Pre-LOI Deal Screening for SMB Buyers and Searchers Most bad acquisitions do not fail because the buyer missed something impossible to see. They fail because the obvious risks were visible early, but the buyer kept moving anyway. Acquisition Decision Engine (ADE) is built for independent searchers, acquisition entrepreneurs, and SMB buyers who want a more disciplined way to evaluate deals before signing an LOI, spending money on diligence, or damaging lender credibility. ADE helps buyers pressure-test a deal across financial, operational, financing, and buyer-fit risks, then produces a structured first-pass analysis. ADE evaluates: Financial risk SBA financeability Estimated SBA Financing Ceiling Revenue durability Buyer fit Operator dependence Deal quality LOI readiness Hard risk flags Watch items Strengths and weaknesses Proceed / caution / reject recommendation One of ADE’s core features is the Estimated SBA Financing Ceiling. Because for many Main Street and lower-middle-market deals, the seller’s asking price is not the real number that matters. The real question is: What can the business actually support? ADE is not meant to replace judgment, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, or diligence. It is meant to create a disciplined screening layer before the expensive part of the acquisition process begins. The goal is simple: Kill bad deals fast. Document why. Move forward only when the deal earns it. For a limited time, new users receive: 3 free deal analyses No credit card required No obligation Use ADE on a live deal, an old deal, or a deal you already passed on and see what the system catches. Try it here: redacted