There are several opportunities for Veterans, even it today’s cold market, to get the money to buy a new home, fund a business, go back to school and more. Several opportunities exist through the Veteran’s Administration but several sources are made available through private and non-traditional sources.
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VA Home Loan Program >>
Home loan options available only to qualified Veterans of the United States military. Great rates, guidelines and opportunity for any Veteran.
SBA’s Express and pilot programs
Streamlined and expedited loan procedures for particular groups of borrowers, notably active duty military personnel, veterans, and borrowers from distressed communities.
SBAExpress
The SBAExpress program gives small business borrowers an accelerated turnaround time for SBA’s review. You will receive a response to your application within 36 hours. In addition, lower interest rates are often available to you when you apply through anExpress program.
Patriot Express
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the SBA’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand small businesses. The SBA and its resource partners are focusing additional efforts on counseling and training to augment this loan initiative, making it more accessible and easy to use.
Eligible military community members include:
- Veterans
- Service-disabled veterans
- Active-duty service members eligible for the military’s Transition Assistance Program
- Reservists and National Guard members
- Current spouses of any of the above
- The widowed spouse of a service member or veteran who died during service or of a service-connected disability
Patriot Express loan proceeds can be used for most business purposes, including:
- Start up costs
- Equipment purchases
- Business-occupied real-estate purchases
- Inventory
- Infusing working capital
- Managing your business
- Expansion
- Preparing your business for the possibility of your deployment
- Setting up to sell goods and services to the government
- Recovery from declared disasters.
Patriot Express loans feature the SBA’s lowest interest rates for business loans, generally 2.25 percent to 4.75 percent over prime depending upon the size and maturity of the loan. Your local SBA district office will have a listing of Patriot Express lenders in your area.
SBA’s Express and pilot programs offer streamlined and expedited loan procedures for particular groups of borrowers, notably active duty military personnel, veterans, and borrowers from distressed communities.
SBA Express
The SBAExpress program gives small business borrowers an accelerated turnaround time for SBA’s review. You will receive a response to your application within 36 hours. In addition, lower interest rates are often available to you when you apply through an Express program.
Patriot Express
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the SBA’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand small businesses. The SBA and its resource partners are focusing additional efforts on counseling and training to augment this loan initiative, making it more accessible and easy to use.
Eligible military community members include:
- Veterans
- Service-disabled veterans
- Active-duty service members eligible for the military’s Transition Assistance Program
- Reservists and National Guard members
- Current spouses of any of the above
- The widowed spouse of a service member or veteran who died during service or of a service-connected disability
Patriot Express loan proceeds can be used for most business purposes, including:
- Start up costs
- Equipment purchases
- Business-occupied real-estate purchases
- Inventory
- Infusing working capital
- Managing your business
- Expansion
- Preparing your business for the possibility of your deployment
- Setting up to sell goods and services to the government
- Recovery from declared disasters.
Patriot Express loans feature the SBA’s lowest interest rates for business loans, generally 2.25 percent to 4.75 percent over prime depending upon the size and maturity of the loan. Your local SBA district office will have a listing of Patriot Express lenders in your area.
The purpose of VetBiz is to provide information about the VIP verification process; a program to assist Veteran business owners in registering their business in the Secretary’s Database of Veteran-owned small businesses and to enable VA contracting officers to easily identify service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) and VOSBs eligible for procurement opportunities. This site is maintained by the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE), a program office within the Department’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU).