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Business Loan Types & Products
Most owners shop for money the way they would never shop for anything else: they take whatever is offered fastest and hope the structure fits. It usually does not. A five-year equipment purchase funded with a six-month advance, or a two-week inventory buy financed with a five-year term loan, both cost real money for no reason other than the wrong product getting matched to the job.
This category walks through the products themselves: term loans, business lines of credit, working capital loans, equipment financing and leasing, SBA programs, invoice factoring, revenue-based financing and bridge loans. Each guide answers the same practical questions. What is this product actually built for? How is its cost expressed, and what does that way of expressing it hide? How fast does it typically fund, what do providers commonly review, and in which situations does it fit badly?
We broker several of these products through participating providers, and we name that plainly wherever it matters. What you will not find is a ranking that quietly steers you toward whatever pays a broker best. The aim of every guide is narrower and more useful than that: help you walk into any funding conversation already knowing what the product is, what it tends to cost, and which questions to ask before you sign anything at all.
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Business Loan Types & Products
Bridge Financing for Small Businesses: Covering the Gap
Bridge financing covers a defined gap until money you can name arrives. The forms it takes, the cost logic, the risks, and the rules for bridging safely.
Business Loan Types & Products
Business Credit Cards vs. a Line of Credit: When Each Wins
Both revolve, but they are different tools: the card's interest-free float against the line's real cash access. Costs, limits and fit, compared honestly.
Business Loan Types & Products
Cash Advance vs. Loan for a Cash-Heavy Business
Physical cash changes the underwriting and the structure. Why an advance loses its flex without a card split, what proves cash sales, and which product fits.
Business Loan Types & Products
Equipment Financing 101: Buying vs. Leasing
Financing builds equity in the machine; leasing buys flexibility and lower payments. End-of-term math, obsolescence, taxes and fit, compared without spin.
Business Loan Types & Products
Invoice Factoring Explained: Turning Receivables Into Cash
How invoice factoring works: advance rates, fees and reserves, recourse vs non-recourse, what it really costs, and which businesses the product genuinely fits.
Business Loan Types & Products
Business Line of Credit vs. Term Loan: The Real Difference
A line of credit is reusable permission to borrow; a term loan is one lump sum on a schedule. Cost, qualification, reuse and fit, compared without spin.
Business Loan Types & Products
Revenue-Based Financing: How Repayment Flexes With Your Sales
Revenue-based financing takes a set percentage of sales until a capped total is repaid. The mechanics, the cost paradox, and who the flexible structure fits.
Business Loan Types & Products
SBA Loans: What They Are and Why They Take So Long
How SBA loans actually work: the guarantee behind them, the 7(a), 504 and microloan programs, what lenders ask for, and why the wait is the price of the price.
Business Loan Types & Products
Short-Term vs. Long-Term Business Loans: Matching Term to Purpose
Short-term loans cost more per dollar but end fast; long-term loans carry gentler payments for years. How to match the loan's clock to the purpose's clock.
Business Loan Types & Products
9 Types of Small Business Financing (and Who Each One Is For)
Nine ways small businesses borrow, from term loans and credit lines to MCAs, factoring and SBA programs: mechanics, cost, speed, and who each genuinely fits.
Business Loan Types & Products
What Is Working Capital, and How Much Does Your Business Need?
Working capital in plain English: the formula, what counts, a worked example, and a four-step method for sizing how much cushion your business really needs.