Searchers! 3 ways to save over $100,000 & lower your purchase price.

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by a professional from James Madison University
in Washington, DC, USA

2yrs ago

Searchers! 3 ways to save over $100,000 & lower your purchase price.

Searchers! 3 ways to save over $100,000 & lower your purchase price:
1. Agree to a purchase price as a multiple range of Adjusted EBITDA (3.5X - 4.5X) rather than a static $ amount following due diligence.

2. Demonstrate the true profitability of the business and its ability to generate cash flow. Present the sellers with the enterprise value of their business and the factors that may increase or decrease this value.

3. Stipulate that the business must support a debt service ratio of at leastredacted, often an SBA requirement for acquisitions under $5,000,000.

Are you in the final stages of an acquisition and have questions?

Send me a message; I can offer practical strategies to help you save $$$.

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reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Thanks

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from University of Missouri in Kansas City, MO, USA

I like the approach and the transparency. Great thoughts.