An SBA Senior Credit Administrator's Top Five Indicators of Trouble

Admittedly, consumer lending is a bit different than mortgage. Mortgage a bit different than business lending. And SBA lending has it’s own charms. But the top list of RED FLAGS for an SBA lender might have it’s parallels in your lending world. Pere Mageo is the SBA Credit Administrator for Pacific Capital Bank.

So here are Pere Mageo’s Top Five!

The first missed payment
Any missed tax payment
Any drop in insurance
Any call for payoff information
Any request to sell collateral

What are your top five?

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Linda Keith CPA is an expert in credit risk readiness and credit analysis. She trains banks and credit unions throughout the United States, both in-house and in open-enrollment sessions, on Tax Return and Financial Statement Analysis.
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