Most were women, a few men but most of the men encountered simply had different circumstances.

@Michael Stokes Keep your wheels spinning and your women grinning, and you'll be doing the wango tango all the way to the bank.

Because my wife and I own the company together I thought about making her a majority owner in order to consider minority/women owned business grants etc but I really don't know if there is any advantage to that.Although we never want to assume a partnership will end badly, it is very important to have a well written agreement in place spelling out details of what will happen in such case.

If you are not a Russian or Ukrainian national then I would check to see if your bank is on the list of banks that are under sanction.There is also the possibility that one of the other funders was under sanction.  

We get great referrals from people whom we helped (the women tell everybody) & the owners have been very helpful working with us.

src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/FHLawsBriefly:Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability).

Her's are geared more for women, but still inspirational as well.

For that I am great-full to all The men and women I served with.After purchasing my first rental property I was researching REI and stumbled across BP.  

However, sooner or later every one of them (both men and women) requested a payment of "origination fee" or "wire transfer fee" that amount anywhere from 300$ to 3000$. 

Being a women and a Virgo, organization is very crucial.