The Buyer Question
Does the proposed structure appear financeable enough to justify lender outreach and deeper diligence?
When to Use This Workflow
- The buyer expects SBA 7(a) or 504 financing
- Down payment or working capital is constrained
- Seller SDE is the main repayment source
Inputs Required
- Price, down payment, rate, term and working capital
- NAICS, location and requested loan amount
- Seller-stated and document-supported SDE
Analysis Performed
- Calculate debt service and indicative DSCR
- Build a reproducible historical SBA cohort
- Show lender activity and concentration with small-cohort suppression
Evidence Used
- Versioned SBA FOIA records
- Buyer-entered financing assumptions
- Document-supported earnings when available
Decision Outputs
- Financing comparison
- Scenario table
- Lender activity observations
- Financing risks and contingency questions
Coverage Limitations
- Historical comparables do not predict approval or valuation.
- Lender activity is not current appetite or an endorsement.
- Every scenario is illustrative, not a lending decision.
Decision-support boundary: Findings are point-in-time acquisition intelligence, not an appraisal, audit, quality-of-earnings opinion, legal conclusion, lending decision or guaranteed clearance.
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