Cash flow
$70,000
Revenue
$600,000
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Posting: 277848 | Available | 12/14/22
Well established money making store with long ownership record is up for sale.
Asking Price
$259,000
Cash flow
$204,000
Revenue
$1,200,000
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Posting: 275816 | Available | 11/23/22
Liquor and real estate for sale in Los Angeles County, CA. This is your chance to own your business on your property at a reasonable price. The store has been established for over 30 years and there are 3 full-time employees and owner works. It is semi-absentee run.
Asking Price
$1,400,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$396,000
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Posting: 276887 | Available | 11/14/22
This beer and wine market is located in a nice neighborhood. Plenty of front parking. The current owner has another job and cannot run this business. Used to be a Circle K location. Employee run, absentee owner. Reasonable asking price. Monthly gross: $33,000.
Asking Price
$85,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$600,000
Down
$125,000
Posting: 277228 | Available | 11/2/22
For sale is a liquor store located on a very busy street in Torrance, CA. It has a very reasonable rent and lease length. It is very visible with high traffic. The owner will be retiring. The average monthly sales are $50,000 and the asking price is $290,000.
Asking Price
$290,000
Cash flow
$180,000
Revenue
$1,920,000
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Posting: 276833 | Available | 11/2/22
7-Eleven is one of the world's biggest and the most popular retail chains of convenience stores and 7-Eleven's top priority has always been to give customers the most convenient experiences possible to consistently meet their needs. 7-Even aims to be a one-stop shop for consumers
Asking Price
$420,000
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Posting: 277051 | Available | 10/24/22
For sale is a liquor and grocery store doing about $150k/month in store sales plus about 10k gallon/m at almost a $1/gallon margin. The profit from gas pays the rent. There is a laundromat on the premises that if remodeled can bring in additional income. This business has almost no competition.
Asking Price
$1,250,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$850,000
Down
$125,000
Posting: 276891 | Available | 10/16/22
For sale is a well-established liquor store in a busy residential area with the seller willing carry most of the purchase price. With SBA rates headed towards 10%, the seller is willing to carry for less. The monthly sales are $70,000, the rent is $3,500 per month. The buyer would only $125,000 down
Asking Price
$350,000
Cash flow
$192,000
Revenue
$1,360,000
Down
$35
Posting: 274854 | Available | 10/16/22
Liquor and wine shop for sale in North Los Angeles County, CA. The shop has been established for over 30 years and 4 years for the current owner. 2 full time employees and owner works. Semi Absentee run. Business Been SBA Pre-Qualified For Business Purchase Financing. Lease is 5+5 years available.
Asking Price
$900,000
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Posting: 245517 | Available | 10/3/22
This store sells liquor with property and Lottery & scratch income is $6,000/month. Please call or email me just a qualified buyer only.
Asking Price
$3,500,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,020,000
Down
$560,000
Posting: 275025 | Available | 9/22/22
Absentee-run, 6-day open liquor store with wine tasting bar in Orange for sale. Invested more than $600,000. Store size: 4100 sq. ft. Full kitchen, wine bar, and deli. Opened before the pandemic. Sales are increasing. Current monthly sales are $85,000. 1 full, 10 part-time employees. 7+10 year lease
Asking Price
$580,000
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Posting: 276343 | Available | 9/18/22
Good for a first-time buyer or who is looking for a second location to 100% help run the store. . Gross sales are $50,000. Lotto 48,000/annually. The lease has a 10 year/5 year option. The current owner has run it for over 20 years. The rent is $4,000.
Asking Price
$265,000
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Posting: 276344 | Available | 9/18/22
Liquor store located in Los Angeles County at a strip shopping center consisting of several other businesses. You can be your own boss and expand the business. The liquor store owners are looking to add another store. High-density population in the given area. Gross sale is $70,000, rent is $1600.
Asking Price
$575,000
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Posting: 269860 | Available | 9/1/22
Rare opportunity. High-volume liquor store with real estate. Store Sales: $120k-$150k monthly sales. $16-$20k a month net profit from lottery alone. $4k-$5k a week in lottery commission alone (rates #6 in the whole of California). Small studio apartment in the back (not permitted).
Asking Price
$3,300,000
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Posting: 275839 | Available | 8/18/22
Bay area, nice and clean. Ample parking lot store size of 2200 sqft. Gross sales $60,000. Rent is $5773 3+5yr lease remaining. 100% help run. Present owner has owned for 22 years. Inventory is approximately $100,000. Good for a new buyer or family run.
Asking Price
$350,000
Cash flow
$72,000
Revenue
$780,000
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Posting: 272149 | Available | 8/17/22
Liquor store located with huge residential neighborhood, currently 100% employee running, loyal customers, Low rent, rare opportunity to own a well maintained store in North Orange County. Average monthly sale : 65,000. Overall profit margin: 32%.
Asking Price
$380,000
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Posting: 275705 | Available | 8/13/22
Well-managed beer a wine market for sale. Profit $15,000/month. Gross sales 65,000/month lease term 10yr plus 5yr option. Rent $3,500 under current ownership over 20 years. Great neighbors and great parking space. This is a great opportunity for a first-time buyer or experienced buyer. Absentee run.
Asking Price
$350,000
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Posting: 275432 | Available | 8/6/22
Value of San Francisco Type 47 liquor licenses have been selling at $235,000. Seller is asking only $210,000. Asset Sale. Restaurant has closed. Liquor License is for sale. License can be moved throughout San Francisco. San Francisco liquor licenses are sought after, so the cost (Demand) is high.
Asking Price
$210,000
Cash flow
N/A
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Posting: 275434 | Available | 8/6/22
Restaurant is closed. Asset for sale is the Type 47 Restaurant liquor license which may be exchanged to a Type 48 Bar license for $100. This license can be moved to any area within Alameda County. Other licenses are also available.
Asking Price
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Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,600,000
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Posting: 273967 | Available | 6/27/22
This store sales liquor store with property for sale in Los Angeles, CA. This building is a free standing with big parking lot. Monthly sales revenue is around $135,000.The Lottery income is over 50,000/year. Asking price is $2.35million. All of this information was given by the seller.
Asking Price
$2,350,000
Cash flow
$200,000
Revenue
$690,000
Down
$25
Posting: 264173 | Available | 6/27/22
This store sales beer & wine license with property and 4 bed 2 bath house (different parcel). This store's margin is 40-45%. The store located a densely populated area. The store size is 2,600 sq.Lottery and scratches incomes $2,600 and house rental income is $2,100. SBA is available.
Asking Price
$1,650,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,200,000
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$600,000
Posting: 274030 | Available | 5/13/22
Rare opportunity to buy a high volume liquor store with real estate in Concord area. Beautiful corner lot on a very busy intersection. The lot is approx 11,000 sq. ft and building is 2400 sq. ft. The store has its own parking. Store does about 100k/m at 28%. Buyer must have at least 600k.
Asking Price
$2,350,000
Cash flow
$120,000
Revenue
$720,000
Down
$30
Posting: 273180 | Available | 5/8/22
Liquor store for sale Compton, CA. It has been established for over 20 years and over 10 years for the current owner. 1 full time, 1 part time. Semi abstentee. 2+5 years plus 3yrs extension available, 1900 sq. ft. Can increase sale by adding more inventory and owner's direct management.
Asking Price
$330,000
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Posting: 273384 | Available | 4/12/22
Absentee owner. Newly remodeled Liquor store with Commercial Property is for sale in Fresno County, CA. Over 5,000 sq. ft. liquor store, Huge upside potential for an owner operator. Motivated seller and he is willing to look at all reasonable offers. SBA Loan is available.
Asking Price
$1,500,000
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Posting: 270914 | Available | 1/18/22
Liquor store business opportunity for Sale in Fresno City. Business doing currently $70,000 per month average sales. Rent is $3200 per month, Long Lease. ASKING PRICE $439,000 plus inventory. Sign NDA to get additional info.
Asking Price
439,000+ Inv
Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,450,000
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Posting: 270941 | Available | 11/14/21
This is well established and maintained liquor store for sale in La Mirada. it is located on the corner with heavy traffic. and is easily accessible an ample parking lots. the surrounding area mainly consist of apartments, houses, commercials, and a variety of other businesses. Huge-sized store.
Asking Price
$980,000
Cash flow
$120,000
Revenue
$540,000
Down
$35
Posting: 264137 | Available | 9/8/21
Cozy, but very profitable liquor in North Orange County, safe neighborhood, highly margin as compare to other area, possible to manage by one person. Must see it. Monthly sale : $50,000. Profit margin 40%. SBA loan still possible.
Asking Price
$180,000
Cash flow
$72,000
Revenue
$720,000
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Posting: 266972 | Available | 3/18/21
Has been there for many decades and this market property is a historic building in San Pedro. Motivated seller is offering this well established business with the food permit, very reasonable rent. Asking price $269,000. Gross sales are $720,000 yr. Net profit is approx $ 72,000 yr. 3,500 sq ft.
Asking Price
$269,000
Cash flow
$240,000
Revenue
$1,400,000
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Posting: 258459 | Available | 10/7/20
Established 40 years. Liquor store for sale great opportunity to own this liquor store with 1,100 sq. ft. busy street, also lottery deli grocery, lot of potential for new owner. Monthly gross is $90K to 95K, per month, good lease (14) years $7,000 per month. Including NNN. open 6 am till midnight.
Asking Price
$750,000
Total Investment
$69,000
Min Liquid Cash
$59,000
Net Worth
N/A
Posting: 285583 | Available | 4/28/24
Own your very own Quick Mart convenience store. It is better than a 7-Eleven and Circle K. There are no monthly fees and no franchise fees, just a one-time payment of $99,999. Training to run your store usually takes just 3 days. Business opportunity fee: $20,000 included in $99K.
Franchise Fee
$0
Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,320,000
Down
$800,000
Posting: 283191 | Available | 1/25/24
This is a freestanding liquor and wine shop with the property for sale in the Los Angeles area. They have a great gross profit and extra income. It is mainly employee-run. It is in a mixed-area. It is 4,800 sq. ft on a lot size of 7,000 sq. ft. Business hours are 7am-12am every day.
Asking Price
$3,499,000
Cash flow
$230,000
Revenue
$1,080,000
Down
$250,000
Posting: 280275 | Available | 4/19/23
Easy Operation - Money maker - No competition. A well-established liquor store with little to no competition in Sonoma County is up for sale. The store does about 90k/m in sales excluding the lotto.
Asking Price
$600,000
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Posting: 278075 | Available | 3/9/23
For sale is a Valero gas station and convenience store with an ABC type 20 off-sale license + property for sale. The store size is 2,300 sq ft. and the lot is 0.36 acres with 4 MPDs and Valero brand gasoline. They do about 40-45,000 gallons and $55,000 + the convenience store sales (per seller).
Asking Price
$3,900,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$480,000
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$110,000
Posting: 282551 | Available | 9/2/23
This is a well established liquor/grocery store since 2014. It is next to the major street in one of the well populated city of San Joaquin County. The store is surrender by other businesses and eaters. The hours of operation are from 9am-10pm, seven days a week. The lease expires 2025.
Asking Price
$110,000
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Posting: 274317 | Available | 4/23/23
This California Type 21 Off-Sale Liquor License gives the licensee privileges to sell beer, wine and distilled spirits, in package form for consumption off the retail establishments premises. Minors are allowed to be on the premises; however, the purchaser must be of legal age to purchase alcohol.
Asking Price
$125,000
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Posting: 270583 | Available | 2/13/23
It is reduced for quick sale. This is a long-established convenience market in the affluent Mid-County region of Santa Cruz County with high traffic counts in areas of nice homes and schools. It is corporate-owned, with a straight percentage lease an off-site liquor license.
Asking Price
250,000 + Inv
Cash flow
$200,000
Revenue
$690,000
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$25
Posting: 264173 | Available | 6/27/22
This store sales beer & wine license with property and 4 bed 2 bath house (different parcel). This store's margin is 40-45%. The store located a densely populated area. The store size is 2,600 sq.Lottery and scratches incomes $2,600 and house rental income is $2,100. SBA is available.
Asking Price
$1,650,000
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Posting: 284448 | Available | 4/3/24
This well-established liquor store is strategically located in a high-traffic area, ensuring consistent visibility and foot traffic. The store offers a wide and curated selection of premium liquors, wines, and spirits, catering to a diverse customer base with varying tastes and preferences.
Asking Price
$190,000
Cash flow
$180,000
Revenue
$720,000
Down
N/A
Posting: 277866 | Available | 4/9/24
This is a long-time established liquor store for sale. It has very clean wooden shelves including a camera system, including metal gates from the outside for safety. It is in a nice and safe neighborhood area with heavy traffic. There are two bar locations in the same block.
Asking Price
$299,999
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Posting: 284821 | Available | 3/5/24
Quarts n Pints Liquor Store is located in the Outer Sunset in the city of San Francisco. With heavy foot traffic, many different businesses around. For instance, bank, restaurants, bars, and produce market. This establishment is very well known and spacious. This is a great business opportunity.
Asking Price
$150,000
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Posting: 273164 | Available | 4/22/24
This well-established liquor store is located in prime location of town in San Francisco County, CA on a 2300 sq. ft. Seller claims average annual gross sales liquor store sales are $720,000 at 35% margin. Pharmacy Sales $2,300,000.
Asking Price
$390,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$1,020,000
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$560,000
Posting: 275025 | Available | 9/22/22
Absentee-run, 6-day open liquor store with wine tasting bar in Orange for sale. Invested more than $600,000. Store size: 4100 sq. ft. Full kitchen, wine bar, and deli. Opened before the pandemic. Sales are increasing. Current monthly sales are $85,000. 1 full, 10 part-time employees. 7+10 year lease
Asking Price
$580,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$600,000
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$125,000
Posting: 277228 | Available | 11/2/22
For sale is a liquor store located on a very busy street in Torrance, CA. It has a very reasonable rent and lease length. It is very visible with high traffic. The owner will be retiring. The average monthly sales are $50,000 and the asking price is $290,000.
Asking Price
$290,000
Cash flow
$96,000
Revenue
$480,000
Down
$150,000
Posting: 282781 | Available | 9/12/23
The liquor store near FWY 5 and 134 is for sale. The business is located in a small shopping center. The lease is 3 years left and rent is currently $3,678 per month. Store opening time is currently from 8 AM to 9 PM. The size of the store is 1,900 SF.
Asking Price
$220,000
Cash flow
$400,000
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Posting: 275009 | Available | 3/5/23
For sale is a popular liquor store & check cashing location on a busy major street. There are 20 walk-in coolers in the 4,620 sq ft. space. The lot size is 5,724 sq ft. It has excellent profit, as they also do lottery and so on. You can buy the business only or with the property.
Asking Price
$3,750,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$960,000
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Posting: 284489 | Available | 1/3/24
For sale is a liquor store located on a very busy street with large parking space. It's not too far from Los Angeles Airport. There is one unit residence attached. Sales included property. The lot is +13,269 sq. ft. The building is 2,800 sq. ft.
Asking Price
$2,950,000
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Posting: 285845 | Available | 3/26/24
This is a liquor store market for sale in Santa Clara county currently doing $140k sales per month with very high margins. The store is 5,500 sq ft. with additional income from lottery $4,000 per month.
Asking Price
$130,000,000
Cash flow
$100,000
Revenue
$450,000
Down
$220,000
Posting: 278450 | Available | 8/29/23
This is a low-rent, long-term leased liquor store in La Habra for sale. The store size is 1,700 sq ft. The monthly rent is a total of $3,100 per month ($2,250+$850(NNN)). The business hours are 9 am-10 pm. It has been run for 7 years by the same owner and has more than 30 years of business history.
Asking Price
$220,000
Cash flow
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$780,000
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Posting: 284944 | Available | 4/26/24
A fantastic opportunity awaits with this thriving liquor store boasting monthly sales of $65,000 and a reasonable rent of $3,800. Situated in a two-unit shopping center with ample parking, the 1,500 sq. ft. store is strategically located at a hard corner lot in a highly favorable neighborhood.
Asking Price
$470,000
Cash flow
$226,751
Revenue
$1,231,473
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$475,000
Posting: 285768 | Available | 3/21/24
This specialty meat market with an off-sale beer, wine and spirit license offers its loyal patrons the finest cuts of the globe's most premium meats and helps pair them with similarly rare specialty wines and liquors.
Asking Price
$475,000
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Posting: 243294 | Available | 6/14/23
This is a highly profitable Liquor store with increasing sales per month. It has approx 40%+ margin and a minimum 35 cents margin on 37,000 gallon/month fuel sales. It has limited competition. It is approx. 4,000 sq ft. The seller replaces the pumps with new ones last year.
Asking Price
$6,500,000
Cash flow
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Revenue
$746,000
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$210,000
Posting: 285486 | Available | 3/4/24
This is a business opportunity with vacant land and a commercial building. Build your dream home in Redwood Estates! This listing includes 5 parcels of land, 1 commercial building, and a business. Utilities (water & electric) are available on the street for Vacant Lands.
Asking Price
$700,000
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Posting: 275127 | Available | 4/2/24
For sale is this neighborhood convenience store with beer and wine, in Orangevale, which is a busy good location with $55,000 in gross sales per month. There is Lotto and an ATM for additional income and it is 1,700 square feet. This C-store is in a populated neighborhood. Not SBA qualified.
Asking Price
$345,000
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Posting: 278074 | Available | 2/12/24
For sale is a brand-new gas station with a convenience store. It opened last year 2023. It is available for purchase including the real estate property and a hard liquor license. The store size is 4,200 sq ft. The drive-thru QSR is 900 sq ft. and is leased for $3,500 per month.
Asking Price
$6,000,000
Cash flow
$240,000
Revenue
$1,440,000
Down
$1,250,000
Posting: 282019 | Available | 2/22/24
For sale is a liquor store - its size is more than 4,500 sq. ft and the lot size is more than 7,000 sq. ft. The total net sales income after all expenses is about $240,000 / year.
Asking Price
$3,750,000
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Posting: 277051 | Available | 10/24/22
For sale is a liquor and grocery store doing about $150k/month in store sales plus about 10k gallon/m at almost a $1/gallon margin. The profit from gas pays the rent. There is a laundromat on the premises that if remodeled can bring in additional income. This business has almost no competition.
Asking Price
$1,250,000
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Posting: 280738 | Available | 5/15/23
Excellent Liquor Store For Sale. The store is currently doing around $65,000 a month in gross sales per seller. The current Business owner has been at this location for over 22 years.
Asking Price
$475,000
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One of the most difficult challenges when purchasing a small business is expressed by this prospective buyer of a liquor store who is told by the seller that there is more money being made than shows up on the books. Should the buyer accept that statement by the seller & go ahead with the purchase?
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Buyers search for an absentee business, wanting to collect profits generated by a successful enterprise without having to stand at the sales counter or cash register, without having to cook, operate equipment or talk to customers. Peter Siegel, MBA offers his intake on absentee run businesses.
