Collect earlier and executed versions, instruments identifying pledged assets, guarantees, amendments, and disbursement confirmations. Add relevant evidence of the assets' and funds' origin. Identify missing records and assess their significance before filing, without presuming that you can add them later.
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A reviewer who has never met the lender should be able to follow the money from its lawful origin to the enterprise's account without asking a question. In a hypothetical Mercier household, that might mean a mortgage statement, a refinancing payout, a wire confirmation, and a receipt from the United States seller. Where a document does not yet exist, say so and give the expected date rather than substituting a summary.
The signed purchase agreement, evidence that the funds have been transferred or placed in escrow with defined release terms, the lease or property deed, and the entity's organizational documents showing the buyer's ownership. The purchase agreement and escrow instructions, complete source-of-funds evidence, the target business's financial statements, payroll records and material contracts, corporate formation and ownership documents, a lease or premises evidence, and a business plan covering at least five years. The persuasive file contains wire confirmations, released escrow instructions, bills of sale, signed leases, paid invoices and receipts issued by the seller or by suppliers.