Guides

Plain-English explainers on commercial asset finance, from the team at Budget Finance.

Equipment finance with a new ABN (under 12 months)

Can you get equipment finance with a new ABN? Yes, with the right approach. Here’s what lenders want to see and how a broker finds the fit.

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How to Improve Your Credit Score

The score killers, why your personal file matters even for business lending, and the steps that move the number.

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Chattel Mortgage Explained

What a chattel mortgage is, how it works, and when it suits a business buying a truck, machine or vehicle.

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Balloon / Residual Payments — Is One Right for You?

Lower repayments now, one bigger payment at the end — with a real $100k example comparing both ways.

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What You Need to Get Truck Finance

What we need from you, how private sales work, and how to find out your borrowing power for free.

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What You Need to Get Car Finance

Buying through the business or as an individual — what each path needs, and how private sales work.

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What You Need to Get Equipment Finance

What we need from you, how private sales work, and how to find out your borrowing power for free.

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Buying a Luxury Car Through Your Business — the Tax Traps

The car cost limit, the GST trap, and luxury car tax explained in plain English before you sign anything.

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Business Loans, Overdrafts and Equity Release

How each is assessed, why equity release is often the easier and cheaper option, and how to pick the right one.

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What Do ‘Clean’ Bank Statements Look Like?

What lenders actually look for, why one late repayment matters so much, and how to get finance-ready.

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Shopping for Finance Without Wrecking Your Credit File

Why applying around damages your score, and how a broker can check your options without touching your file.

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New Business or Established? What It Changes

How lenders define “established,” the continuation trick sole traders miss, and why business age shapes your options.

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How Credit Scores Actually Work

Why you have more than one score, where scores start and end, and how personal and business credit feed each other.

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Dealer Finance vs a Broker

Why the lowest advertised rate isn’t always the cheapest deal — and what to compare before you sign at the dealership.

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Why Use a Broker?

40+ lenders vs your bank’s one product, the lenders you can’t reach directly, and what a broker does after settlement.

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Rent-to-Buy Trucks — What It Really Costs

What rent-to-own pricing actually costs next to finance, and the cheaper way in if you assumed you wouldn’t qualify.

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Renting vs Financing — Which Is Better?

The honest pros and cons of hire vs buy for trucks, trailers and earthmoving gear — and the math that decides it.

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