Understand every lease before you sign it. Plain English guides to clauses, deposits, renewals, and the terms that matter most.
Every established business was once a new business with no track record. Yet when a brand new company applies for equipment financing, lenders often act as if the...
Startups face a difficult financing puzzle. You need equipment to generate revenue, but lenders want to see revenue before they finance equipment. Traditional banks often say no to...
When your business needs equipment, two of the most popular financing paths are an SBA loan and an equipment lease. Both can put machinery, vehicles, or technology to...
Bonus depreciation is one of the most valuable tax breaks available to US businesses that buy equipment, but it gets confusing fast when leasing enters the picture. Many...
Section 179 is one of the most valuable tax provisions available to American businesses that buy equipment. It lets you deduct the full cost of qualifying equipment in...
Buried in many equipment leases is a clause that can keep you paying long after you expected the lease to end. It goes by several names: evergreen clause,...
Every equipment lease ends, but the ending is rarely automatic. Months before the final payment, you face a set of decisions that can save or cost your business...
Most equipment leases run their full term, but sometimes buying the equipment early is the smarter move. The machinery has become essential to your operations, the buyout price...
Not every business can afford full lease payments from day one. A company adding a new production line, opening another location, or hiring its first full crew often...
Signing an equipment lease usually means the first payment is due almost immediately. For many businesses, that timing creates a real problem. The equipment has just arrived, it...