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Auto repair shops / Refinance

Already carrying an advance? What an auto repair shop can do about daily debits.

First and second position funding, buyouts of balances up to $100,000, and what the daily-to-weekly change does to your cash flow.

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How auto repair shops end up with more than one advance

At Merchant Fund Express, we publish the terms and thresholds behind this page so you can check your own numbers before you apply.

Parts and equipment are different problems that tend to get the same fix. An advance covered a parts shortfall, then another bought a scanner. Now two daily debits sit against steady but modest card deposits.

In plain terms: daily debits from an advance taken for parts while a second was added to buy equipment.

What can be done

First and second position are both funded. Existing positions with a balance of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or a line of credit, and a line of credit up to $350,000 can sit in second position behind an existing advance. Up to two current positions fit the written guidelines, and some agreements restrict new financing, so read yours first. See MCA refinance and second position funding.

Daily versus weekly, on an auto repair shop numbers

An illustration, not an offer. Say an auto repair shop with about $60,000 in monthly revenue has a remaining advance balance of $32,000, being collected over about 60 business days:

ItemIllustration
Daily debit (60 business days)$533
Debited in a 21-day month$11,200 (19% of monthly revenue)
The same balance as a weekly payment over about 9 weeks$3,556
Terms of a new scheduleSet in your offer; a lower payment over a longer term is the goal

Use the payoff calculator with your own balance.

What to line up first

Total the distributor and equipment obligations separately
See whether the equipment balance could move to an equipment structure
Ask for a weekly schedule across the remaining balance
Disclose every open position on the application; it shows on your statements either way.

Related

Auto repair shops: the full industry guide — Cash flow, calendar and every funding page for this industry.
MCA refinance — Buyouts, second position and the weekly alternative.
Second position funding — More capital without disturbing the first.
Renewals — When a paid-down balance opens better terms.
Existing positions and stacking — How funders read open positions.
Revenue-based financing for auto repair shops — Payments that follow sales.

Common questions

Can an auto repair shop get more funding while carrying an advance?

Often. Shops with steady card deposits and a distributor account in good standing fit up to two positions. Merchant Fund Express shows the exact amount, schedule and total cost in your offer before you sign.

Can an existing advance be bought out?

Where your file and your agreement allow it, balances of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or line of credit.

Second position or a renewal?

Second position is a new agreement behind the existing one, so you make both payments. A renewal is more funding from the funder you already have, with one payment.

See what you qualify for

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