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February 28, 2018

New Changes to SBA Environmental Guidance Now in Effect

The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released an update to its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP 50 10 5 (J)), affecting all CDC/504 and 7(a) commercial loans. […]
March 20, 2017

RMA – Environmental Risk Management

So we were recently asked by the RMA to write an article about environmental risk management within banks for the RMA.  We were fortunate enough to […]
March 20, 2017

Is the Environmental Transaction Screen Assessment becoming extinct?

We work with lenders and borrowers nationwide and historically, environmental due diligence consisted of Phase I ESAs for most transactions/loans and Transaction Screen Assessments (TSAs) for […]
April 1, 2016

Why Purchasing Commercial Real Estate with Cash or Seller Financing Can be Dangerous

While buying commercial real estate and other property without using a bank or credit union to finance it seems like a great deal, we have been […]