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What Your Business Credit Report Tells Lenders

Pro Builder

Just like your personal credit score, your business credit score indicates whether you’re a good risk for paying your debts or not. Like a personal credit report, your business credit report allows prospective lenders to assess your risk level as a borrower. What Is a Business Credit Score?

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Does a Lien Affect Your Credit Score?

Levelset

Credit bureaus can collect public information from state and county courts, including bankruptcies. Overdue debt that has been sent to collections also influences your score. EquiFax also provides three business scores: a payment index, a credit risk score, and a business failure score.

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#67:  Paying Your Subcontractor's Employees

NH Construction Law

The main advantage of such “trust fund” provisions is in bankruptcy; trust funds are not considered assets of the subcontractor/debtor that can be distributed to general creditors. But hey, who ever said that general contracting was risk-free? I generally do not recommend this except as a last resort.

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Contractor Cash Flow Problems Caused By A Bookkeeping Troll

Contractor Bookkeeping

He needed help deciding to close his business, file bankruptcy and go to work for a competitor as a superintendent or turn his business around and make a go of it. Later that day he tried using his credit cards to buy gas and they were all declined. At that point he knew something was very, very wrong.

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constructionattorneyblog: Waivers of liens: fraud

Construction Lawyer

In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. The Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that a contractor who falsified waivers of lien engaged in fraudulent conduct and his debt to the bank was non-dischargeable. Waivers of liens: fraud.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Additionally, the company must demonstrate that it can service the debt. Eligibility requirements include: Headquartered in Alabama or will be relocated to Alabama.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. The second mortgage, long-term, fixed-rate financing allows banks to participate in business expansion by reducing risk exposure. The program ends December 2016.

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