in their email in-box. But we like to look at what’s normally considered a negative and find...
Rebecca Mendoza
Feb 16, 2023
Screen Outs - 5 common errors in Guaranty Purchase Packages
In this, our second article on the dreaded Screen Out notice from SBA, we’ll cover common errors in Guaranty Purchase packages, and what...
Lori N. McCausland
Feb 2, 2023
Screen Outs - 5 common errors in Loan Origination Packages
After our client loan reviews in 2022, many of which included Screen Outs, we realized that we often see some of the same, repeating,...
Rebecca Mendoza
Jan 19, 2023
Managing your loans through times of trouble
Economic downturn. Changes to interest rates. You know what’s coming, right? An increase in troubled loans. Which means an increase in...
Lori N. McCausland
Jan 6, 2023
5 Tips to Erase Servicing Action Overwhelm
You’re drowning in details and SBA paperwork. Interest-rate changes are creating a deluge of SBA Servicing Actions. The economic slowdown...
Rebecca Mendoza
Dec 8, 2022
5 Tips on Planning for the New Year
Yes, it’s December. We’re having a hard time believing that too – the year has whizzed by – but December it is, and that means it’s...
Lori N. McCausland
Nov 8, 2022
The real perils of inexperience
The number of new business startups in the last few years simply exploded previous records. And that means more business owners than ever...