Time are tough. Enough said. One of the worst things you can do is "shop your deal". What I mean by this is sending your transaction (currency exchange, project development) to a) multiple funders; or b) multiple brokers. The most dangerous is sending it to multiple brokers. Or worse yet, a broker(s) accepted your project but doesn't have a funding source.

First, this is unethical on the broker's behalf, secondly the obvious will happen: He will send your project to every funding source and broker on the planet in hopes that someone will fund your deal. The best way to prevent this is to qualify your broker by asking if he already has a funding source that would accept your project. If he doesn't, don't give him your file. If he does, he should be able to explain the relative terms of the financing immediately or within 24 hours after contacting is funding source.

Why shopping hurts you: it's a small world in the universe of performing funders and brokers. We all know each other. There are some files that I see submitted to our company by 5 or 6 different brokers...funders simply turn down files they see more than once because they assume there's something wrong with the file,they turned it down previously, or they'll pick up the phone and call their other colleagues and ask them why they turned it down.

Why? Probably because the original broker was a rookie and just sent in a bunch of files that made no sense. WCF has our own in-house underwriter and we MAKE FILES WORK. Yes, files that have been turned down. They were good files, just not submitted properly. So we have go back to the funder after hearing, "we saw this file and turned it down" and explain why the deal will work.

Currency exchange deals won't tolerate ANY shopping. If they see the same deal twice, it is immediately declined and the client is blacklisted.

Solution: qualify your broker and make sure he is direct to a performing source or a broker that is. Often, that is WCF.
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