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Paul Bosley has worked in the fitness industry for 42 years. For 30 years, Paul was an owner operator of fitness center chains including Holiday Health, Gold's Gyms and Q The Sports Clubs. Paul launched Healthclubexperts.com twelve years ago, and it specializes in providing financing to new and existing business owners. Paul is working on his Master's Degree in Accountancy with a concentration in Business Valuation at Florida Atlantic University. Paul has also served as a volunteer SCORE Counselor, a Division of the Small Business Administration, designed to counsel new business owners nationwide.

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A Perfect Financing Combination
May 2016 - When an entrepreneur is first considering a new project, various financing options are usually considered and the most appropriate financing product is chosen. For example, an equipment lease is often chosen for financing new fitness equipment. Another example is when an entire new club is financed using a bank loan or an SBA 7(a) loan. It is very unusual when two financing products are complementary and can be selected to finance the same project. With the introduction of the SBA Express Loan, this is no longer the case when renovating or expanding an existing fitness center or when launching a new fitness center. An SBA Express Loan works very well with an equipment lease for financing a new project or an expansion. Read Article...

A Variety of Club Financing Options
May 2022 - This article illustrates the variety of financing products available in today's marketplace to provide financing options to launch a startup fitness business or to expand an existing business. All financing options require the borrower(s) to contribute an equity injection, so they have "skin in the game." The equity injection cannot be borrowed funds, such as a home equity loan, unless the loan will be repaid from an unrelated source, such as a spousal earnings or investment income. Read Article...

Business Finance Depot Video Series
The First Steps in Preparing to Finance Your Business

September 2020 - Preparation when launching a new privately held business or a franchise is key to the success in securing the financing needed to properly capitalize a new business enterprise. The following video series outlines the key steps to prepare for financing a new business. This video provides an overview of two upcoming videos and outlines important initial steps to take... Read Article...

Business Finance Depot Video Series
How to Properly Complete Your Personal Financial Statement

October 2020 - Preparation when launching a new privately held business or a franchise is key to the success in securing the financing needed to properly capitalize a new business enterprise. The following article describes Video #2 of our three-part series that outlines a key step to prepare for financing a new business. Read Article...

Business Finance Depot Video Series
Different Types of SBA Loans

November 2020 - In this article and accompanying video, we outline the three different types of SBA loans available to startup and existing companies. It is the most common loan type because the SBA backs a significant amount of the loan, which reduces the risk of the lender. The main types of SBA loans and their key characteristics are as follows... Read Article...

Business Finance Depot Video Series
Six Key Areas to Prepare for Underwriting an SBA Loan and Equipment Lease

March 2021 - In this article and accompanying video, we focus on your personal credit, which is the first area listed in the six key areas to prepare for an SBA loan and an equipment lease. Read Article...

Business Finance Depot Video Series: Equipment Leasing
August 2020 - Publisher's Note: In March, our friend and Club Insider Advertiser and Contributing Author, Paul Bosley, Managing Member of Health Club Experts dba Business Finance Depot produced a new video series covering various topics that may help you in your health and fitness club business. This month, we resume coverage of those videos, and over the next few months, we will be sharing each video and Paul's accompanying writing. To get maximum value, we recommend you to Tune In to both his written and spoken words. Read Article...

Club Financing
SBA 7(a) and 504 Loans

March 2023 - This article series illustrates the variety of financing products available in today's marketplace and lists some franchises that use each option to provide financing to launch a start-up fitness center and to expand an existing fitness center business. All financing options require the borrower(s) to contribute an equity injection, so they have "skin in the game." The equity injection cannot be borrowed funds, such as a home equity loan unless the loan will be repaid from an unrelated source, such as spousal earnings or investment income. Read Article...

Club Financing
USDA, Equipment Financing and Unsecured Loans

June 2023 - This article series illustrates the variety of financing products available in today's marketplace and lists some franchises that use each option to provide financing to launch a start-up fitness center and to expand an existing fitness center business. All financing options require the borrower(s) to contribute an equity injection, so they have "skin in the game." The equity injection cannot be borrowed funds, such as a home equity loan unless the loan will be repaid from an unrelated source, such as spousal earnings or investment income. Read Article...

Club Financing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 2020 - I started working in the fitness industry 46 years ago, and I became the operating partner of my first fitness center at the age of 27. Among the many lessons that my senior partner and mentor taught me, the one that applies to our current situation the most is "Cash is King!" Fast forward 46 years, and I am still an entrepreneur specializing in providing financing to the fitness, franchise and RV and campground industries. Over this time, I have witnessed many changes in the fitness industry. The main equipment manufacturers back then were Universal and Nautilus, and now, they are Life Fitness, Precor and Matrix. The growth in our industry changed from racquetball clubs and big box gyms to franchises and group fitness studios. Read Article...

Equipment Financing
July 2022 - Equipment financing is a common option available to owners of fitness centers, group fitness centers and personal training studios when purchasing fitness equipment and non-fitness equipment. Non-fitness equipment that can be financed include security systems, entertainment systems, computer hardware and software, flooring, outdoor and indoor signage, as well as any tangible items needed to operate your business. Read Article...

