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I welcome everybody to this week's advisor team weekly webinar we hold these webinars every thursday at four o'clock p.m. eastern time it's a chance for you to hear our frequently asked question topics as we review details about the business credit building system and the process to get financing for your business we give you insight and tips in to help you through this process more effectively and efficiently as you know the advice your team is always here to help we're just a phone call or an email away you can reach us toll-free at 800 4970 499 alright let's dive into our topic today which is our finance blueprint we're excited about this we record our weekly webinars as we complete the webinar I will review any questions that you submit and this recording is emailed out after the webinar you can also find it on our youtube channel and make sure you're following us so you get an email update every time a video is added all right so we're going to start talking about our financing blueprint this is something that we have added to our program recently and we're excited about it what it is is basically a map that helps your business understand what options it has right now for financing in them in the market and that's what we're doing here is helping you see what kind of lending you qualify for so to help you make those decisions on how to expand and grow and so forth so that is the purpose of the finance blueprint is to let you know what you qualify for right now in the market and what can be done to help you qualify for more in the future so let's dive into this why do you need a finance blueprint your business needs to know what financing is available now to help you make effective decisions and planning as I work with a lot of my business owners each day this is an important element to running a business there are times where you need financing or working capital to grow or to float big expenditures or to just optic to run day-to-day business and so forth so as a business owner you need to know what financing options are out there what the prices of those financing options and so forth so you can plan and you want to be careful that you really realistically know what your options are because if you feel like you can go out and get fifty thousand dollars at two percent and the reality is you can probably only get ten thousand at fifteen percent well that's that's something you need to understand as you're making plans and that's why we are here is to help you understand exactly what financing is available to the business so you can grow appropriately and plan appropriately we also want to help you plan for the future so a lot of my business owners will put this finance blueprint together and help them see what they can qualify for and maybe even bring up financing they didn't know was out there well this is going to help you plan for the future maybe I can buy that additional location because I know that I can get this type of financing and so forth so it's going to help you make plans so that you can either grow or um you know develop more products whatever you do it can help you as you prepare for your future it also the finance blueprint is going to allow you to increase your fund ability what I mean by that is by understanding what lenders like to see to feel comfortable enough to lend you can increase your fund ability by meeting those standards so if a lender if we know that they'd like to see a business location and you just can't do it right now well at least we know that requirement of that lender that you're interested in so you can work towards that goal or let's say you may not have wonderful personal credit but you know if you build your business credit a little bit this lender will like we approve so you can work towards that goal and establish the business credit or if you want revenue financing financing that's based on the amount of money that's flowing through your business checking account or merchant account that lender likes to see six months bank statements for your business maybe you really only have you switched banks so you only have three or four months well you know that in a couple months you'll have those six months bank statements and we can go visit that business revenue lender these are great ways for you to plan for the future and increase your fund ability to position your business for more financing you need this blueprint to help you see what that full financing picture is for your business so how do you get your finance blueprint well first off you always want to go through step one and because step one is building that strong foundation that lenders like to see in order to feel comfortable and verify the business then you go through step two where you're answering some basic questions about you and the business that give us the fund ability elements or the information we need to build your blueprint let me show you what I mean let's go to step number one so you'll come in here and you'll go through this list of items that we've created these are items that lenders want to see to feel comfortable you need a business entity you also we recommend having a business address if at all possible and you'll enter that information in here then you'll go and you'll put in your business phone number and click yes to have it listed under 411 keep in mind lenders can tell if it's a cell phone or a home phone we recommend having a business phone number if you don't have the ability to pull in a landline I love RingCentral because they do a virtual business phone number that we can submit under 411 do you have a website or a business email no up site is not mandatory to move through step one but think about how a website could expand your business and help you generate more clients or sell more product and that's our focus as always to help your business grow in this section you're verifying that you set up your EIN number and we got any licenses that are required to operate your type of business and then in this section it's talking about the business bank account it's important that it's up set up correctly especially if we're going to at some point business visit a business revenue lender that account needs to be under the business name with the correct business address with at least six months bank statements and you want to stay away from non-sufficient funds and so forth so that you have a good track record you can also accept credit cards or debit cards clients are typically more willing to spend more when they can pay with a credit card or a debit card and then on the last page of step one is verifying that all your business records are in line this is one of the most important factors that business at the lenders look at when they're reviewing your business they want to make sure the business is real before they lend money okay so now we go to step 2 that was a general overview of step number one and in this section we're talking about the character capacity collateral and capital these are the general descriptions of the fields where lenders are looking to feel comfortable to lend so you'll answer some basic questions here do you have a bank account under the business name is it a home-based business I get a lot of questions on that question if the address listed with the Secretary of State and on all of your other business records is a home address then you are a home-based business and you'll answer that question is yes you'll enter the month and year your business was started that could be the date your bank account was open or the day that you incorporated choose an industry focus that generally describes your business will talk to you about that more but just a good idea and starting point