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Mortgage and Lending - Mercantile Capital Corporation
I regularly comment on things of interest to my target audience of business owners and entrepreneurs. Typically, you'll find the most current information on SBA loan programs, economic and entrepreneurial ideas and discussion, and much, much more.
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True or False: Santa’s red-and-white garb was invented by Coca-Cola for their advertising in the 1930s. I was reading an article about the recent white Coke cans — the ones with polar bears on them. Coke abruptly discontinued them after lots of people mistook them for Diet Coke and complained (th...
12/24/2011
It’s been a busy and hectic two weeks, but we’re finally moved-in and getting settled into our new digs. We really appreciate everybody’s patience as we moved our email servers and phones and everything else. Our office is set up a bit differently than before (we now occupy multiple floors of our...
12/15/2011
The first-ever sales and marketing conference for the small business lending industry is officially over, but you can still get your hands on the wealth of information SBA University has to offer. Before I get into all the details, watch this short video to get a taste of what it was like to be t...
12/09/2011
To say that we enjoy the Holiday Season here at Mercantile is an understatement. I guess it’s one of the joys of working with people who we actually care about — we’re more like family than just coworkers. With Thanksgiving fast approaching (and Hanukkah and Christmas not far behind), Ken, Nikos,...
11/27/2011
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Our Marketing Department has done a lot of crazy things over the years — things like mailing plastic trash cans and cardboard tubes to people, and hosting Mardi Gras Parties for hundreds of our local Clients and Referral Partners. Well, we’re moving into new offices in a couple weeks, and we’ve f...
11/18/2011
I’m proud to announce that we’ll soon be launching our first iPhone app! While it may not be quite as amusing as Angry Birds, I think you’ll find it MUCH more useful. The primary function of our app is a loan calculator for owner-occupied commercial real estate. I know there are already a few 504...
11/17/2011
Whether or not you were able to attend my webinar yesterday about the new SBA 504 loan refinance rules, there’s a good chance you’ll be interested in viewing a replay and/or having the presentation slides for your reference. Just over 500 people registered for this webinar, and I spent nearly 45 ...
11/03/2011
Halloween is Monday, and we’re already gearing up for it around the office. I have a quick message for you on this Friday afternoon — just three things: Halloween (obviously); our record-high funding volume; and your last chance to register for my 504 refi webinar next week. Watch the video below...
10/29/2011
My staff and I have been inundated with questions about the new SBA 504 loan refinancing rules ever since the SBA announced them on October 12th. In order to answer everyone’s questions and to share this information as quickly and effectively as possible, I’ve decided to host a complimentary webi...
10/24/2011
Since the Small Business Jobs & Credit Act was passed a year ago, we’ve been able to finally use SBA 504 loans to refinance commercial property. Fortunately, a few hundred business owners have been able to avail themselves of this program to get control over their real estate expenses with the lo...
10/14/2011
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