The bank that turned you down doesn't decide your rate. There are three people at that table — you only met one.
Most contractors think a commercial property deal is a conversation between them and their bank. It isn't. An SBA 504 loan is a three-seat structure, and the seat you never met is the one that moves your terms.
Here's who's actually sitting there. A bank funds roughly half of the project as the first mortgage. A CDC — a nonprofit certified by the SBA — funds around 40% behind it. That structure is what lets an owner-occupied deal work with as little as ten percent down, instead of the twenty or thirty percent a conventional commercial loan expects. And the third seat is the partner who takes your file to the lenders, rather than you walking it into one.
That distinction matters more than most people realize. Walking into your own bank is like buying from whatever happens to be parked on a single used car lot. A partner who shops the file finds a lender who actually wants your profile — and a lender who wants you quotes differently than one doing you a favor. I've watched it play out: a contractor's first bank came back with one number, we kept working the file until a bank wanted it, and he ended up with his name on the deed of the first building he'd ever owned.
You've spent years building other people's buildings. A 504 done right is how you build the one you keep.
Comment "504" to learn how to shop your deal.
Related video: [LINK]
504 structure breakdown: [LINK]
Start a file: www.fundsforinvestor.com
#sba504 #SBA504Loan #commercialrealestate #OwnerOccupied #ContractorFunding #SmallBusinessFinancing #CDCLoan #commercialmortgage #BusinessRealEstate #contractorbusiness
Most contractors think a commercial property deal is a conversation between them and their bank. It isn't. An SBA 504 loan is a three-seat structure, and the seat you never met is the one that moves your terms.
Here's who's actually sitting there. A bank funds roughly half of the project as the first mortgage. A CDC — a nonprofit certified by the SBA — funds around 40% behind it. That structure is what lets an owner-occupied deal work with as little as ten percent down, instead of the twenty or thirty percent a conventional commercial loan expects. And the third seat is the partner who takes your file to the lenders, rather than you walking it into one.
That distinction matters more than most people realize. Walking into your own bank is like buying from whatever happens to be parked on a single used car lot. A partner who shops the file finds a lender who actually wants your profile — and a lender who wants you quotes differently than one doing you a favor. I've watched it play out: a contractor's first bank came back with one number, we kept working the file until a bank wanted it, and he ended up with his name on the deed of the first building he'd ever owned.
You've spent years building other people's buildings. A 504 done right is how you build the one you keep.
Comment "504" to learn how to shop your deal.
Related video: [LINK]
504 structure breakdown: [LINK]
Start a file: www.fundsforinvestor.com
#sba504 #SBA504Loan #commercialrealestate #OwnerOccupied #ContractorFunding #SmallBusinessFinancing #CDCLoan #commercialmortgage #BusinessRealEstate #contractorbusiness
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