Find financing more precisely
DirectLenderMatch is organized around financing structures. These guides explain how to take the next step: locate providers nationally or locally, search using the right terms, distinguish lenders from intermediaries, and verify a source before applying.
Funding search guide
How to Find the Right Funding Source
A practical process for identifying the financing structure you need, finding real providers, and verifying that a lender actually offers it.
Local lender search
How to Find a Hard-Money Lender Near You
How to locate local and regional hard-money or private-money lenders and verify that they actually originate the type of real-estate loan you need.
Land financing guide
How to Find a Lender for Raw or Undeveloped Land
How to search for land lenders when large national mortgage companies do not offer the type of land financing you need.
Investor mortgage guide
How to Find a DSCR Lender
How real-estate investors can locate DSCR lenders and compare eligibility for rental-property financing.
Government-backed business guide
How to Find an SBA Lender
How to locate lenders for SBA 7(a), 504, Express, CAPLines and other SBA-backed financing without assuming every SBA lender offers every program.
Equipment finance guide
How to Find Equipment Financing
How to locate banks, independent equipment-finance companies, vendors and specialty lenders for business equipment purchases.
Agricultural finance guide
How to Find an Agricultural or Rural Lender
How to locate Farm Credit, USDA-participating, community-bank and specialty agricultural lenders for land, operating, livestock and equipment needs.
Commercial real-estate guide
How to Find a Commercial Real-Estate Lender
How to search banks, private lenders, debt funds, agency lenders, life companies and specialty providers by property type and financing structure.
Provider verification guide
Direct Lender vs. Broker: How to Tell the Difference
How to distinguish a lender that originates financing from a broker, marketplace, referral site or lead generator.
Verification guide
How to Verify a Lender Before You Apply
A practical checklist for confirming that a lender is real, offers the product advertised, serves your location and clearly discloses its role.
Use the directory with the guides
Start with all financing types when you know the product name, Borrow Against when you know the asset or collateral, or Worth Knowing when you want to discover less-obvious ways to finance something.