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Best business loans for first-time owners

The binding constraint for a first-time owner is almost never the score — it is time in business.

✓ Checking what you qualify for does not affect your credit score.

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The honest position

The binding constraint for a first-time owner is almost never the score — it is time in business.

Revenue-based funding starts at 6 months. Below that there is no product here at any score, because a funder is buying a track record and a business under six months has not built one yet.

How to run both tracks

What to build in the meantime: 8+ deposits a month, an average daily balance of $5,000 or 10% of monthly revenue, and few negative days. That file funds at six months regardless of the score.

The thresholds here

Tier 1: 650 FICO, 3 years in business, $300,000 a year or $25,000 a month, 8+ monthly deposits.

Tier 2: 600 FICO, 6 months in business, $60,000 revenue, $800 minimum daily balance.

The minimum FICO is 500. The 650/600/550 tiers are product criteria that decide which product a file is read against, not a floor on the business. Scores in the 500s are placed routinely and are read on revenue, deposit consistency and time in business rather than on the score alone.

Average daily balance of $5,000, or 10% of monthly revenue, whichever is greater. Up to 3 negative days a month, 9 per six months and up to 6 NSFs a month, 24 per six months.

What to send

Application plus three months of business bank statements. Same-day decision, next business day funding.

Restricted regardless of the numbers: new residential construction, residential remodelling, long-distance (TL or LTL) trucking, used car dealers, and real estate agents, brokers, managers or lessors. Sole proprietors are eligible; non-profits are not; 50%% or more ownership is required.

Questions

Is there a special product for first-time owners?

The binding constraint for a first-time owner is almost never the score — it is time in business.

What else should I look at?

Revenue-based funding starts at 6 months. Below that there is no product here at any score, because a funder is buying a track record and a business under six months has not built one yet.

What credit score do I need?

The minimum FICO is 500. The 650/600/550 tiers are product criteria that decide which product a file is read against, not a floor on the business. Scores in the 500s are placed routinely and are read on revenue, deposit consistency and time in business rather than on the score alone.

Will checking affect my credit?

No.

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