Being an Entrepreneur has its perks, it can also be challenging. You need to make sure you're ready for the challenge. Here's a list of 10 important questions to get you started when buying a business. Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen Founder) reviews this topic for business buyers of small businesses.
Most business acquisition financing strategies involve borrowing money to meet the purchase price. But an entirely different approach, equity sharing, is sometimes pursued if borrowed money is not wanted, or is not available to complete the purchase. Peter Siegel, MBA - BizBen.com covers this topic.
Buying a small to mid-sized business can be a confusing and/or frustrating process for many buyers. Statistics show that over 80% of all buyers never end up buying a business. The ProBuy Program assists potential buyers with the process of finding, evaluating & buying a small to mid-sized business.
First the dreaded statistic: 80% of all business buyers looking to buy a small business never end up doing so! Peter Siegel, MBA BizBen.com Founder & ProBuy Director) covers successful tactics & strategies all business buyers of small to mid-sized businesses should utilize now to buy a business.
With the multitude of factors that come into play when deciding the appropriate time to inform your employees that your business is for sale, I do not offer a standard or general answer. When sellers consult me as to my opinion on when it is the right time, I like to review the major issues that...
SBA large loan expert and advisor Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen.com & SBALoanAdvisors.com Founder) shares his views and experience for getting the right SBA loan for larger deals, getting deals professionally prequalified & analyzed, and getting that loan through underwriting with fewer complications!
What are actual adjusted net earnings (cash flow) of a small business being purchased with business acquisition SBA Loan financing? That's an important amount that lenders need to know. Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen.com, SBALoanAdvisors.com Founder) reviews this important concept with BizBen Blog users.
A business buyer in our ProBuy Program searching to buy a business asked me to sum up what I though the biggest mistakes business buyers make when they search for and bought a small business. I asked ProIntermediaries on BizBen their thoughts on the matter and received a diverse response.
It is not uncommon for business Owner/Sellers to get uncomfortable when a potential Buyer requires a SBA loan to purchase the Seller's business. Often times Owner/Sellers will say "the Buyer is the one getting the loan; why am I the one under the microscope?" This blog post addresses this topic.
First impressions are critical when selling a business - ask any potential business buyer. Peter Siegel, Founder Of BizBen explains why all potential small business sellers need to make sure that first impression is a good one.
Most owners know that when choosing a broker to help sell your business, it's good to find out about his or her background and maybe get some references of people who've worked with the professional. Before signing a listing agreement, it helps to know these extra things about the business broker.
With the economy in growth mode, many owners of small companies who are ready to retire or invest in another enterprise would be smart to offer their business for sale. But some insist on hanging on as owner just a little bit longer. And that might be a mistake. Three reasons people make this error.
The only time to get an exact and accurate inventory count, and valuation, is at the time the business is being transferred. To do so beforehand, would mean that any merchandise sold after inventory is taken, but before close of escrow - Peter Siegel, MBA with BizBen & others discuss this topic.
Buying a liquor store can present some major challenges to business buyers - a recent client on the BizBen ProBuy Program relates to Peter Siegel, MBA what the major challenges may be when searching for and buying a Californa liquor store business. I welcome other Advisors to weigh in on this topic.
For those who don't know, a non-compete agreement is a contract between a buyer and seller of a business, which after the sale, prohibits the seller from engaging in direct competition with the business they previously sold. Joe Ranieri (Business Broker) adds this topic to a BizBen Discussion Post.
In our BizBen.com June 2021 Monthly Report the top ProIntermediaries and ProAdvisors on BizBen offer their thoughts about the current status of the business for sale marketplace with trends and predictions for Business Buyers, Owner/Sellers, Business Brokers, Agents, Advisors in the near future.
Sometimes business brokers just can't win with their clients, because if an offer comes in too fast & too early then they must have lowballed the price & the seller is suspicious, and if not enough offers come in after putting the business on the market - they may look unproductive to their clients.
