Business Leasing - How to Get Approved for Lease Finance For Your Equipment Needs

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Information on lease finance solutions for the acquisition of new or used assets to run and grow your business. Business leasing solutions almost always make sense and conserve cash flow

Factors Affecting Your Equipment Financing Approval

Business leasing and lease finance continue to play a main role in your overall equipment acquisition strategies. In Canada the equipment financing industry is very mature and developed, and as a business owner and financial manager you have a number of financing options. Most lessors are non bank entities and are much focused on certain types of assets and lease types that are offered.

Let’s examine how you can maximize your chances for approval for your asset finance acquisition. It is important to know how the other side thinks and behaves – That other side is your lessor. Your lessor is motivated in three ways, and if you know those motivations you can focus on maximizing the benefits in leasing and, of course, get approved.

We can safely say that the three motivators for any lease company are the tax and accounting benefits they derive from leasing you equipment, the interest rate they charge you on the transaction, and finally the asset re sale or disposition if the asset is structured as a return to a leasing company.

Let’s focus on lease company motivator # 3 for a moment – the remarketing of the asset. If you do not want to retain ownership of the asset at the end of the lease you are probably going to want to enter into what is known as an operating lease. The key elements of any lease structure are: term of the lease, interest rate, value of your transaction, the monthly payment, and you obligation at the end of the lease.

Therefore it is important to focus on a firm that specializes in operating leases if you intend to approve the equipment – and getting to the core of our subject matter, your lease approval on an operating lease becomes much easier if you structure a financing that meets both your requirements and the lessors.

We can safely say the most critical element in getting your transaction approved is the overall credit quality that your firm portrays on your lease application and supplemental business info that might be required by the lessor. You should know that the smaller your equipment lease the less attention will be paid to overall credit and due diligence – that just makes sense. In Canada many leases under, say $ 50,000 as an example are credit scored via some basis info that the lessor acquires on your firm or the business owner. This data might be a commercial credit report, a credit report on the owners, and viewing some payment experience with some of your other suppliers. Small ticket leasing in Canada is very easy to acquire.

The larger challenge comes when you are acquiring assets over the 50k range. If your overall credit and financial position is weak you can well be expected to offer up items such as additional collateral, a down payment, or a guarantee buyback from the vendor.

Your focus on getting approved is the challenge, so you should know that there are different tiers of credit quality, and the lessors adjust the rate on your transaction to reflect the overall credit quality of your business, taking into consideration the asset also. So if your firm does not have pristine credit you should still be 100% aware that lease financing can still be approved and is available. Factors that now come into play under this scenario are the higher rate, a down payment request, etc.

Clients are always asking how they can position their transaction for approval. The reality is that you are, in many ways, in charge of your own approval. What do we mean by that .Simply by putting together a basic package that focuses on key areas such as your years in business, your ability to make the lease payments in question, your industry experience, etc can often garner a positive approval?

Financial statements may or may not be needed for your lease approval – this often depends on the amount and the policies of that lessor. If you are required to provide financials then the focus will be on historical cash flow. We tell clients that it is a bit of an irony that many lessors use your historical cash flow to approve your future dealings. From our perspective that was then and this is now!

In summary, you as the lessee can be key factor in your business leasing and lease finance approvals .Understand the type of lease you want, position your company in the best light possible by preparing the data we have shared with you that lessors focus on, and be fully aware that lease approvals of any size can be properly structured to make sense for both parties, your firm, and the lessor. Speak to a credible, trusted and experienced business lease financing advisor to ensure you get the approval you need and deserve for equipment leasing in Canada.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stan has had a successful career with some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.
Prior to founding 7 Park Avenue Financial in 2004 his employers over the last 25 years were, ASHLAND OIL, ( 1977-1980) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, ( 1980-1990) ) CABLE & WIRELESS PLC,( 1991 -1993) ) AND HEWLETT PACKARD ( 1994-2004 ) He is an expert in Canadian Business Financing.

Stan has over 40 years of business and finance executive experience. He has been recognized as a credit/financial executive for three of the largest technology companies in the world; Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Cable & Wireless. Stan has had in depth, hands on experience in assessing and evaluating thousands of companies that are seeking financing and expansion. He has been instrumental in helping many companies progress through every phase of financing, mergers & acquisitions, sales and marketing and human resources. Stan has worked with startups and public corporations and has many times established the financial wherewithal of organizations before approving millions of dollars of financing facilities and instruments on behalf of his employers.

Stan Prokop