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Lenders to Avoid - Business Loan and Commercial Mortgage

One of the most serious business financing scenarios is a lender that causes difficulties for their commercial borrowers on a regular basis. It is specifically this kind of commercial lender which informed commercial borrowers should be prepared to avoid unless realistic alternative commercial mortgage business loan options are totally impractical.

The conclusions in this article are based on a regular pattern of lending abuses observed by advising businesses for an extended period of time. I have encountered numerous business loan situations which have involved commercial lenders that I would not recommend as a result. Based on these experiences and daily conversations with other commercial loan professionals, I strongly believe that there are quite a few business lenders to avoid.

This article will not name specific lenders to avoid, but specific examples will be provided to show why informed commercial borrowers should be ready to avoid a variety of business lenders in their search for viable commercial loan solutions. This business financing strategy article will illustrate the significant benefits of avoiding "problem lenders".

Worthless Business Loan and Commercial Mortgage Pre-approvals

Business borrowers often want an early pre-approval for their business loan. The apparent result of the preliminary business financing approval is that it will allow the borrower to make other business commitments which are dependent on the commercial mortgage being approved.

An ethical commercial lender will treat any form of business financing approval very seriously. Commercial borrowers should expect that a meaningful version of such an approval will not be realistically possible in just two or three days.

Nevertheless there are commercial lenders who provide their own special version of a pre-approval within just a few days of receiving preliminary application information. Because this abbreviated approach to pre-approvals almost always produces unexpected surprises for the commercial borrower as the business loan process goes forward, commercial borrowers need to be extremely wary of any commercial lenders that take this approach.

Why do several business lenders utilize misleading business loan pre-approvals? There are several motivations and here are two of them. (1) To employ a commercial mortgage pre-approval approach that is similar to a residential loan process. (2) To prompt the commercial borrower to stop considering other lenders.

Since many commercial mortgage loans are arranged by residential mortgage brokers who are frequently unfamiliar with common business loan procedures, this reason will be especially applicable when dealing with commercial lenders that specialize in dealing with residential mortgage brokers. This type of commercial lender should be avoided at all costs for most business financing situations.

Yes or No for a Commercial Mortgage Business Loan?

I have published an article which discusses the tendency of many banks to say "yes" when they mean "no". Such banks will typically attach onerous business financing conditions to commercial loans instead of simply declining the loan. Business owners should explore other commercial mortgage alternatives before accepting commercial financing terms that put them at a competitive disadvantage.

Think Outside the Bank for a Commercial Mortgage

In smaller metropolitan markets, it is not unusual for a dominant commercial lender to impose harsher commercial loan terms than would typically be seen in a more competitive business financing market. Such commercial lenders routinely take advantage of a relative lack of other commercial lenders in their local market.

An appropriate response by commercial borrowers is to seek out non-bank commercial loan options. It is neither necessary nor wise for commercial borrowers to depend only upon local traditional banks for commercial mortgage solutions. For most business loan situations, a non-local and non-bank commercial lender is likely to provide improved business financing terms because they are accustomed to competing aggressively with other commercial lenders.

Commercial Property Commercial Loan Appraisals

For a commercial loan involving commercial real estate, commercial appraisals are a necessary part of the business financing underwriting. A commercial appraisal is usually costly and time-consuming. Eliminating business lenders which have known problems with commercial appraisals will help business borrowers to avoid frustrations as well as save money and time.

Copyright 1995-2007 AEX Commercial Financing Group and Stephen Bush. All Rights Reserved.

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About Stephen A. Bush: Steve provides commercial real estate loan and working capital management advice. Free Commercial Mortgage - Working Capital reports

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