[NationalPark]

Can you hedge against it with interest rate swaps? It seems interest rate risk is probably one of the more manageable risks of a small business that is fundamentally dependent on other people's money - how do you know it's going to succeed in the first place even if rates don't increase?

[hospitalJail]

Interesting, thank you and I will look into this.

Engineer married a doctor who owns the clinic, no finance people in the family. The company is already doing great, we are just expanding. We have the past performance of the company, so we have an idea if we can afford a set monthly cost.

[AnimalMuppet]

Rent some finance people. Get someone you can consult with on this stuff. There's almost certainly more pitfalls than we engineer types can logic out from what we know.