Mid Life Career Change: Madness or Promising Opportunity

Many of us are facing many challenges while going through life and our highly developed environment. In my case, like millions of workers around the world, finally reached the stage of middle age and constantly faced a very complicated social and economic environment. After a life long career in the lending industry I realized that … Read more

Understanding the Difference Between Home Equity Loans and Home Equity Line of Credit

Property owners often wonder how they can use the value of their home to access low-interest financing. A loan or a home equity line of credit are two options available to you. Check out some of the differences below to find out which one will be a better fit for your needs. Home Equity Loan … Read more

Best Buy – Used Car

One of the best ways to buy a used car is to narrow down your list of automotive candidates to a few promising models. The best way to buy a car is to decide whether: what kind of car do you want? What option do you want? if color matters if it will be new … Read more

FASB Proposed Lease Accounting Changes – Impacts on…

Introduction: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued its “Exposure Draft” on August 17, 2010, which requires companies to record nearly all leases on their balance sheets as “right to use” assets, and A “future lease payment liability”. What does this mean for your business in layman’s terms? This proposal summarily eliminates operating leases; All … Read more

Commercial Loan Retainer Fees

Retainer fees are “standard business practice” for some (but not all) commercial loan situations. It makes sense that a commercial borrower would not pay such a fee, so it is important for a commercial borrower to understand when it is more likely to be required. In fact, in many business loan scenarios, a business loan … Read more