Where to learn more about non-pg financing

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by an investor from Brigham Young University
in Cache County, UT, USA

1yr ago

Where to learn more about non-pg financing

I'm interested in learning more about debt financing without personal guarantees. Things like sale lease backs on real property and asset backed financing. Does anyone have a good source for this or is there anyone who has some expertise in this area that would be willing to chat?

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reply by a lender 1yr ago
from Eastern Illinois University in 900 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563, USA

I would be happy to have a conversation and go through financing options with you in detail. We are a Commercial Loan Brokerage shop with over 500 different funding partners. You can reach me here or directly at redacted

However, to be up front there are very few options where a personal guarantee is not required. Even many asset based and private lenders will still require a personal guarantee. Unless you have a transaction at an incredibly low loan-to-cost and that is more than adequately capitalized with solid business assets, it is likely most lenders are still going to require a personal guarantee. And even when. you have a deal that strong, many lenders will still require a performance guarantee or what is referred to as a "bad boy carve-out" where you are signing a guarantee if fraud is committed. Again, happy to discuss, but depending on what you are trying to do you could be looking for a needle in a haystack. And your costs for financing without a personal guarantee could be prohibitive to your deal.

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from Universidad Internacional del Ecuador in Cuenca, Ecuador

Andrew, a very good source for understanding sale leasebacks is Chelsea Mandel. She runs Ascension Advisory (redacted) a firm dedicated to brokering sale leaseback agreements.

They also have a free email course you can access through their website, that will give you all the ins and outs of how sale leasebacks work