Selling a business in 2026 is absolutely doable, but buyers are typically more careful than they were during “easy money” years. They want clean financials, clear owner separation, and fewer surprises. This guide walks you through the exact process, compares your main...
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Selling a Business in Colorado: A Practical 2026 Guide to Getting Top Dollar
If you’re thinking about selling a business in Colorado, I’d approach it as a positioning exercise first and a transaction second. After writing about financial deals, private businesses, and buyer behavior for more than two decades, I can tell you this much: owners...
iMerge Financial Review (2026): Rates, Licensing and the Complaint Record
iMerge Financial carries one of the strongest customer ratings I have seen in consumer lending, 4.84 stars across 360 Better Business Bureau reviews. It also tells you less about itself than almost any company I have reviewed. Untangling those two facts is the whole...
Lending Tower Review (2026): Star Ratings, CFPB Complaints and a Consent Order
I want to start with a sentence taken directly from Lending Tower's own reviews page: Lending Tower is a BBB-accredited company with dozens of reviews and not a single complaint on the platform. That claim is checkable, so I checked it. The Better Business Bureau...
Debt Clear USA – Trustworthy Company for Debt Relief? [2026 Review]
Debt Clear USA (www.debtclearusa.com) is a debt settlement company endorsed by Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec that focuses on helping consumers resolve unsecured debt like credit cards, personal loans, and some medical bills. I’ve reviewed a lot of debt relief companies...
Symple Lending Review (2026): Is It Legit, and Is It Even Debt Relief?
Symple Lending is not a debt relief company. That is the single most important thing to understand before you read another word, because a large share of the people searching its name think it is one. Symple Lending is a loan broker. It matches you with a personal or...
Liberty First Lending Review (2026): The 14 Companies On Their Consent Form
Every few months a mailer lands on my desk from a company I have never heard of, telling me I am pre-qualified for a debt consolidation loan. I keep them, because they are a useful window into how this industry actually works. Liberty First Lending sends a lot of...
West Capital Lending Review (2026): Two Regulatory Fines, HELOC Costs and 52 Complaints
I have been reviewing consumer lenders for the better part of twenty years, and I have a rule of thumb that has never let me down: when a company's marketing is louder than its licensing, read the regulator filings before you read the website. West Capital Lending is...
Tax Relief Advocates (TRA) Review 2026: Fees, Complaints and Is It Legit?
Tax Relief Advocates, which now trades as TRA at tra.com, is an Irvine, California tax resolution firm founded in 2017. It represents people who owe the IRS and cannot pay: it negotiates installment agreements, files Offers in Compromise, requests penalty abatement,...
Optima Tax Relief Review (2026): Fees, 786 Complaints and Is It Worth It?
Optima Tax Relief is the most heavily advertised tax resolution firm in America, and it is the one readers ask me about more than any other. Founded in 2011 and based at 6 Hutton Centre Drive in Santa Ana, California, it represents people who owe the IRS: installment...


