Business Term Loans in Lodi

The short answer

A term loan gives a Lodi business a lump sum up front and a fixed repayment schedule. It fits a specific project with a clear return, such as a bottling line, a new tasting room, a second delivery van or a shop build-out. Apply with California Biz Funder in about five minutes and we look at roughly three months of business bank statements.

Why Lodi businesses use them

Lodi sits in the middle of San Joaquin County wine-grape country, with family wineries, orchards, packing sheds, farm-service shops and a downtown of restaurants and retail. Costs come in bursts around harvest and crush, while revenue lands later. A term loan works best for the one-time purchase or build, and less well for a recurring gap between harvest and payment.

Term loan or something else

• Term loan: one defined project, predictable payment.
• Line of credit: repeating, uneven costs such as seasonal labor.
• Working capital: a short-term bridge to the next payment.
• Equipment financing: when the purchase is a machine that secures itself.

Before you accept

1. Read the total repayment in dollars.
2. Check the term against how long the project will pay for itself.
3. Look at how and when payments are collected.
4. Test the payment against your slowest month.

A worked example

For illustration only: a small Lodi winery wants a $60,000 bottling and labeling line to stop paying a mobile bottler each vintage. A term loan fits, since the equipment is a one-time purchase and the savings and extra capacity repay it over the term. Whether the numbers work is for the owner to check against the offer.

Next steps

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