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Insiders Guide to Snaring the Best Lease Deal

Every year, thousands of business owners and financial managers are faced with the task of obtaining attractive financing for equipment their firms want to acquire. Snaring the best leasing arrangement requires only a bit of planning and a smidgeon of finesse. You can save time, land a better lease deal... Read More

Ten Equipment Leasing Tips - Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease every thing from laptop computers to commercial airplanes, racking up more than $ 200 billion in equipment leased each year. Although four out of five U.S. companies use leasing to acquire equipment, many don't know the ins and outs of... Read More

Venture Leasing - A Smarter Way To Build Enterprise Value

In 2003, venture capitalists and investors dispensed over $18 billion to promising young U.S. companies, according to VentureOne and Ernst & Young Quarterly Venture Capital Report. Less documented and reported is venture leasing's activity and volume. This form of equipment financing contributes greatly to the growth of U.S. start-ups. Yearly,... Read More

Warning - This Lease Might Explode Any Minute

Mike Caringi, owner of a small New Jersey business that sells pumps, found himself facing a gut-wrenching dilemma last summer. Should he continue paying $ 1,500 each month for essential telecommunications services he no longer receives and for leased equipment he claims was never installed? Or, should he stop making... Read More

Dodging Leasings Grim Reaper: Navigating a Payment Default

In her third Harry Potter novel, ?The Prisoner of Azkaban?, J.K. Rowling introduces a silent mysterious clan of spiny, cloaked creatures capable of siphoning off happiness and all good thoughts from anyone in their presence. Extended exposure to these scabby grim reapers, called Dementors, resulted in madness or death for... Read More

Venture Leasing: Startup Financing On the Rise

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, investment by institutional venture capitalists in startups grew from less than $3.0 billion at the beginning of the 1990's to over $106 billion in 2000. Although venture capital volume has retreated significantly since the economic "bubble" years of the late 1990's, the present volume of around... Read More

How Venture Leasing Added Millions To A Startups Equity Value

Craig Berman beamed noticeably after completing his board presentation. Berman, CEO of a startup that develops nanotechnology applications for the defense industry, had just closed a $ 20 million equity round. Berman finalized the round at an equity valuation that made the whole board blush. Only six months earlier, Berman's... Read More

Equipment Leasing Blunders That Can Cost Your Firm a Mint

Rod McHenry, the financial vice president of a document imaging company, thought he had great cause for celebrating. He had signed an unbelievable $370,000 lease proposal covering computer servers, workstations, software and other networking equipment. McHenry believed he had snared an incredible lease rate, capping off weeks of negotiating an... Read More

How To Choose An Equipment Leasing Company

Leasing has become a preferred form of equipment financing, accounting for more than 30% of business equipment acquisitions. Each year, thousands of U.S. companies face the challenge of finding attractive financing to acquire business equipment. Many of these companies approach the lease sourcing process seeking the lowest lease rate. While... Read More

Ten Ways Start-ups Use Venture Leases And Loans To Generate Millions

The rise of venture leasing and lending has created an opportunity for sophisticated entrepreneurs to gain a competitive advantage. Savvy entrepreneurs are using venture leases and loans to generate millions of dollars for shareholders by leveraging existing venture capital. They have discovered ways to use this flexible financing as a... Read More

In The News:

Atlanta Business Chronicle
Update on Lease Accounting Part 3 of 3
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Today's blog is my final post about the FASB's and IASB's recently released final exposure draft on lease accounting. In Part 1, I summarized the provisions ...
Tenants, Landlords Could Face Dramatic Changes from New Lease Accounting RulesCoStar Group
A smackdown to America's balance sheetsAtlanta Business Chronicle (blog)
Proposed lease accounting rule - impetus to condominiumize your commercial ...Lexology (registration)
Seeking Alpha (blog) -Motley Fool -CFO.com Magazine
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Mainichi Daily News
Willis Lease Finance To Expand Presence in Regional Jet Market
MarketWatch (press release)
Willis Lease Finance Corporation leases spare commercial aircraft engines and aircraft to commercial airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers, ...
US leasing firms orders 6 Russia's SuperjetsThe Associated Press
Willis Lease Finance Inks Deal for SuperjetsAviation International News
Willis Lease orders six Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100sAirfinance Journal (subscription)
MSN Malaysia News -Flightglobal -North Bay Business Journal
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Town Hall
Energy industry critical of Wyo. royalty fee hike
The Associated Press
"I do think (the lease) is definitely not contemporary with the times," he said. But oil and gas industry representatives Wednesday questioned the wisdom of ...
Energy industry fights proposed lease changesBillings Gazette
Wyoming seeks buyers for abandoned coal-bed methane wellsBillings Gazette

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Lease Expansion and Renewal at Alfred Sanzari Enterprises' Elmwood Park Plaza
ParamusPost.com
The lease expansion will accommodate the growing operations of BioReference Laboratories, Inc., the third largest full-service laboratory in the United ...
Alfred Sanzari Enterprises leases two propertiesNorthJersey.com

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Judge says drilling lease lawsuit too late
The Associated Press
"The plain language of the Mineral Leasing Act mandates the Secretary of Interior to accept bids and issue leases as part of the competitive leasing process ...
Judge says drilling lease lawsuit too lateOne News Page
Judge scolds Salazar, but BLM prevails on shelved leasesSalt Lake Tribune

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As homes languish on market, owners forced to become landlords
Kansas City Star
Many homeowners who decide to lease their homes use their real estate agents to handle the transaction, including background and credit checks. ...

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(BPRW) Buying Vs. Leasing: The Best Deals For Wheels
Black PR Wire (press release)
From a financial standpoint, a lease is often more affordable in the short term. The monthly payments for leases are generally lower than monthly payments ...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Car Leasing Over BuyingBoosh News (press release) (blog)

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PR Web (press release)
Seattle Art Museum wants $10 mil to avoid lease default
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Chase canceled WaMu's lease for the eight floors, resulting in a total loss of $25 million in revenue for the museum. Chase gave the museum a gift of $10 ...
SAM enters 10M loan agreement with endowment fundSeattle Times
WaMu's collapse strikes pain againPuget Sound Business Journal (blog)
Seattle Art Museum needs $10M to avoid defaultPuget Sound Business Journal

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Commercial real estate transactions
Dallas Morning News
Michelle Caplan, Earl Harris and Richard Polishuk with Weitzman Group handled lease negotiations. Allied Stone Inc. leased a 25676 square foot industrial ...

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Quaker inks this year's largest industrial lease, in Tacoma
Puget Sound Business Journal
In what real estate sources say is the largest new industrial lease in the Puget Sound area so far this year, PepsiCo Inc. subsidiary Quaker has leased ...

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