you'll enter the description that closely fits your business and then you'll enter your gross monthly sells your monthly credit card sales we know it's hard sometimes to come up with exact numbers but give us some details that are as close to the actual numbers as possible you'll answer questions about your personal assets and the business assets and then of course pull your personal credit reports now some business owners will ask me why do you need my business credit I am are my personal credit I am here to build my business credit and that's fantastic we can help them build their business credit so that they can get some business credit cards without a personal guarantee but some lenders will always ask for a personal guarantee and if we want to visit those type of lenders for that specific lending product then we do need to know what the personal credit scores are in general it's important that we do this correctly we don't want to have any business debt reporting on the personal credit report because it hurts your debt-to-income ratios so we're careful in selecting lenders that typically do not report the business credit on the personal credit report and again I'm going to state that again we want to make sure we apply with lenders that do not report the business debt on the personal credit report some lenders do and some don't even common business credit card companies may report your balances on your personal credit report and it hurts your ability to get financing personally and to get financing for your business in the long run so will coach you through this process and get a good idea of what your personal credit scores are your personal credit does not have to be perfect we have plenty there are plenty of lenders out there that don't require perfect personal credit but what they want to see is if there's any major negative items and or just verify that you are who you say you are so let's go that completes all of step number two so from there we complete your business your finance blueprint and an important part of that is step one and that's why we reviewed it today it's important that you're prepared for financing it approves improves your credibility and decreases potential for declines I've said this before as I was a lender this is one of the most common reasons that I actually had to decline a client as I could not verify to a point where I felt comfortable the business or the individual meaning the Secretary of State had a different address than the business license and the ein filing or the individual their records varied and so that is one of the initial hurdles that you'll have to go through as you're applying for financing even sometimes an application will automatically be approved through an automated process but as they go through manual review months later they could still shut down the credit that they gave you if these foundation items are not in place so we're always trying to prevent any errors anything that could decrease your fund ability and that's why step one is important okay so we went over step one and we'll give you a big green check mark if that step is completed the next portion is we're talking about those elements of fund ability these are the factors that make you fundable to a lender that give them that comfort level this is a overview of many items and in a combined total of other questions and so this is a glimpse of your fund ability where we are putting numbers and calculating numbers that you filled in in step number two okay so once we have those those factors we can look at the entire financing market and identify what lenders are going to be the best fit for you and we will talk to you directly about the cost of that type of financing what they're looking for in order to approve and so forth so here are some of the finance solutions that this individual may qualify for so therefore we have an action plan and in order to for instance pursue revenue lending I need to see six months bank statements and a copy of the personal credit report along with the signed application so that I can talk with the lender and get a good idea of what the rates terms amounts and so forth would be so that you can make that choice on whether you would like to pursue that financing or not of course if we have no other factors that make a business fundable for instance it's a start-up and there's no revenue there's no invoices no equipment there's no investments there's no personal credit scores that can be used as a guarantee what we want to do is work on building the business credit so that you can get these business credit cards with no personal guarantee and we'll walk you through that that process part of your action plan will always be to establish your business credit reports start building business credit and we're going to get five payment experiences reporting in step 4 we want to develop that business credit further once we've gone through that initial round of applying to 10 payment experiences reporting and we're going to advise you to apply for credit increases on credit that you received in your first round in step number five and then we'll apply for the no personal guarantee business credit cards at the end of step 5 so you can see that there is a lot that goes into your financing blueprint we are looking at all of your finance options not you are never limited by the program your business would simply be limited by the market and what financing is out there and what you can offer those lenders to feel comfortable I hope this overview has been helpful let's continue forward so how do you use your blueprint use it as a guide and keep it handy it's a checklist of information needed to qualify for financing so whether you qualify for these items right away or you will in the future keep it handy so you have that checklist and you know what your goals are remember unless you have goals it's hard to get to where you want to be so you want to form small goal to reach those big goals and your finance blueprint provides you away a checklist or a map to help you reach those small milestones to lead to your big goal your blueprint is always changing this is something that I stress quite a bit is that your business is always changing therefore your blueprint is always changing your revenue may increase your personal credit may improve your business may grow or your business may get smaller you may have higher invoices or you may get a big purchase order these are elements of fund ability that we take into account when we create your finance blueprints so it's important that you're in close contact with the business advisor team so that we can modify that blueprint as your business changes you will also when you go to step 2 you complete those fund ability questions we also go over them again in step 6 and that's a good time to to redo that blueprint and make sure everything is still in line let's review questions and see if any have come in it looks like we don't have any questions today I like to keep these short so that you can continue to run that business I know that running a business takes a lot of time but I am thankful that you took time out of your day to join us for this weekly webinar I hope it helped you see why a finance blueprint is important why it's important to have a map to understand what financing is available to your business so that you can make decisions that help your business grow as you know the business advisor team is always here to help we can help with your finance questions and so forth so give us a call our phone number is 800 4970 499 you can also email us at advisor at business finance suite com thank you again for the opportunity to work with you and I look forward to speaking with you next week have a wonderful day