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How to loan money to the masses. The books, tools, training, and operator intelligence to help you build a lending business without learning every expensive lesson yourself.

eBooks, Manuals & Tools

Read it tonight. Put it to work tomorrow.

The Complete Lending Manual
How to Loan Money
to the Masses
The Bible • 500+ Pages

The Bible: How to Loan Money to the Masses

Licensing, underwriting, collections, marketing, KPIs, forms, vendors, and the lessons operators usually learn after losing money.

Includes a 30-minute consultation.

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Texas CSO/CAB Small-Dollar Loan Model

Understand the Texas Credit Access Business structure, third-party lender relationships, licensing, documentation, and operational risks.

Explore the Texas Model →
Featured Report

2027 Subprime Lending Playbook

A 98-page guide to payday, title, installment, and online lending. Built for first-time lenders, operators expanding into lending, and multi-state teams going digital.

$147.00 | Digital Report
See What's Inside →
Excel Workbook
Pro Forma
Financial Modeling
Model the numbers before spending money.

Pro Forma Financial Modeling Tool

Change lead costs, defaults, conversion rates, loan amounts, payroll, and expenses. See what happens to the portfolio and P&L before committing capital.

$50.00 | Excel Workbook
Run the Numbers →

Consumer Loan Business Valuation Guide

What is a payday, title, or installment loan company worth? Learn how buyers, sellers, attorneys, and brokers evaluate lending businesses.

See the Valuation Guide →
Market Expansion
Car Title Lending
State-by-State
Markets • Regulations • Strategy

Car Title Lending: State-by-State Report

Compare title lending markets, regulatory frameworks, and expansion considerations before deciding where to deploy capital.

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Training & Courses

Train people to run a lending operation, not merely complete an application.

Frontline Lending Training
14-Day
Lending Pro
From New Hire to Customer-Ready
Training Program

14-Day Lending Pro

Prepare new storefront employees with practical training in customer conversations, loan documentation, compliance-safe language, red flags, and daily lending workflows.

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Hands-On Training
Lending
Boot Camp
Inside a Real Loan Store

Boot Camp: Live Loan Center Training

Learn the daily mechanics of lending inside an operating loan center. Applications, underwriting, customer service, payments, collections, and store operations.

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Custom Programs
Training Built
for Your Operation
Your Products • Your Team

Custom Training for Your Operation

A tailored training program built around your loan products, operating procedures, approved scripts, compliance requirements, and employee-readiness goals.

Discuss Custom Training →

Work With Jer

Starting, buying, fixing, or scaling a lending business? Bring your numbers.

AI Lending Intelligence
Jer's Brain
Lending Knowledge on Demand

Jer's Brain — AI Lending Intelligence

Explore practical knowledge about underwriting, lending operations, collections, compliance, markets, and industry technology through Jer's AI knowledge product.

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First Conversation
15-Minute
Strategy Call
Find the Right Next Step
Free

Free 15-Minute Strategy Call

Bring one specific lending problem. Discuss the situation, identify the next decision, and determine whether additional consulting makes sense.

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Hourly Lending Consulting

Licensing, launch strategy, underwriting, collections, marketing, acquisitions, capital, and store-level profitability. Get an experienced operator's view.

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Operational Review
Lending Store
Audit
Find What's Leaking Money
Coming Soon

Store Operations Audit

An independent review of workflows, underwriting, collections, employee practices, and operating performance, with prioritized recommendations.

Ask About Availability →
Strategic Partnerships
Tribal Lending
Partnerships
Structure • Diligence • Economics

Tribal Lending Partnerships

Understand partnership structures, counterparty diligence, operating economics, governance considerations, and the risks involved in tribal lending arrangements.

Discuss Tribal Lending →
Capital Strategy
EB-5 Capital
Consulting
Explore Investor Capital Options

EB-5 Capital Raise

Explore whether an EB-5 investment structure could fit your business, subject to qualified immigration, securities, and legal review.

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Tools & Sister Sites

Additional resources for lenders, vendors, and industry professionals.

Industry Resources
Lending Vendor
Directory

Vendor Directory & Advertising

Find technology providers, processors, data companies, marketing services, and other vendors serving consumer lenders.

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Customer Acquisition
Poker Chip
Referral Program

Poker Chip Referral Program

A physical referral concept using branded chips and QR codes to track customer referrals and funded-loan results.

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Local Search
Local Listing
Success

LocalListingSuccess.com

Help storefront lending locations improve their visibility in local Google search and map results.

Explore Local Listings →

Google Business Profile Guide

Practical guidance for claiming, managing, and improving a lending store's Google Business Profile and local visibility.

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Free Content Resource
100 Borrower
Questions
Free Resource

Top 100 Borrower Questions

Questions consumers ask about payday loans. Useful starting material for educational FAQs, website content, and customer communication.

See the Questions →
Lending Market Education
FedLendR.com
Federal Employee Allotment Lending

FedLendR.com

Educational resources about allotment loans and the federal-employee lending market.

