News Releases

The Business Climate is Changing It's a New Year and Time to Spring into Action! Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani March 2025By now you’ve heard of a few changes happening within the SBA including the discontinuation of lending to...

The World of SBA lending in 2025  Changes, Updates and Advantages, the Options are Almost Endless Building success through the sharing of information. By Steve Mariani February 2025From the buyers being allowed to put zero money down, to securing multiple $5MM SBA...

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...