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Briefly describe a small business you could envision yourself owning and discuss the most appropriate source of debt capital for that business. Explain your rationale. From the e-Activity, discuss how you could best use an SBA loan to get your business running or expanding. Provide specific examples to support your response.
My small business would be a handy tool rental business, where various tools required for DIY jobs around the house may be rented for a short period of time. Additionally, the business will also sell such tools on outright and installment basis. The best way to finance a small business is to raise debt as equity is an expensive route and also requires many formalities to be fulfilled, making it unnecessarily cumbersome for the small business.
The loans through Small Business Administration are backed by this federal agency, letting lenders dictate more flexible terms and conditions than on unsecured loans. The interest rates are also relatively low. Such loans may be used for various purposes. I specifically plan to use such loans for the purpose of financing the inventory requirements. As tool selling and rental business will require substantial investment in purchasing such tools, SBA loans will be helpful in this regard and will help in maintaining the liquidity of the business.