The buyer is staring at his screen.

The seller wants an answer by morning. The LOI is signed. The business is everything he's been looking for; $3.2M asking price, strong cash flow, motivated seller, clean books.

There's just one problem.

His lender just told him the deal doesn't qualify for the loan he applied for.

Wrong loan type. Wrong structure. Wrong timing.

Three months of work. Gone.

This story doesn't have to end that way.

And on May 7th, we're going to make sure it doesn't end that way for you.

HOW TO FINANCE YOUR FIRST ACQUISITION
SBA 7(a) vs. 504 Explained

Live, Free, and Built for Buyers Who Are Ready to Move

May 7, 2026 | 7:00 PM Eastern | Live on Zoom | 300 Seats Only

Reserve your seat here

Most buyers come into this game armed with capital and zero intelligence on how to deploy it.

They have $150K, $300K, maybe $450K sitting in an account and they're told the right loan can turn that into a $1.5M, $3M, $4.5M acquisition.

So they go to a lender. Apply for the first loan that sounds right. Get a term sheet. Move forward.

Then the deal collapses at the finish line.

Wrong loan type. Wrong lender. Wrong sequence.

It happens more than anyone wants to admit.

I wanted to bring someone into this conversation who's seen every version of that story; and who knows exactly how it ends when you get the financing right.

His name is Sterling Birdsong.

Founder and CEO of Lendstra. Former top-producing SBA Business Development Officer with over a decade of closing complex SBA 7(a) and 504 transactions across industries, across the country.

He's not a theorist. He's not an educator with a slide deck.

He is a deal closer. And he is an operator; running five business locations while simultaneously helping other entrepreneurs secure the capital to do the same.

Sterling knows exactly what lenders are looking for. He knows what kills deals in underwriting. He knows the difference between what the SBA allows on paper and what a bank will actually approve in practice.

That gap

between the rulebook and reality

is where most buyers lose.

Sterling lives in that gap. And for one hour, he's going to walk you through it.

Here's what we're covering:

The real difference between SBA 7(a) and SBA 504; not the textbook version, the version that determines whether your deal gets funded

How lenders actually evaluate a buyer; what they're looking at, what makes them nervous, and what makes them say yes

What sellers need to understand about buyer financing timelines before they accept an offer

The mistakes that kill SBA deals in the final stretch; the ones nobody warns you about until it's too late

Live Q&A with Sterling; bring your real deal scenarios, your LOI questions, your capital structure, your hesitation

This session is live. It is free. It is limited to 300 people.

We cap it at 300 because that's the number where Sterling can actually work through your specific questions in real time. Not 1,000 people watching a presentation. 300 serious buyers in a room getting actual answers.

There will be no public replay.

If you're in the room, you get it. If you're not, you don't.

Register now — before the seats are gone:

Your hosts:

Jorge Viveros — Co-Founder, Acquire Weekly
Advisor to buyers pursuing $1M–$20M acquisitions. Founder of The Continental, a private deal concierge that has compressed acquisition timelines from 18–24 months to under 9. Jorge has been in the trenches of business acquisition long enough to know exactly where buyers lose; and how to make sure they don't.

Rahul Issar — Co-Founder, Acquire Weekly
Rahul didn't come to acquisition theory from the outside. He came from the inside as a founder who built, scaled, and sold. A two-time exited entrepreneur, he built Acquire Weekly from scratch after noticing there was no clear, accessible resource for people who actually wanted to buy a business. What started as Loom videos shared with friends turned into one of the most engaged acquisition-focused newsletters in the space. Rahul brings operator credibility to every conversation, the kind that only comes from having skin in the game.

Sterling Birdsong — Founder & CEO, Lendstra
10+ years structuring and closing SBA 7(a) and 504 transactions nationwide. Multi-unit business operator. The person in the room who knows where SBA deals go to die and how to make sure yours doesn't.

One hour. The right information. At exactly the right moment in your acquisition journey.

Secure your seat — May 7, 7:00 PM Eastern

See you there.

Jorge Viveros & Rahul Issar
Co-Founders, Acquire Weekly
[email protected]
www.acquireweekly.com