Should I just give up?

[Jason Luo]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post, but my brother frequents this site so i'm around here from time to time. Anyways, I have been trying hard to secure my first loan, but I have been rejected by many of the top banks. I'm self employed with a good track record of 3 years of tax returns, but most of them say that it's hard for them to give out a loan to small business owners like me. Many people advise me to get a hard money loan, but I don't feel that a 10-14% interest is worthit..Should I just give up?