It started with a simple online search a couple of months ago. I was hoping to obtain a small business loan to start up my tax and accounting practice. I didn't need a lot of money, just a couple of thousand dollars to buy the needed software and office equipment, and to do a little advertising. At first it seemed promising. There seemed to be no end of potential lenders willing to help me out.

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After entering some preliminary information I was immediately given several offers. The offers, however, were all for payday loans. Since I still had a part-time job, many lenders were happy to give me a few hundred dollars for a week or two. Yippee! Well, that's alright, I thought, there are plenty of other lenders to check out.

After following this road a half dozen times, I realized that I was not going to find anything but payday loans. Discouraged, I returned to the drawing board.