SBA 504 Loan Program Information

Many thanks for your support of HR 5297. It appears that the Senate still hasn't passed the bill yet, as the second cloture motion was withdrawn yesterday. So we'll continue to pester our elected officials until we get the action we need from them . . . last I checked, they DO get [...] read more

I'm traveling to Connecticut today on business, so I had to compose this message between flights, in airports and on planes. I've frustrated a few flight attendants because I just HAD to finish a thought before shutting off my laptop for takeoff. I would have posted this sooner, but I wasn't lucky e. […] read more

I recently read a blog post by Jay Goltz on the New York Times website (yes, I get ALL perspectives), and wanted to share it with you for a couple reasons. First, he makes some pretty good points about how to handle all the talk and “news” reports we hear about our economy - - [...] read more

Nate Kennedy is a brilliant businessman, successful real estate investor, sought-after consultant, and also a friend of mine. He wrote a book a couple years back about the mortgage business called The Insider Secrets of the World"s Most Successful Mortgage Brokers, and I was flattered when he asked. […] read more

“Right now is a great time to buy commercial property.” I say and write that phrase a lot these days. If you're a regular reader of the emails and blog posts I write to you, you've no doubt heard this from me. But I bet you don't hear it or read about [...] read more

We distributed the following press release yesterday, and I thought you'd find it interesting. Despite all the continued negative talk about the economy and a "double-dip" recession, we at Mercantile are going gangbusters. The fact is that RIGHT NOW is a GREAT time to buy commercial property, and en. […] read more

On Sunday, we"ll all celebrate the 234th birthday of our Great Nation . . . but TODAY, July 2nd, actually marks the beginning of America"s independence from Great Britain! The Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence on July 2nd, 1776, and John Adams (our second Pres. […] read more

Hopefully, if you've been keeping up with my blog for a while now, you know I'm an avid soccer fan, perhaps even fanatical at times. I've treated my coworkers (as many as would/could join me) to breakfast and beers at a local Irish pub for the last two US World Cup matches, and I've [...] read more

I tell people all the time that the SBA 504 loan is the "best-kept secret" in commercial real estate financing for a myriad of reasons. But I know not everyone believes me wholeheartedly. To this day, the SBA 504 loan is still considered a second-tier or third-tier financing option by many people, a. […] read more

Trey here. I'm Chris' second-in-command in the marketing department here at Mercantile. Chris is out of town this week, spending some much-deserved time with his family, so I've decided to commandeer the blog while he's not here. You probably know by now that Chris has a second business, a barbersho. […] read more