Want Your Business to be Fundable with Merrill Chandler
08/15/24 • 26 min
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BE FUNDABLE
If you want your business to be fundable, to have ready access to money when you need it, there are certain things you need to do.
What are they? (Just in case you ever DO need money from outside sources . . . because believe me that’s NOT the time to find you’re not fundable.)
Luckily, today’s guest, Merrill Chandler is an expert in the field and he explains why your credit score is NOT the key to fundability and what you really need to do to be fundable.
What You’ll Discover About How to Be Fundable:
What it means to be fundable
Why your credit score is useless until your loan is approved
The most important borrow behaviors lenders review
4 Lender tiers and how the impact fundability
Why retail store credit inquiries hurt overall fundability
6 Key borrow behaviors that determine fundability
How check guarantee credit lines can hurt fundability
The 5 characteristics each borrow behavior is graded by
And much MORE
Guest: Merrill Chandler
Over 25 years ago, Merrill Chandler—a personal and business credit pioneer and co-founder of Lexington Law Firm—became dissatisfied with the ineffective results his clients were getting from credit repair.
Leveraging his extensive knowledge of borrower behavior profiles, FICO® scoring metrics, and lender underwriting requirements, he developed a process that could ‘optimize’ a consumer’s borrower behavior AND improve a borrower’s “fundability.”
He and his partners founded The Fundability Movement and GetFundable.com to deliver this revolutionary technology to real estate investors, business owners, and entrepreneurs nationwide.
Merrill has helped thousands of borrowers become more FUNDABLE and helped them access the capital they need to fulfill their financial dreams.
Related Resources:
If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Finance episodes.
Contact Merrill and connect with him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Clubhouse. Also check out his Get Fundable Podcast.
To get the truth about your fundability, Merrill said during the interview you can go to myFICO.com. And if you’re interested in his bootcamp designed to help prospective borrowers get more fundable by improving their fundable personal profile and fundable borrower behaviors, visit getfundable.com and click on the bootcamp tab.
Merrill’s book: The New F* Word
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BE FUNDABLE
If you want your business to be fundable, to have ready access to money when you need it, there are certain things you need to do.
What are they? (Just in case you ever DO need money from outside sources . . . because believe me that’s NOT the time to find you’re not fundable.)
Luckily, today’s guest, Merrill Chandler is an expert in the field and he explains why your credit score is NOT the key to fundability and what you really need to do to be fundable.
What You’ll Discover About How to Be Fundable:
What it means to be fundable
Why your credit score is useless until your loan is approved
The most important borrow behaviors lenders review
4 Lender tiers and how the impact fundability
Why retail store credit inquiries hurt overall fundability
6 Key borrow behaviors that determine fundability
How check guarantee credit lines can hurt fundability
The 5 characteristics each borrow behavior is graded by
And much MORE
Guest: Merrill Chandler
Over 25 years ago, Merrill Chandler—a personal and business credit pioneer and co-founder of Lexington Law Firm—became dissatisfied with the ineffective results his clients were getting from credit repair.
Leveraging his extensive knowledge of borrower behavior profiles, FICO® scoring metrics, and lender underwriting requirements, he developed a process that could ‘optimize’ a consumer’s borrower behavior AND improve a borrower’s “fundability.”
He and his partners founded The Fundability Movement and GetFundable.com to deliver this revolutionary technology to real estate investors, business owners, and entrepreneurs nationwide.
Merrill has helped thousands of borrowers become more FUNDABLE and helped them access the capital they need to fulfill their financial dreams.
Related Resources:
If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Finance episodes.
Contact Merrill and connect with him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Clubhouse. Also check out his Get Fundable Podcast.
To get the truth about your fundability, Merrill said during the interview you can go to myFICO.com. And if you’re interested in his bootcamp designed to help prospective borrowers get more fundable by improving their fundable personal profile and fundable borrower behaviors, visit getfundable.com and click on the bootcamp tab.
Merrill’s book: The New F* Word
Join, Rate and Review:
Rating and reviewing the show helps us grow our audience and allows us to bring you more of the rich information you need to succeed from our high powered guests. Leave a review at Lovethepodcast.com/BusinessConfidential.
Joining the Business Confidential Now family is easy and lets you have instant access to the latest tactics, strategies and tips to make your business more successful.
Follow on your favorite podcast app here as well as on Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Download ♥ Follow ♥ Listen ♥ Learn ♥ Share ♥ Review ♥ Comment ♥ Enjoy
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