Finding Off Market Deals in a Geographically Focused Search

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by a searcher from The University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration
in Denver, CO, USA

5mos ago

Finding Off Market Deals in a Geographically Focused Search

I am just starting my search process and looking in Denver, CO, Tampa, FL, and Jacksonville, FL. I was curious how people have conducted searches for off market deals and what data sources they may have used to find businesses that may fit their acquisition criteria. Additionally, what sort of outreach did you find more successful (email, written letters, phone calls, etc.)?

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reply by a searcher 4mos ago
from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA, USA

^redacted‌, I'm interested as well

reply by a searcher 1mo ago
from New York University in Marina del Rey, CA, USA

never written letters. emails that arent listed that you find anyway, sneak in through a phone call. Call a lot of people for informatinal interviews. Ive been directed to and even offered the company of people I reached out to initially for informatinal interviews becuase I admired their company/how they acquired it or just wanted to learn more.