I’m in the very early stages of thinking about buying a small business. Has anyone here pivoted from their FDD career to do this? It would of course be an advantage during the search/diligence process, but curious about everything after. Thanks!

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I’m interested to hear responses here too. Are you partnering with a business broker?

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I’m curious what’s it’s like for very small businesses (maybe ~100k in EBITDA)… are they large enough to merit professional representation (broker, attorney, etc) or u find and negotiate these deals directly with the owner??

Operational experience is way different than FDD experience. What kind of business is it? Good luck brotha

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