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Ask any small Indian firm how long it takes to get paid by larger companies, what kind of a runaround they’re given, what devilish excuses they encounter on the way, and you’ll wonder how they remain in business. 
 
The answer is simple: They raise cash by borrowing against the value of property. 
 
Such advances are tailor-made for the entrepreneur. A term loan for business expansion sometimes comes bundled with a working capital limit, all of it backed by the entrepreneur’s residential or commercial property, preferably self-occupied and in a big city. 
 
Conceptually, there’s nothing wrong here. Peruvian economist Hernando de