As the year winds down, it's tempting for business brokers to go through their old files and throw them out to make room for new client's folders, but that would be foolish. Joe Ranieri (Orange County Business broker) discusses strategies for saving files - a key annual strategy for brokers/agents.
When seeking SBA loan financing many potential business buyers have wrong information about the process of securing the best financing to buy a business. Peter Siegel, MBA a business purchase financing expert delves into the myths regarding SBA financing and business purchase financing.
We're hearing more and more about "crowd funding" through sites like gofundme and kickstarter as a possible way to raise the cash needed to buy a small business. This method of collecting funds has proven successful in other kinds of situations. Could this strategy work when buying a small business?
We all understand the idea of paying too much for a small business. But is there such a thing as not paying enough? That seems like an odd notion, but I'm familiar with situations in which a buyer acquired a small business for a figure substantially under what probably was market value.
Buying a small business is hard enough when there is no competition, so how might a buyer navigate the process when there is additional competition from other buyers? Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen ProBuy Program) and others explain a few of the ways that a buyer can beat out other buyers.
When purchasing a small to mid-szied business, there are a multitude of things to evaluate. One area that is often overlooked is the business's culture. Peter Siegel, MBA with BizBen discusses with potential buyers the importance of understanding how the business runs on a day-to-day basis.
Negotiating the terms of a business deal is a delicate process, where one wrong move can cost you the business that you wanted to purchase. Peter Siegel, MBA (BizBen ProBuy Program) discusses the ins and outs of negotiations, and how to work well with the seller to get a deal done.
It's important to remember that selling a business takes time. Unlike selling a house, which can be sold relatively fast, a business can take up to six months to a year to sell. I discuss this topic with other advisors and intermediaries on this BizBen Discussion.
There are a lot of misconceptions about what enhances the value of a business. The following factors in this Discussion are aspects of a business that really drives its value and pricing. A business owner asked me this question today so I wanted to get others view points as well in this Discussion.
It can take months, sometimes longer to sell a small business. Here are 6 questions plus other information from myself plus other BizBen Users to ask yourself to help you determine why your small to mid-sized California business isn't selling. You might be surprised what those reasons are!
Should I Sell My Business During The Holidays Or Wait Till After The New Year? Business Broker Joe Ranieri and others chime in on this BizBen Discussion about selling a business during the Holiday Season.
Applying for a business acquisition loan can be challenging for someone who hasn't been through that process in the past. If one has a mortgage one knows that the value of the property being pledged has to at least equal the amount of the loan, SBA loans to buy a small business are very different.
Yes, there are ways to find businesses with growth potential that can be purchased with modest investments. But before offering any ideas about finding cheap businesses, it's important to review some of the risks involved. Peter Siegel (BizBen ProBuy Program) discusses this topic with others.
At What Point Do You Show Key Marketing Info And Materials To Buyers? Robb Hartman, Business Broker at BizBen discusses this topic with others on this BizBen Discussion.
Business buyers many times ask in my ProBuy consulting sessions - how long should I ask for due-diligence when buying a small business? The answer really depends on several factors. They include: type of business, demand for the business, complexity of the business. Advisors weigh in on this topic.
The owner selling the business doesn't have recent financial information or documentation but insists revenues are increasing. Should buyers believe the seller? What should buyers do in this situation? ProIntermediaries on BizBen answer the question of verifying seller / owner's financial claims.
When considering buying a business that is losing money one has to be very careful. There are reasons that the business could be losing money that aren't fatal or extremely difficult to fix and there are other reasons that should send you running in the other direction. Peter Siegel, MBA explains.
Asking the seller straightforward questions and getting straightforward answers in return is an important part of the buying and due diligence process. In this Discussion, both ProIntermediaries and Advisors offer thorough questions you should be asking during your meeting with a business seller.
