Aaron DiGregorio, VP-Franchise Financing, Live Oak Bank

Live Oak is a niche lender in 30 different industries. "We're niche lenders within a niche space. . . focusing more on tried and true, well rounded fitness concepts and established, multi-unit borrowers and providing them with a debt platform to allow them to grow," states Aaron DiGregorio who focuses on the HALO sector. Learn more about tranche financing, leverage ratios ("we don't like to go beyond 4x") and how its changed during COVID, his thoughts on boutiques versus the larger facilities, how they think about debt and asset value, how a PPP loan ranks in the capital stack, financing criteria, and more!