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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Leasehold vs Freehold Motel: Why the Lease Term Sets Your Loan

Freehold or leasehold motel? On a leasehold the lease term caps the loan; a freehold gears on the going-concern valuation. How each one finances.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Fund FY27 From the Factory Equity You Already Hold

Release the factory equity you already hold, deploy it, then borrow only for what is left. A manufacturer's FY27 order for equity, plant and bridges.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Buying a Home on One Doc While the Factory Carries a Second Mortgage

How a commercial second mortgage on the factory reads on a personal One Doc home loan, and how to keep two facilities cleanly apart so the purchase works.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Fixed, Variable or Balloon: Structuring an FY27 Chattel Mortgage

How to structure an FY27 chattel mortgage: fixed versus variable, how a balloon works, and shaping repayments around the Payday Super cashflow step.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Plan the Exit Before You Draw Private Funding for Plant

How manufacturers plan the exit before drawing private funding for plant, so a short-term facility takes out cleanly into asset finance or a bank loan.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

How Much Equity Can a Manufacturer Release Behind the Bank?

How much equity a manufacturer can release behind the bank with a second mortgage, mapped by equity tier, and how first mortgagee consent fits in.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

The Cafe Owner's FY27 Finance Plan, Stage by Stage

A staged FY27 finance plan for a cafe: working capital first, then equipment by chattel mortgage, then the premises decision, mapped stage by stage.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Your Cafe Reinvested All Year: Reading It on a One Doc Home Loan

How an alt-doc lender reads a cafe's heavy FY27 reinvestment year on a One Doc home loan, and how depreciation add-backs restore serviceable income.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Buying Cafe Premises in FY27: What You Can Fund at Each Tier

Buying cafe premises in FY27? See what commercial property finance you can access at each equity tier, and how lenders read it. General info only.

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Nick Lim 28/6/26 Nick Lim 28/6/26

Financing Cafe Equipment in FY27: The Chattel and Write-Off Split

Financing cafe equipment in FY27: how a chattel mortgage works, and which cafe buys the instant asset write-off covers versus the depreciation pool.

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