Deal Breakdown

Fitness Journal Brand at 2.47x: Why I'd Pass on SBA | The Buyer's Brief

The Math Is The Best I Have Scored All Month. The Structure Is The Problem. Here Is The Difference.

$638K Annual Profit. 2.0x Multiple. 5 Hours A Week. And One Structural Problem That Kills The Deal.

7 locations. 38% SDE margin. Established 2024. The math doesn't match the story.

$508K SDE, semi-absentee, fleet included. Then you read the FedEx contract.

Marketing agencies don't run at 52% margins. Run the diligence before you run the structure.

$4.5M in revenue. A franchise brand. Run the structure and the DSCR breaks before it starts.

1,000 recurring contracts sound bulletproof. The owner cash flow tells a different story.

Owner Leaving The Country After 3 Years. SBA Pre-Qualified. I'd Still Walk.

This Laundromat Prints $221K/Year. Here's The One Missing Number That Kills The Deal.

One Truck. One Driver. $1.2M Asking. What The Broker Isn't Telling You.

$1.495M Asking, 15% Seller Note, 31% Margins. The Math Is Almost Too Good.

Strong Business. Wrong Price. Here's How Close This Deal Actually Gets.

230 Atms. $350K Cash Flow. Here's Why I'm Walking Away.

I found a 45-year-old business with zero marketing spend. The math is interesting.

Trucking (Agriculture/Freight) | Texas | $1,900,000

Bar & Restaurant | Florida | $599,000 + $237K in owner benefit. Fully absentee.

A 2.3x multiple on $12.8M revenue. Here's what the Bulletproof scorecard shows