

An SBA Geek in your Back Pocket?
We pride ourselves on being geeky about SBA 7(a) loans. Sure, some of our friends and family think that’s a little odd, but the simple...

Lori N. McCausland
Apr 12, 2024


SBA Training for Lenders
Have you been staying on top of all the recent changes from SBA? New forms, new SOPs, a veritable snowstorm of notices and white papers –...

Rebecca Mendoza
Apr 5, 2024


Injection: Changes to Requirements, Evidence, & Sourcing
Equity injection has always been an integral part of SBA Lending. And it’s always been an area where errors can impact the Lender’s...

Rebecca Mendoza
Mar 12, 2024


If Not Deferral, Then…What?
We’ve been covering questions about deferrals in several recent articles. And our clients continue seeing a rise in Borrowers’ requests...

Rebecca Mendoza
Feb 28, 2024


Deferrals: Working Together in Tough Times
Your Borrowers don’t always experience smooth sailing. Sometimes they get stuck, run into difficulties, and end up with what everyone...

Lori N. McCausland
Feb 13, 2024


The New Form 1919 – Takeaways from SBA Training
SBA released a lot of new forms at the end of 2023. One of them was the much-anticipated streamlined Form 1919, bringing it into...

Lori N. McCausland
Feb 6, 2024


Increasing Payment Assistance Requests?
Our friend and colleague Doug Hood has been an SBA consultant and small-business advocate for over 27 years and has won many awards and...

Rebecca Mendoza
Jan 24, 2024


SBA publishes new forms – but beware!
Did you notice the new notice? We’d like to draw your attention to the Information Notice SBA released at the end of December (when you...

Lori N. McCausland
Jan 9, 2024


What’s Up with Universal Purchase Packages (UPPs)?
Getting the guarantee purchased is important; that’s not new news! What is news is that the new Universal Purchase Package, or UPP, is...

Lori N. McCausland
Dec 21, 2023


Look out – here comes 2024!
It’s been a lot these last few months. Three new SOPs from SBA ( 50 10 7 , 50 57 3 , and the updates in 50 10 7.1 ). Inflation...

Rebecca Mendoza
Dec 11, 2023

