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Maintenance-agreement revenue, technician retention, and what consolidators pay for HVAC companies.
Service agreements, licensed qualifiers, emergency mix, and the buyers consolidating the trades.
Medicare accreditation, payer mix, referral concentration, and what buyers pay for durable medical equipment companies.
MRR under managed contracts, compliance niches, engineer retention, and what drives MSP multiples.
Retainer vs project revenue, client concentration, and how founder-led sales affects your multiple.
Grooming, boarding, and pet e-commerce: what buyers pay and how to run a confidential exit.
Dental practices sell for 1.6x-3.4x SDE in sold comps. What yours is worth, who the buyers are, and how DSO deals work. Includes 50+ state and city guides.
Current multiples, post-aggregator buyer landscape, and step-by-step process.
ARR vs SDE multiples, Rule of 40, churn impact, and real-world examples.
Census, ALOS, Medicare compliance, and what PE-backed buyers pay.
Recurring contracts, fleet value, technician retention, and what drives trade business multiples.
The pre-sale checklist: ad accounts, SOPs, traffic diversification, and margin optimization.
Private pay mix, caregiver retention, W-2 vs 1099, and what your agency is actually worth.
Account health, review integrity, supplier risk, and the red flags that kill deals.
The pre-sale timeline: payer mix, compliance, staff retention, and lease renewal.
Cross-industry guides every business owner should read before going to market.
The confidentiality playbook: blind teasers, staged NDAs, buyer vetting, and exactly who to tell at each stage.
Seller notes, earnouts, escrow holdbacks, working capital pegs, what every LOI term actually means for your wire.
QoE surprises, customer concentration, financing gaps, what kills deals and how to save yours before it does.
Who each tier serves, what they charge, and how to pick the right representation for your deal size.
The questions sellers actually ask on the free consultation, answered, plus the three things to have ready.
Seller discretionary earnings, add-back rules, and worked examples, the foundation of every valuation multiple.
The seven-step solo process, what going without representation really costs, and the honest cases where it works.
Listing fees vs success fees, what each actually does for you, and who should use which, from a firm that uses both.
Specialist marketplace for online businesses or personalized representation: fees, vetting, and how to choose.
What your business is worth, when to sell, and how the business of selling businesses actually works.
The fast answer: SDE times an industry multiple. 2026 multiples by industry and your free number.
Readiness beats market timing: the business, market, and life signals that tell you when to sell.
The quarter-by-quarter roadmap for owners 6-24 months out: clean books, independence, your number.
The honest math on speed vs price, a credible 90-day plan, and the buyers who actually close fast.
Success fees, flat commissions, Lehman scales, and retainers explained with worked dollar examples.
Commission rates by deal size, Lehman scale math, hidden costs, and how to negotiate an engagement.
The full sell-side arc: valuation, CIM, confidential marketing, NDAs, LOI, diligence, and closing.
Licensing by state, the skills that matter, deal flow, and the honest economics of years one and two.
Which states require a license, which do not, and when securities law applies to stock sales.
For buyers: finding deals, financing the purchase, running diligence, and making credible offers.
Setting your buy box, reading listings, NDAs, offers, diligence, financing, and closing, start to finish.
SBA 7(a) loans, seller notes, earnouts, and investor equity, and how each shapes your offer.
The financial, operational, legal, and customer checklists, plus the red flags that should stop a deal.
Binding vs non-binding terms, the anatomy of a credible offer, and the mistakes that lose deals.
Honest odds, real affordability math, and a 90-day ownership plan for first-time buyers.
Why most small deals are asset sales, who pays more tax under each, and what transfers at closing.
Each industry hub has guides, state-specific market data, and city-level insights.
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