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February 2012
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"Best Practices: Statement of Business Purpose"
February 2012
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"Best Practices: Equity Injection Requirements for Intangible Assets and SBA Mandated Loan Bifurcation"
January 2012
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"Best Practices: SBA Form 912 - Truthful or not?"
January 2012
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"Best Practices: Who's on First? Determining when an Entity is Required to be a Primary vs. Secondary Obligor"
January 2012
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"Best Practices: Flood Insurance - Saving Your Guaranty for a Rainy Day"
January 2012
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"Best Practices: The Art of Ordering Searches"
December 2011
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"Best Practices: Final Rule on 504 Debt Refinancing"
December 2011
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"Best Practices: Closing Protection Letters: Protecting Lenders in Closings by Agents"
November 2011
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"Best Practices: Agricultural Liens and Article 9 of the UCC"
November 2011
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"Best Practices: Collateral Options for Working Capital CAPLines"
November 2011
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"Best Practices: Disbursing Without a Borrowing Base Under the New Working Capital CAPline Program"
November 2011
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"Best Practices: New SOP Requirements"
October 2011
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"Best Practices: Refinancing Change of Ownership Debt"
October 2011
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"New SOP Insurance Requirements"
October 2011
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"Changes to Franchise Eligibility Guidelines"
October 2011
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"Major SOP Changes on the Way for Lenders"
September 2011
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"Best Practices: Business Purchase Agreements"
September 2011
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"Best Practices: Lender's Authority to Release and Substitute Collateral"
September 2011
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"Best Practices: Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Requirements"
August 2011
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"Best Practices: Educating Third Party Lenders"
August 2011
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"Best Practices: Executed Purchase-Sale Agreements"
August 2011
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"Best Practices: Refinancing of Same Lender Debt: "
August 2011
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"Best Practices: SBA Guaranty Fees"
August 2011
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"Best Practices: Documenting Use of Proceeds"
July 2011
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"Best Practices: Requiring California Limited Partnerships and California Revocable Trusts to Guaranty SBA Loans"
July 2011
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"New Fixes To The SBA 504 Temporary Debt Refinancing Program"
July 2011
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"Best Practices: EPCs and Oil and Gas Leases"
July 2011
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"Best Practices: Adequate Collateral"
June 2011
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"Best Practices: SBA Insurance Requirements for Construction Financing"
June 2011
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"Best Practices: Avoiding Repairs Through Proper Servicing"
June 2011
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"Best Practices: Refinancing Credit Card Debt"
June 2011
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"Best Practices: Trusts in SBA Lending"
June 2011
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"Title Insurance: Endorsements for Specific Situations - Mortgage Modiications and Swaps"
May 2011
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"Best Practices: Stock Purchase Update"
May 2011
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"Key Changes To The SBA 504 Temporary Debt Refinancing Program Aimed To Attract More Loans"
May 2011
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"Best Practices: Leasehold Mortgage Financing"
May 2011
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"SBA Policy Change: Secondary Market Sales by "High-Risk" Lenders"
April 2011
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"Best Practices: Using an SBA 7(a) Loan to Refinance 504 Project Related Debt"
April 2011
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"Best Practices: SBA Standby Agreements"
April 2011
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"Title Insurance: Endorsements For Specific Situations - Access"
April 2011
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"Best Practices: Financing Residential Space"
March 2011
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"Best Practices: Confirming Release of Liens"
March 2011
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"Best Practices: Updated PLP Eligibility Checklist"
March 2011
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"Best Practices: Fictitious Names"
March 2011
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"Structuring a Partner Buyout as a Stock Redemption: Potential Tax Consequences Arising from the New Change of Ownership Rules"
March 2011
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"How to Use the SBA Franchise Findings List"
February 2011
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"Best Practices: Guaranty Purchases and the Materiality Standard"
February 2011
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"Marketable Title: Insuring The Saleability of Real Estate"
February 2011
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"Best Practices: Bulk Sales Compliance"
February 2011
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"Servicing Your SBA Loan - Borrower Name Change"
January 2011
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"Best Practices: Documenting SBA Loan Disbursements"
January 2011
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"Best Practices: Avoiding Repairs Through Proper Servicing"
January 2011
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"Best Practices: New SBA Policy On Agents"
January 2011
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"Best Practices: Regulation B and SBA Loans"
December 2010
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"Title Insurance: Alternatives to the Standard Endorsements"
December 2010
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"Best Practices: Business Valuations"
December 2010
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"Best Practices: Title Insurance - How Much Is Enough?"
November 2010
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"Best Practices: Recovery Act and Oversight by OIG"
November 2010
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"Best Practices: Change In Ownership"
November 2010
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"Best Practices: Real Estate Appraisals"
November 2010
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"What Would You Do If You Could Build an SBA Lending Program from Scratch?"
October 2010
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"SOP 50 53: The SOP You Need To Know"
October 2010
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"Best Practices: Guaranty Purchases and the Materiality Standard"
October 2010
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"Increased SBA Loan Amount Comes With a High SBA Guaranty Fee"
October 2010
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"The Federal Right of Redemption - Fact or Fiction?"