Equipment Leasing
October 2016 - A lease is an agreement that the lessee, or business owner(s), agree to pay the lessor, the leasing company or manufacturer, to have use of the equipment for a specified period of time. A lease payment is recorded on the center's books as a rental payment similar to a rent payment on a building lease. Leasing enables center owners to preserve their working capital as an alternative to purchasing the equipment since a typical lease requires a relatively small upfront deposit. Centers profit from a lease transaction if the center generates revenue in excess of the monthly lease payment, thus generating positive cash flow from the use of the equipment. Lease repayment terms range from 12 to 60 months. Consequently, items that do not have a useful life of at least 12 months, such as inventory, should never be included in a lease agreement. Read Article...

Financing Methods for Health and Fitness Clubs
June 2020 - This article reviews three different financing methods that are available to any startup and existing business in today's lending environment. What makes the health and fitness industry somewhat unique is that fitness equipment can be financed through equipment leasing. And, what makes our company unique is that, several years ago, Paul Bosley, Founder of Business Finance Depot, served as volunteer counselor for SCORE, a division of the Small Business Administration, and learned the SBA loan process. So, we understand how to finance new and existing companies by utilizing either equipment leasing or an SBA loan! Read Article...

First Steps to Prepare to Finance Your Business
March 2020 - Publisher's Note: Our friend and Club Insider Advertiser and Contributing Author, Paul Bosley, Managing Member of Health Club Experts dba Business Finance Depot has produced a new video series covering various topics that may help you in your health and fitness club business. Each month, over the next few months, we will be sharing each video and Paul's accompanying writing. To get maximum value, we recommend you to Tune In to both his written and spoken words. Read Article...

Fitness Financing Available in Today's Market
December 2017 - Today's fitness centers come in all sizes with a wide variety of fitness equipment. Consequently, the appropriate financing for the diverse fitness centers varies considerably based upon the dollar amount of capital required. This article offers an overview of the best financing available based upon the amount of money required to properly capitalize any given fitness center. Read Article...

Franchising: The New Expansion Wave in the Fitness Industry
November 2018 - As an industry veteran of 45 years, I have witnessed profound changes in the health and fitness club industry. I started working in sales in a privately held chain that merged in with Health & Tennis Corporation of America, owned by names that have become famous in our industry, Jerry Kahn and Donahue Wildman. When our companies were acquired by Bally, the total number of clubs stood over 600 nationally and the second largest chain was Gold's Gym. The only other franchises, which really operated as licenses, were World Gym and Powerhouse Gym, and remained the same for many years. Read Article...

Starting a New Business
February 2020 - Publisher's Note: Our friend and Club Insider Advertiser and Contributing Author, Paul Bosley, Managing Member of Health Club Experts dba Business Finance Depot has produced a new video series covering various topics that may help you in your health and fitness club business. Each month, over the next few months, we will be sharing each video and Paul's accompanying writing. To get maximum value, we recommend you to Tune In to both his written and spoken words. Read Article...

The Best Financing Available Today
May 2018 - Are you considering expanding your business or opening your first location? If so, often the biggest fears are, "How do I pay for this?" or "Can I afford to purchase equipment and rent a space?" This article describes two complementary financing products that can be used by a business owner to provide the financing needed to finance your business so read on... Read Article...

The Best Uses of the SBA Loan Types
February 2016 - Business owners have a time-sensitive incentive to secure long-term financing because interest rates are near an all-time low, and it is predicted that rates will slowly rise over time. The Small Business Administration (SBA), a division of the Federal Government, guarantees a percentage of all SBA loans to reduce the lender's risk to the portion of the SBA loan that the SBA does not guarantee. The SBA assumes between 75% up to 90% of the SBA loan obligation, which varies depending upon the SBA loan type. Read Article...

The Most Versatile Commercial Loan Product
January 2017 - Do you own a fitness center and want to expand your business or open a new location? Do you want to refinance your existing debt to lower your monthly overhead? Are you tired of paying rent to a landlord and would rather own the real estate you operate your business? Do you want to open your first fitness center or personal training studio, but you need financing to do it? Read Article...

The Perfect Financing Combination
February 2024 - When a health club owner is considering improving their business or launching a new business, various financing options are considered, and the most appropriate financing product(s) is typically selected. An equipment lease is often chosen for financing new fitness equipment needed to run the business. Another option is to finance the entire business using a Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loan. It is unusual when two financing products are complementary and can be selected jointly to provide financing. As a result of recent rule changes made by the SBA, an SBA 7(a) loan up to $500,000 can now perfectly complement an equipment lease! Read Article...

The Six Key Areas to Prepare for Underwriting an SBA Loan and Equipment Lease
September 2023 - The process of underwriting SBA loans, equipment leases and equipment financing agreements has evolved significantly since the pandemic began a few years ago. The purpose of this article is to share our observations of the six key factors considered by analysts in the underwriting process. It is a rare occurrence that applicants are strong in all areas, so the process is subjective in many respects weighing the following key considerations... Read Article...

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