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Talk to a business purchase loan expert today at (888) 828-5689. Get all your questions answered and get started with the dream of business ownership.

Understanding How to Buy a Business

Learn how to secure loans for buying businesses, covering planning, financing options like SBA loans, and navigating the purchase process.

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Understanding How to Buy a Business

Learn how to secure loans for buying businesses, covering planning, financing options like SBA loans, and navigating the purchase process.

Use Our Business Loan Calculator

A business loan calculator helps entrepreneurs estimate monthly payments, interest costs,enabling informed decisions for loans like equipment, working capital or acquisitions.

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Use Our Business Loan Calculator

A business loan calculator helps entrepreneurs estimate monthly payments, interest costs,enabling informed decisions for loans like equipment, working capital or acquisitions.

Free ePub: How to Buy a Business

Download our free guide to learn how to buy a business using SBA loans, explore loan rates, loan terms and business acquisition strategies.

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Free ePub: How to Buy a Business

Download our free guide to learn how to buy a business using SBA loans, explore loan rates, loan terms and business acquisition strategies.

Want to learn more about buying a business?

Getting a Loan to Buy a Business

Acquiring a business offers growth but involves costs, challenges and financing.

Loan to Buy Out a Partner

Partner buyouts can strain small business liquidity but SBA loans offer flexibility and support.

How to Buy a Franchise Business

Franchising offers entrepreneurs proven models, support, and financing options like SBA loans.

Get a Veterans Loans to Buy a Business

Veterans can use SBA loans to buy a business with flexible terms and down payments.

M&A Loans For a New Business

Mergers fuel growth and opportunity. SBA loans provide the flexible financing.

How to Buy a Franchise Business Epub

Learn franchise buying essentials like how to buy the right franchise and handle financing.

Industries to Buy a Business In

Look at 30 different industries that we support with SBA 7a and 504 loan financing.

Business Acquisition Loan Closings

Discover the key documents for your closing like the LOI, business plan and the financing.

Get an SBA Loan

Partner with a top SBA lender that offers flexible loans and expert guidance to grow your business.

Case Studies: Loan to Buy a Business

Check out some of our business loan case studies. We are always here to answer your business loan questions.

SBA Loan Case Study

Perfect Moving NYC

Perfect Moving needed access to caplital to greatly expand their NYC-based moving company. The $3.6MM SBA 504 and 7a loans were used to acquire more storage properties, more equipment and working capital.

Loan

$3.6MM – 7a Loan

Loan Usage

Purchase Existing Commercial Property, Working Capital

Industry

Movers

SBA Loan Case Study

Tint World

Car enthuisiast Dan BIllings, got a $585,000 SBA 7a loan to setup a Tint World franchise. Learn from his amazing story and how he was able to become breakeven in the first year of ownership.

Loan

$585K – 7a Loan

Loan Usage

Franchise Expenses, TI/Construction, Working Capital

Industry

Automotive

SBA Loan Case Study

Freelite AZ

Tyler Green wanted to purchase Freelite AZ, a Phoenix windows and door installer. He did a $363,000 SBA 7a loan to buyout a retiring business owner with First Bank of the Lake.

Loan

$363K – 7a Loan

Loan Usage

Buyout Retiring Business Owner, Working Capital

Industry

Home Renovation

SBA Loan Case Study

Winter Park Ski Rental

A Colorado winter sports entrepreneur got a $2.2MM 7a SBA loan to buy a longtime ski business from a retiring owner. First Bank of the Lake was able to close the deal in just 35 days.

Loan

$2.2MM – 7a Loan

Loan Usage

Buyout of Retiring Business Owner, Working Capital

Industry

Sports & Leisure

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Small Businesses Helped 2020-2024

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SBA 7a Loan Requirements

Finding the right funding solutions for your small business can be challenging. SBA 7a loans offer low interest rates and fixed-rate or variable-rate options.

SBA 504 Loan Requirements

What are 504 loans? This guide will provide you with an overview on how to get a 504 loan, SBA 504 loan down payment requirements and finding the right SBA 504 loan lenders for your small business needs.

How to Get an SBA Franchise Loan

Are you an entrepreneur looking to start a franchise but need funding to get started? Securing a Small Business Administration loan might be the perfect solution.

SBA Industry Loans

We’re One of the Top SBA Business Lenders in the US

We made $600MM in SBA loans in the last year alone

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