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Jeremy weaver needed credit. He runs a Chattanooga-based startup,Wind River Tiny Homes, which builds small but elegantly crafted houses, and wanted to expand. In order to afford it, he needed lumberyards and other vendors to give him an advance. They'd provide him with materials, and he'd pay them back when a house was sold. He'd come to vendors prepared to talk numbers, but one time, a lumberyard owner took him by surprise: "My wife follows you on Facebook," the guy said, in part to explain why he was saying yes.
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