All businesses need money to get started. However, most businesses that apply for traditional funding are rejected. In fact, only 39 percent of businesses that apply for traditional funding are approved. There are a number of other financing options for you.
Short-Term Business Loans
Short-term business loans are typically taken out for 12 to 18 ...
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How You Can Start Saving Money this Fall
Like most, summer meant the kids are out of school and probably consisted on taking plenty more trips than you would the rest of the year, even if that means traveling within your own state, the costs can still add up. While you’re still waiting for your final summer credit card statement to come in, now is the time when you can focus on ...
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Uncompromising Diligence: 4 Common Term Insurance Mistakes to Avoid
If you’re buying life insurance, you’re already on the path to doing things right. However, you may not know that buying term life insurance brings with it the opportunity for errors, and people make these mistakes all of the time. But you can avoid being one of them when you purchase after having read the four secret pitfalls of term insurance. If ...
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Unlocking the Doors: These 5 Methods Will Increase Your Personal Loan Eligibility
Taking out a personal loan can feel like every part of your financial life is under the microscope. No matter how much or how little you are borrowing, your lender will scrutinise your application and come to a decision based on several key factors. Understanding these factors is key to increasing your personal loan eligibility.
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What Does it Take to Move to Canada?
Whether you’re finding the current president a bit much, or you simply want to live in the land where poutine was invented, you’re not the only one thinking of moving to Canada from the United States. The abundance of land, a strong economy, and world-class cities like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary have attracted immigrants for ...
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7 Reasons the Texas Economy Seems to Just Keep Growing
Whether you are from Texas or not, you can’t help but admire the growth in the economy. Businesses are flocking to the area to establish a base. Many businesses are moving there from environments that may not have been as welcoming to businesses. That isn’t the only reason the Texas economy is seeing growth, and in this article, we are going to ...
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Maintaining a Good Credit Score: Are Soft Credit Inquiries Harmful in Any Way?
You worked hard to get your credit score exactly where you want it to be. Now, you want to do everything you can to keep that number where it is. But what about inquiries? When financial institutions or others check out your credit score, won’t it go down? The answer is both yes and no, as we examine the difference between hard and soft credit ...
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Liability and Business: What is General Liability Insurance and What Can It Do for You?
A list of recommendations of the insurances you need for commercial coverage cannot be complete without General Liability Insurance. Covering the costs of claims like bodily injury as well as those of advertising and property damages filed against you, it is one of the best plans you can buy for your micro-business.
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Ways to Help Curb Your Overspending
By the time you have your paycheck deposited, pay bills, try to keep a little for entertainment, not to mention save for retirement, there sure isn’t a whole lot to go around. While it may be tough to admit, but if you find that you not only have more money going out than coming in, or if you aren’t giving yourself a cushion for an emergency fund, ...
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Bookkeeping: DIY or Outsourcing? What’s Better for Your Finances?
While some might automatically equate saving money on their business with doing something themselves, others will easily admit that only a seasoned professional will be able to do their accounting properly.
And to be honest, there are arguments for both sides. But like always, there are a lot of things to consider to make one side or the other ...
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