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TRUTH IN EQUIPMENT LEASING

  • Repeat business and 100% satisfied customers, equipment suppliers, and lender banks is our #1 Corporate goal
  • To achieve this goal, we have found that eliminating costly and disappointing surprises  is the key.
  • We have created our industry’s first “Leasing Disclosure Checklist”.
  • This list was developed by Bruce Forinash, Manager of, Investment Leasing Co. over the past 25 years with the Co.
  • Please call your leasing agent to review this list so that you and your boss know you have done your due diligence.
  • Be sure to get  other lender’s written policies on these subjects!
  • This list was developed as a result of actual transactions that were funded

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INTERIM RENT (AN ADDITIONAL PARTIAL PAYMENT BILLED BEFORE REGULAR PAYMENTS START)

 

2

DOCUMENT FEES

 

3

NON-REFUNDABLE EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT
(FIRST & LAST, OR DEFINED AS SECURITY DEPOSIT, PROCESSING FEE, OR OTHER NAMES)

 

4

POOR CREDIT HIGH-RISK TYPE LEASE NON-REFUNDABLE  EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT

 

5

EVERGREEN CLAUSE – AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF LEASE AT END OF INITIAL TERM

 

6

EARLY PAY OFF FEES

 

7

EARLY PAYOFF OF A LEASE ASPECTS.  NON-CANCELABLE BUT OFTEN LEASE CO. WILL SAY “AN EARLY PAYOFF IS OK AND NO
PENALTY ” BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW PAYOFF IS CALCULATED

 

8

EXCESSIVELY HIGH LATE FEE

 

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SHORT GRACE PERIOD BEFORE LATE FEE HITS

 

10

CHANGE DUE DATE FEE

 

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ORIGINATION FEE

 

12

FILING FEE

 

13

TITLE SEARCH FEE

 

14

LEASE ASSUMPTION FEE

 

15

OTHER JUNK FEES SUCH AS YOUR BANK CHARGING A FEE EVERY MONTH TO SEND US AUTOMATIC LEASE PAYMENTS

 

16

UNDERLYING LEASE “INTEREST RATE” IS QUOTED CORRECTLY

 

17

SECURITY DEPOSIT UP FRONT NOT REFUNDABLE

 

18

FMV.  FAIR MARKET VALUE LEASE OPTION WARNING ITEMS

 

19

LEASE SOLD TO NEW FIRM

 

20

YOU PAY TO SHIP BACK EQUIPMENT AT END

 

21

SHIPPED ITEMS SAID TO BE DEFECTIVE OR MISSING ITEMS

 

22

“PRE-APPROVED” LETTER IN MAIL OR BY FAX “OUT OF THE BLUE”

 

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NO WRITTEN QUOTE OR THE QUOTE IS VERY LOW INITIALLY AND APPROVED AT A HIGHER RATE

 

24

LEGAL REVIEW FEE

 

25

CAPITAL REDUCTION VS. SECURITY DEPOSIT VS. ADVANCE PAYMENTS

 

26

INSPECTION FEES

 

27

APPRAISAL FEES

 

28

RE-BROKER FEES

 

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RE-SUBMISSION FEES

 

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NO RESIDUAL LETTER

 

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RESIDUAL CONFUSION:  IGNORE FACTOR & FACTS OF LEASE

 

33

END OF LEASE WARNING SMALL OR NON-EXISTANT ON FUNDING CO. OR LEASE CO. INVOICE. HOPING YOU OVERLOOK THIS

 

34

END OF LEASE NOTICE TO LEASE CO. NEEDS TO BE  CERTIFIED, NOT REGULAR FAX OR MAIL LTR.

 

36

INCOME TO SUPPLIERS FROM LEASING COMPANIES

 

37

VENDOR, LESSEE, AND MAYBE BROKER INFLATE EQUIPMENT COST WAY ABOVE MARKET AND SHARE THE MONIES

 

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RATE TOO HIGH - WAY ABOVE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL LOANS, POSSIBLY BY 3 TIMES!

 

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LENDER FUNDS GREATER THAN 10-15% OF EQUIPMENT VALUE IN POINTS TO BROKER + BROKER’S OTHER EARNINGS

 

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COUNTY PROPERTY TAX  RATE 2-3 TIMES HIGHER THAN ACTUAL

 

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COUNTY PROPERTY TAX CHARGED ON SOFTWARE WHEN MOST MUNICIPALITIES DON’T REQUIRE

 

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FILE BLANKET UCC1 ON BUSINESS WITH OUT BORROWER’S KNOWLEDGE

 

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