Visit FedLendR →

Educational and business resources for lending professionals. Not consumer loan offers or legal, tax, investment, or regulatory advice. Product availability and terms are determined by the individual product pages.

Which One Do You Need?

Find your situation. Buy that one. Ignore the rest until it produces.

  • I have never made a loan, and I have capital to deploy. Start with The Bible. It is the operating manual: licensing, underwriting, collections, marketing, KPIs, forms, vendors. Then run your numbers through the Pro Forma tool before you sign a lease or wire a dollar.
  • I run a pawn shop, check casher, tax office, or auto lot and want to add loans. The 2027 Subprime Lending Playbook was written for you. 98 pages on bolting lending onto a business that already has foot traffic. Buy The Bible when you are ready to build the back office.
  • I am in Texas, or I want to be. Get the Texas CSO/CAB Small-Dollar Loan Model. It covers the Credit Access Business structure, the third-party lender agreement, and where new CAB operators get hurt. Texas operators who own both the CAB guide and The Bible make fewer expensive mistakes.
  • I am buying or selling a payday, title, or installment loan business. Read the Valuation Guide first, then book the free call before anyone signs a letter of intent. The multiple is where buyers overpay and sellers leave money on the table.
  • I have new hires starting Monday. Enroll them in 14-Day Lending Pro. Hired to customer-ready in 14 days, with a credential at the end. Running multiple stores with your own scripts and state rules? Ask about custom training instead.
  • I am choosing my next state for car title lending. The State-by-State Title Report tells you where it is legal, what you can charge, and where the compliance traps are. Read it before you pay a lawyer to tell you the same thing.
  • I have a store, and it is not making the money it should. Book the free 15-minute call and bring your P&L. Fifteen minutes is enough to find the leak. If you want the full walk-through, ask about the Store Audit.
  • I do not need a course. I need a second opinion, every day. That is Jer's Brain: ask it about policy, scripts, vendors, and the decision you are about to make. It costs less than one bad underwriting call.

Still not sure? Book the free call. Bring one problem. You will leave knowing which of these to buy, or that you should not buy any of them yet.

Why Buy Lending Education From Jer Ayles

I am not a content guy. I own subprime loan stores. I run a lending operation in Dallas. I have spent more than 20 years in payday, car title, installment, Texas CAB, and tribal lending, as an operator, a consultant, and an investor, through Trihouse Consulting.

Every product on this page came out of something that cost me money first. The forms in The Bible are the forms my stores use. The Pro Forma tool is the spreadsheet I run before I open a location. Boot Camp happens inside a live loan center with real customers at the counter. 14-Day Lending Pro is built the way we built CashMax University for a multi-store Texas operator.

More than 5,000 operators read the newsletter. Most of them found this page the same way you did: they had a problem, and they wanted the answer from someone who had already paid for it.

Questions Operators Ask Before They Buy

I am new. Do I buy The Bible or the Playbook?

If you buy one, buy The Bible. It is the 500-page operating manual with the forms, the KPIs, and the vendor list, and it includes a 30-minute call with me. The 2027 Playbook is 98 pages and built for a faster read, especially for an owner adding lending to an existing business. Plenty of operators own both. Nobody has regretted starting with The Bible.

I bought the Texas CSO/CAB guide. Do I still need The Bible?

Yes, if you intend to make money. The Texas guide covers the Credit Access Business structure and licensing. It does not teach underwriting, collections, marketing, or store operations. The Bible does, and it applies in every state. The CAB guide tells you how to be legal in Texas. The Bible tells you how to be profitable anywhere.

What is the difference between Boot Camp and 14-Day Lending Pro?

Boot Camp is for you, the owner or future owner. Two days inside a live loan center, working the counter, taking applications, making loans, and working collections before you spend a dollar on your own store. 14-Day Lending Pro is for your employees. It is online, it takes a new hire from day one to customer-ready in 14 days, and it ends with a credential your HR file can hold.

Is the 15-minute strategy call really free?

Yes. No purchase required and no pitch script. Bring one problem: your state, your capital, your store, your loan book. You leave with a next step and an honest answer on whether we should keep talking. If I cannot help you, I will say so in the first five minutes.

How are the digital products delivered?

eBooks, reports, and the Pro Forma tool are delivered as downloads immediately after purchase. The Bible includes scheduling for your 30-minute call. Boot Camp, consulting, and custom training are scheduled with you after you book.

Do these products cover online lending or just storefronts?

Both. The Bible covers storefront and online operations. The 2027 Playbook includes a section written for the multi-state team going digital. The State-by-State Title Report is about where you can lend, which matters whether the borrower walks in or applies on a phone.

Is any of this legal or regulatory advice?

No. Everything on this page is education from an operator, not advice from a lawyer. State and federal rules change, sometimes mid-year, and the state-specific information in these products should be treated as subject to change. Verify current rules with your state regulator and your own counsel before you lend.