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05-24-2019, 10:20 AM #1
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Stacking a merchant to get them the money they are looking for
I'd like to know how the community feels on this topic.
I have a Merchant that needs 800K to purchase a new business. Wants to take out as many MCAS as he can in order to get to 800K
He has multiple companies but only wants to use one company that's doing around 250-350K a month and keeps great balances
So far I have 2 approvals below:
Lender A approved for 430K 1st
Lender B Approved for 175K 2nd
Is this ethical on my part to stack him up? The guy has 5 other businesses and has over a 10M net worth and is more than capable of paying it back.Last edited by Mynameisbob; 05-26-2019 at 01:07 PM.
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05-24-2019, 10:26 AM #2
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Bob,
If the prospect has a $10Mil net worth, how is he not able to leverage personal holdings to obtain the funds needed to acquire the business. Are the other 5 companies in a similar business under a holding company? Perhaps financing the holding company unlocks enough liquidity to get the financing needed.
How much equity is the prospect putting up to buy the target company?
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05-24-2019, 10:30 AM #3
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Kevin,
He wants to go Unsecured. He does not want to tie up any personal assets.
The other 5 companies he is a 45-55 % shareholder, so he does not want to tie those up.
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05-24-2019, 10:32 AM #4
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Read your Funding Contract - everyone I have reviewed has a "No Stacking Clause" plus, Funder 1 is purchasing "All Future Receivables" so if they are stacked, the Merchant is in violation of his contract.
To many in this Industry, contracts have no meaning, which is why the Industry has Investigations and legislation coming at it.Dave Lambert, Business Development
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05-24-2019, 10:34 AM #5
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Dave, you again show your ability to read.
Not every contract has a do not stack clause.
And there is such a thing as a "second position" in every type of financing. Second mortgages are very common. WBL is a high-risk second mortgage.
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05-24-2019, 10:39 AM #6
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There is such a thing as a second position in many types of financing, but it the 1st position lender has filed a UCC1 and has a security interest in all the business assets....by taking the second position your are risking a default in the original financing. If the UCC1 and security agreement exists you need a subordination agreement or inter-creditor agreement in place to avoid a conflict with the lender.
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05-24-2019, 10:51 AM #7
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It's all about what it states in the contract.
Of course, if you stack someone in a way that threatens default on the previous ones.
Tell that to OnDeck, who stacks banks with UCC1's all day long with billions of dollars.
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05-24-2019, 10:59 AM #8
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Hence the reason why some banks will lock down an account if the client has a facility with them with all assets pledges and the client obtains financing without the proper permissions or documentation in place. For years many banks have let it slide as they did not want to upset the relationship with the client if the client is current with their facility. Now some banks are enforcing their agreements, especially if the financing upset the ability for the company to pay the bank back.
As far as OnDeck is concerned..... I don't think the banks that have provided them lines or access to capital and accounts are thrilled about them stacking their own clients.Kevin Henry
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05-24-2019, 11:07 AM #9
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05-24-2019, 11:12 AM #10
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who is lender A that is giving someone doing 250k 430k ?
are you talking about stacking or double funding with neither knowing about each other?
funding both at a 12 month will put him at 30% which is getting high , if it is shorther than even worse and it makes no difference that there are other business
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05-24-2019, 12:16 PM #11
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As a broker you are a professional middle man, which means you have an obligation to both sides of the relationship - funder and merchant. If you are upfront and transparent with the merchant about what he's getting into then you are good on that side, but I'd say you've failed your ethical obligation to the first position funder by stacking a transaction that you were paid a commission for.
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05-24-2019, 12:26 PM #12
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Thank you,
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05-24-2019, 12:27 PM #13
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If the merchant is doing $250-350K a month, they won’t qualify for $800k. And the only way you could fund $175K on the $430K is if they’re done side by side without either funders know about it, because there’s no way that $175K offer holds after funding the $430k. If that’s the case, it’s definitely unethical.
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05-24-2019, 12:50 PM #14
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Would love to be Lender B here
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05-24-2019, 01:27 PM #15
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to come on a forum to ask if its ethical to stack a merchant 800k deep in mca's when he has other businesses you can use to get it done is kind of suspect
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05-24-2019, 03:02 PM #16
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Lender b is already aware of the terms on the 1st position. I don’t see any verbiage in the contract that says anything about stacking.
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05-24-2019, 03:14 PM #17
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05-24-2019, 03:18 PM #18
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If you want to be ethical tell lender A you are stacking them with 3-4 other lenders behind them because your merchant needs 800k and see if they give you the green light to move forward.
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05-24-2019, 03:54 PM #19
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interesting..
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05-24-2019, 06:33 PM #20
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Ok I see your point
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Dave Lambert, Business Development
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