FINANCING OPTIONS FOR GROWING SMALL BUSINESSES with Mark Ritter

A Turn of Events

We had a great time discussing Financing Options For Growing Small Businesses with Mark Ritter.

Mark Ritter is the CEO of MBFS and Nu Direction Lending. He is an expert in all things credit union and small business lending. Both organized are owned by credit unions and designed to help credit unions fund more loans to real estate investors and small business owners in their communities. In 2002, Mark started Members 1st Federal Credit Union’s business lending program as “one person and a desk” with no policies, products, staff, systems, or business members. That program grew to be one of the top ten in the nation in the number of loans, balances outstanding, and loan participation for federal credit unions.

After ten years at Members 1st, he took on the challenge of being the CEO of a business lending credit union service organization (CUSO). Mark was the fifth CEO in five years for the organization, which lost money every month of its existence. In the past eight years at MBFS, Mark increased the number of credit unions the company services by over 8x, grew the revenue by 15x, and ensured positive cash flow every full year he’s been at the CUSO. More importantly, MBFS has helped countless credit union members gain the financing they need for small business and real estate investment needs.

In this episode, we discuss

• why businesses should consider a credit union for business loans today;
• what the process is for a small business loan through a credit union;
• what is an SBA loan and what's the process like;
• what the keys are to successfully getting a business/investment real estate loan;
• the biggest mistakes that small businesses make when looking for financing;
• what the marketplace is like for getting a business/investment real estate loan today; and
• so much more!

Mark Ritter

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.mbfs.org

https://nudirectionlending.com/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrittermbfs/

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