Search is the hardest part of buying a business.

It takes months or years. To make it easier and faster, you need to see more deals. Here is a hack to finding more brokered listings. Go to an aggregator. Even http://bizbuysell.com can work. Sign the NDA for a listing in the industry you want, even if the company itself is crap If that broker has one listing in that industry, they are likely to have more You're now on their email list for future listings You should also check the broker's site every week or so. A lot of smaller brokers don't even send out emails. Do this hack at least 100 times, and you'll be surprised at the volume of listings you'll find from small brokers that do little marketing and thus give you little competition for the business. Follow these steps. Soon you’ll have so much deal flow, that you’ll need interns, analysts, or assistants to screen the 100s of deals for you.