September 2010
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"Best Practices: Franchise Eligibility Issues Under SOP 50 10 5(C)"
September 2010
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"Best Practices: Equity Injection Under SOP 50 10 5(C)"
September 2010
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"Best Practices: Environmental Investigations"
September 2010
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"The 50 10 5(C): Coming Attractions "
September 2010
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"Best Practices: Limited Guarantees"
August 2010
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"Navigating The SBA's Life Insurance Requirements"
August 2010
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"Best Practices: Legal Permanent Residents"
August 2010
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"Documenting Change Of Ownership For An SBA 7(a) Loan"
August 2010
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"Occupancy Requirements: What Are They and When Are They Required"
July 2010
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"Best Practices: Trusts"
July 2010
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"Affiliation Issues To Consider When Lending To Franchisees, Licensees Or Gas Station Operators"
July 2010
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"Navigating The SBA's Latest Equity Requirements Regarding Standby Debt"
July 2010
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"Best Practices: Preserving The SBA Guaranty"
July 2010
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"Best Practices: Ttitle Insurance"
June 2010
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"The 10 Tab File: The Story of a Loan"
June 2010
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"Best Practices: SBA Interest Rates"
June 2010
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"Best Practices: The Eligible Passive Company (EPC) Rule"
June 2010
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"Small Change To The SOP Means Big Impact For 504 Loans"
May 2010
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"Best Practices: Escrow Accounts"
May 2010
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"Best Practices: Flood Insurance"
May 2010
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"Best Practices: 4506 IRS Tax Transcript Verifications"
May 2010
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"Insurance Requirements for SBA Loans"
April 2010
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"When are Affiliate Guarantees Required?"
April 2010
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"The Value of a Payoff Letter"
April 2010
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"Best Practices: Landlord Waivers"
April 2010
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"SBA Franchise News"
March 2010
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"Best Practices: Securing Leasehold Improvements"
March 2010
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"Business Acquisition Tips For The SBA Lender"
March 2010
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"Best Practices: Title Insurance - How Much Is Enough?"
March 2010
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"USDA B&I Loan Program Under ARRA"
February 2010
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"Best Practices: Executed Purchase-Sale Agreements"
February 2010
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"Best Practices: Pre-Filing Financing Statements"
February 2010
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"Best Practices: Stock Purchase"
February 2010
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"Updated 7(a) Guaranty Purchase Package Tabs: 7(a) Recovery Act Loans"
January 2010
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"Best Practices: Title Insurance "
January 2010
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"The Value of a Payoff Letter "
January 2010
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"Insurance Requirements for SBA Loans"
January 2010
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"Documenting Use of Proceeds"
December 2009
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"Refinancing Seller Notes"
December 2009
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"Turning an SBA Repair or a Denial Into Payment"
December 2009
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"Guaranty Purchases: The Latest From Herndon"
November 2009
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"Recovery Act Loans - Time Is Running Out!"
November 2009
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"Equity Injection: Documenting 401(k) Rollovers"
November 2009
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"The New 7(a) Servicing and Liquidation Actions Lender Matrix – When Must Lenders Contact the SBA?"
November 2009
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"Pending Legislation Means Big Changes For SBA Lending"
October 2009
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"Proving Equity Injection In The 504 Loan Program"
October 2009
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" USDA Business and Industry Update"
October 2009
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"Revised Collateral Policy for Publicly-Traded Stocks and Bonds"
October 2009
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"SBA Announces Maximum Fixed Rate"
October 2009
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"Changes in SOP 50 10 5(B) Franchise Review Rules"
September 2009
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"New 7(a) Guaranty Purchase Package Tabs "
September 2009
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"New Rules for Debt Refinancing"
September 2009
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"Major Changes to SBA Goodwill Policy"
September 2009
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"Equity Injection Vehicles: 401(k) and Other Retirement Plan Rollovers Under SOP 50 10 5(A)"
July 2009
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"Devil in the Details - Watch for New Requirements Along with SBA Program Opportunities"
July 2009
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"USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program: Noteworthy Regulatory Revisions "
April 2009
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"504 Loans Go 'Green'"
February 2009
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"'The 50411' - Information for the 504 Permanent Lender - The Impact of the New Pennsylvania Mechanics Lien Law on Your 504 Project"
November 2008
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"'The 50411' - Information for the 504 Permanent Lender"
October 2008
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"Justifying Ten Year Terms on Business Acquisition Loans Under the New SOP 50 10 (5)"
September 2008
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"'The 50411' - Information for the 504 Permanent Lender"
September 2008
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"Determine When Franchise/License/Dealer/Jobber Agreements Must be Reviewed"
July 2008
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"Can Lenders Still Make SBA Loans to Gas Stations and Mini-Marts?"
April 2008
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"Protecting the Guaranty and the OIG’s Role in the Repurchase Process"
February 2008
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"Tips for the New Nationwide PLP Lender"
July 2006
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"Due Diligence Pointers When SBA Lenders Participate in 504 Loans"
July 2005
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"Protect Lender Lien Seniority"
July 2004
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"New Guidelines for Proving A Borrower’s Equity Injection"
February 2003
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"Big Changes To The UCC"
April 2001
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"An Examination of Confession of Judgment Statutes in the Mid-Atlantic States"
April 2000
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