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SBA Community Express Loan Program
Who is Eligible?
Potential Borrowers Include:
For loans up to $25,000 - all SBA eligible businesses and/or borrowers located nationwide.
For loans over $25,000 - all SBA eligible businesses and/or borrowers located nationwide in Low to Moderate Income Areas (LMI), Hub Zones and other SBA designated areas.
Loan Features:
- Loan is fully amortized with no access fees per transaction
- Automated process provides fast turn-around time
- Loan amounts of $5,000 to $50,000
- 7 year term – Fully Amortized
- Unsecured – no collateral required
- Variable Interest Rate based on Wall Street Journal Prime, adjusted quarterly:
- Loans of $5,000 - $25,000 at Prime +4.75%
- Loans of $25,001 - $50,000 at Prime +3.75%
- $425 Loan packaging fee – deducted from the loan proceeds
- SBA Guaranty fee of 2% of the guaranteed portion (85%) of the loan will be deducted from the loan proceeds
- Loan payments automatically drafted from the business checking account at their established financial institution
- No prepayment penalty – 21-day payoff notification required
- Technical Assistance Included – borrowers receive pre-and post-loan closing management and technical assistance
Eligibility Requirements:
- All SBA eligible industries considered
- Start-up businesses allowed
- Loan proceeds for business acquisition not allowed
- Working capital loans to businesses after acquisition has been fully completed are permitted
- Franchise must be on the SBA approved Franchise Registry www.franchiseregistry.com
- Liquid assets of individual owner cannot exceed $100,000 – does not include IRA and other qualifying Retirement Accounts
- No tax return required
- Utilizes Fair Isaac Credit Score System, which evaluates credit score of the applicant and industry data including current and recent past due accounts; collection accounts have a very negative
effect on the applicant's credit score and loan decision
Ineligible Businesses:
- Investment Real Estate – apartments, rental housing or multi-tenant buildings
- Speculative Real Estate
- Agricultural and farm businesses (growing crops or animals)
- Fishing and Shore operations
- Medical facilities (including nursing homes and assisted living facilities)
- Mines (including sand and gravel pits)
- Applicants doing business in foreign countries
- Businesses engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs, whether
in a religious or secular setting
- A business with any products or services of a sexual nature
- A business that is engaged in lending (with the exception of Mortgage Brokers)
- A business that is engaged in gambling
Loan Application Process:
- Application submitted by Technical Assistance (T/A) Provider or applicant directly
- Upon approval of loan a commitment letter is issued and closing documents are sent to the Technical Assistance Provider and/or Borrower
- Signed commitment letter and closing documents are returned to the Community
Express Loan division
- Funding occurs after the Community Express Loan division receives the Technical Assistance certificate with business plan attached from the Technical Assistance Provider
Loan Application:
For more information contact our experienced loan experts:
Fred Crispen
Jane Crispen
Terry Crispen
Toll Free (866) 644-0042
Fax completed applications to (866) 717-7718
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