DIY negotiation starts with accurate documents and realistic cash flow. This checklist helps you prepare without promising a result or replacing legal and tax advice.
If a funder offers a payment change or settlement, ask for the terms in writing before sending money. Confirm the account, total amount, due dates, payment method, default consequences, treatment of remaining balance, personal-guarantee language, and lien or release documentation.
Explain the business’s actual cash-flow situation without exaggeration or unsupported promises. Save emails, letters, call dates, and names. Do not make a statement that conflicts with the agreement or hide revenue and assets.
Use a licensed attorney when there is a lawsuit, judgment, levy, bank restraint, confession-of-judgment filing, disputed contract, or urgent deadline. Ask a qualified tax professional about cancellation-of-debt income before finalizing settlement terms.
A lower payment may be a restructuring, while a settlement seeks to resolve an obligation for less than the claimed balance. A new advance may increase total repayment. Compare the full cash-flow effect before choosing any path.
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