Borrower reviews
What borrowers say, fine print included
Including the ones where we were more expensive than a bank, and the one where we said no first.
Sample reviews written for this design demo. They are not from real borrowers.
Featured review
Sample review · Expansion and renovation
“The offer letter showed the total dollar cost right under the payment. No factor-rate riddles, no 'call us to discuss.' We signed on a Tuesday and paid the deposit on our second location Wednesday afternoon.”
Elena & Marcus Reyes
Larkspur Bakehouse · Fort Collins, CO
$120,000 · 36 months · expansion
Reviews by loan
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Equipment Sample review
“I've had lenders quote me a '1.24 factor' and let me do the math wrong. Crescent quoted an APR and a cents-per-dollar figure. It was more expensive than my bank, and they said so. But the bank needed six weeks and my compressor didn't have six weeks.”
Darnell Whitfield
Whitfield Heating & Air · Aurora, CO
$45,000 · 18 months · equipment
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Inventory Sample review
“When a slow February put my payment at risk, I called expecting a script. I got a human who moved my due date twelve days, once, no fee. That's the whole reason they get my renewal business.”
Priya Raman
Juniper & Thread Boutique · Boulder, CO
$60,000 · 24 months · inventory
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Working capital Sample review
“Our biggest customer pays in 60 days and our suppliers want 15. The loan covered the gap with one payment a month instead of the daily debits I had before. I paid it off two months early and the interest just stopped.”
Tomás Herrera
Herrera Produce Supply · Pueblo, CO
$35,000 · 12 months · working capital
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Equipment Sample review
“They declined me the first time and told me exactly why: eleven months in business and revenue just under their floor. Seven months later I reapplied with the same two numbers fixed and got an offer in a day.”
Hannah Okafor
Ridgeline Mobile Detailing · Colorado Springs, CO
$25,000 · 12 months · equipment
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Refinancing Sample review
“I came in with an advance taking money out of my account every day. They put what I still owed on it next to the full cost of their loan, in dollars, and the loan came out ahead. Now it's one payment a month.”
Gary Lindqvist
Lindqvist Auto Glass · Lakewood, CO
$48,000 · 24 months · refinancing
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Hiring and payroll Sample review
“We had a signed school-district contract and no crew to do it. The loan covered four months of wages for two new techs. The underwriter actually read the contract and asked good questions.”
Simone Baptiste
Clearwater Pest & Lawn · Greeley, CO
$70,000 · 18 months · hiring
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Expansion and renovation Sample review
“Not the cheapest money I've ever borrowed. It was the clearest. I knew the total cost before I gave them my email, and nothing on the final agreement was different from the estimate.”
Ray Castellanos
Castellanos Tile & Stone · Denver, CO
$90,000 · 36 months · expansion
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Inventory Sample review
“Holiday stock has to be paid for in September. A 6-month loan let me take my supplier's bulk price, and the discount covered most of the interest. Simple, and they showed me that math up front.”
Lena Fischer
Paper Moon Stationers · Golden, CO
$30,000 · 6 months · inventory
The featured review above covers this loan type.
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What borrowers mention most
- Seeing the total cost before applying
- One fixed monthly payment instead of daily debits
- A person who answers when a month goes badly
- Being told why, when the answer was no
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