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Navigating Business Loans: When and How to Secure Funding for Your Startup

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You will need funds for legal help, initial marketing, website and social build-out, and, oh, about 50 other things. You do so by having collateral, a good credit rating, a solid business plan, and a great team (if that is what your new business will require). So you need to secure funding as soon as possible. That is their business.

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This One Thing Can Prevent You From Selling Your Home -- and Cost You Thousands

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That's a fancy way of saying transferring legal ownership to the buyer. A lien is a legal claim against the property owner. Mortgage lenders have liens on properties because the house is the collateral securing the loan -- but that's not a big issue since the homeowner just repays the mortgage balance from the proceeds of the sale.

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Pemberton holds first close of NAV strategy at over $1bn

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The strategy, which provides financing solutions to private equity firms, secured investment from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as anchor investor, Legal & General and others. European private credit manager Pemberton Asset Management has held the first close of its new NAV strategic financing strategy at over $1bn of investible capital.

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Why Icahn Enterprises Stock Is Down More Than 11% Today

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Securities and Exchange Commission against Icahn Enterprises as well as Carl Icahn himself for failing to disclose he personally benefited from margin loans that used the company's own stock holdings as collateral. While the matter only cost Icahn $2 million in civil penalties, it raises red flags all the same.

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Worried About Unexpected Costs in Retirement? 3 Ways to Prepare

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It's legally required in nearly every state to get behind the wheel, and failure to comply could result in fines or jail time. These loans don't have collateral, which means you'll pay a bit more in interest than you would for a mortgage or auto loan. Image source: Getty Images.

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3 Reasons to Choose a Personal Loan Over a Home Equity Loan for Home Upgrades

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When you take out a home equity loan, your house is collateral. That means your lender just makes you promise to pay without getting a legal interest in your property if you stop making payments. If you don't pay, the lender can initiate foreclosure and force the sale of your house. In most cases, the loan is unsecured.

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4 Ways to Build a Credit Score Without a Credit Card

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Some people add their young children as authorized users to their credit card accounts , giving them a huge leg up on a solid credit score long before they become legal adults and can open cards of their own. Borrow to make a purchase You may be able to qualify for a loan to buy a car or finance a furniture purchase, for example.