News Releases

Time to Buckle up, I've Seen this Before!  Important market items to recognize going into 2025 Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani November 2024Yes, I’m that old and have been here before (a few times). Many know that I travel the...

SBA Closing Items all Brokers Need to Understand!    Adjusting for low Business Valuations and more Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani October 2024You find out within weeks (sometimes days) before your closing that the SBA required...

Financing options for Today's Acquisitions What a difference a year makes, SBA financing changes summary Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani July 2024Just a year ago you were not able to consider any transaction that was leaving the...

If your listings are down, you're not alone! We're seeing a slowdown, and so are many of our broker offices. Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani April 2024If you’re seeing a listing slowdown, you’re not alone. We’re hearing it from...

$5 Million Doesn't Buy What it Used To! Everything has gone up except the SBA loan maximum, lets change that.Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani March 2024Have you been to the grocery store lately? Bought fuel for your car or financed...

Financing transactions from $3MM to $8MM is different in 2024! With so many rule and lender changes, here's the best way to assure an approval.Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani February 2024With so many SBA rule changes, credit...

More SBA changes as of November 15th 5 major effects on business acquisitions (good and bad)Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani November 2023As changes continue to trickle down from SBA leadership, today I will describe what I believe...

The Time for Expertise is NOW! Partial ownerships purchase rule updates! (and SBA fees being waived)Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani September 2023If you rely on SBA financing for your transaction closings, then by now you’ve most...

SBA Changes affecting your deals! Utilizing current market conditions to close transactions!Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani August 2023If you’ve been following along with all the SBA lending changes in 2023 and your head is...

SBA lending criteria is changing!Surprising changes in the lending markets!By Steve MarianiJuly, 2023What’s going on in our acquisition lending market today? It seems lender inconsistencies are at an all-time high. When we receive this number of calls, allsaying the...