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Guest Blog Post Authored By: Ramona Mutter, Senior Manager, Credit Operations

Make sure your lease application is accepted by following these seven recommendations.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Lee Prefontaine, trailer sales store manager with Flaman Trailers.

Lee Prefontaine is a Trailer Sales Store Manager with Flaman Trailers in Saskatoon.

Together, with the rest of the Flaman Trailers team, Lee helps Canadians from Alberta to Manitoba get the trailers and haulers they need to make transportation a breeze.

Every business needs equipment, but it’s a major investment and it’s common to see customers pivot, wide eyed, out of your showroom after seeing the price tag. That’s sticker shock, and it’s not that your equipment isn’t worth its value; it’s that customers aren’t willing to part with their precious cash.

So how do you convert shoppers wary about paying one lump sum payment into customers pining for your equipment? The answer is pretty simple: make the purchase painless.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Mathieu LeFebvre, Account Manager, National Leasing.

Strap into the DeLorean, punch it to 88 and go back to a time when your cash flowed freely. When you tackled business opportunities with financial flexibility. When you used that capital to buy equipment your business needed.

Now, come back to the future. Your equipment is still performing but your purchase has hindered cash flow and you need working capital for your next opportunity.

Thankfully, you won’t need plutonium to reach your previous levels of cash flow. Instead, you can use an innovative form of financing known as a sale-leaseback.

A sale-leaseback can turn your existing equipment into liquid assets, making immediate capital available for other investments or upgrades. It also offers competitive financing rates and eliminates some of the risks of ownership.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Cheryl Griffiths, Account Manager, National Leasing.

You just experienced the disorientation from Googling “Falling Oil Prices.” Are you any closer to knowing the effect these low prices have on your business? Probably not since no one knows what the exact outcomes of the price drop will be. 

Suggested Reading: Why oil prices keep falling

Falling oil prices will be a benefit to some businesses and a loss for others. Companies that rely on the energy industry may be hit hard, while other companies driven by consumer spending could see a sales jump thanks to increased disposable income.

Leasing can ease the negative financial impact from falling oil prices or help capitalize on a sales increase. Let’s take a look at five ways leasing will help you take advantage of a decrease or increase in sales.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Michael Dubowec, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, National Leasing

Equipment leasing is a valuable tool that all business owners should keep in their toolbox.

It’s an alternative to purchasing or traditional financing and has specific benefits that can make it more ideal depending on your situation, industry, and business goals.

Below, you’ll find our complete guide to leasing. We’ve included a video and FAQ to equip you with everything you’ll need to know for your next equipment lease.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Lori Wolstencroft, Director, Business Coordination, National Leasing

When you’re ready to lease your equipment, you don’t want to spend hours poring over pages of fine print just to make sure you know exactly what you’re signing up for.

It’s why we try and keep our leasing contract short and simple.

We have some terms and conditions, too. Although they aren’t as tough to read as those nitty-gritty legal terms you’ll find in your mortgage contract, we understand you might not look them over in your excitement to get equipment. That’s why we’re here to help. Don’t worry; we won’t explain every term and condition. We’ll only answer some of the more common contract questions that customers ask.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Imelda Baldo, Senior Lease Expiry Coordinator, National Leasing.

Getting new equipment is exciting. The first thing on your mind is how your new toy will help grow your business, but you may not consider what happens at the end of your lease.

After all, that’s months or years from now. But with some planning, your end of lease choice could complement your business’s present financial situation.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Ken Canavan, Account Manager for National Leasing.

After all, your choice will affect your cash flow, line of credit and future equipment upgrade needs.

Rather than darting from online financial resource to resource, we’ve created a checklist to help weigh your acquisition options so you can choose the best option that matches your financing needs.

Guest Blog Post Authored By: Mike McInerney, Regional Sales Manager in Ontario for National Leasing

You’ve done your research and you’ve made the decision to finance your next equipment acquisition.

Now you’re wondering if you should enter into an equipment lease or a loan.

Both options offer the advantages of financing but each decision has its own financial nuances that affect your business’s finances differently. Use our comparison table below to learn the differences between the two so you can make an educated decision.

Guest Blog Post Authored By:  James Byrne, Business Advisor at MNP. Brought to you in part by National Leasing, our trusted partner in equipment leasing.

Whether you purchase or lease a piece of equipment, it affects your financial statements and your tax return.

Whether you purchase or lease a piece of equipment, it affects your financial statements and your tax return. The effects differ depending on whether you purchase or lease, but the take-home message is the same: financing your equipment can have a significant impact on your bottom line.