100% Seller Financed Deals

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by a searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management
in New York, NY, USA

3yrs ago

100% Seller Financed Deals

Has anyone ever gotten a deal closed with 100% seller financing? If so, please share your story! What were the challenges and risked you faced in the DD process? Did you complete an expedited/abridged DD process given the offset of risk due to the seller financing aspect of the deal? How have you grown the business since acquiring it? Thanks in advance.

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reply by a professional 3yrs ago
from University of Southern California in North Palm Beach, FL, USA

Owners deploying common sense, who confer with a competent and honest lawyer or dealmaking expert, can usually discover they don’t have to fully finance buyers. Loser companies, sure. Profitable firms, large enough to pay a good broker? Competent brokers can create buyer competition. One has to wonder why no other buyers are bidding for the “100% seller financing” deals.

reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from Marquette University in Dallas, TX, USA

have bought 2 100% seller financed deals. Just bought another for "walk away money." It's a numbers game and you have to be able to hone in on motivation & build rapport/ vision.