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Buying, selling and preparing a business for a transaction. Guides, services and listings, connected in one place.
Questions by transaction stage
Selling a Business
Preparation, timing, buyer screening, negotiation, and closing considerations for business owners.
Buying a Business
Search criteria, opportunity review, offers, financing, and buyer representation.
Business Valuation
SDE, cash flow, market evidence, risk, and the difference between an asking price and value.
SBA Acquisition Financing
Current SBA ownership eligibility, prequalification, lender review, and non-SBA alternatives.
NDA & Confidentiality
Buyer identification, staged disclosure, NDAs, and controlled access to business information.
Due Diligence
Financial, legal, operational, commercial, and transaction review before closing.
Business Purchases & Immigration Planning
How an independent immigration attorney may evaluate an operating-business acquisition for E-2, L-1, or EB-5 planning.
Buying or Selling a Business in Florida
Florida brokerage relationships, BBF professional-network opportunities, confidentiality, and statewide searches.
Buying or Selling a Business in California
California opportunity searches, buyer representation, brokerage attribution, and transaction planning.
Offers, Deal Structure & Closing
LOIs, deposits, contingencies, seller financing, escrow, and coordinated closing.
In-depth guides
Move to the USA by Buying a Business: E-2, L-1A and EB-5
How an operating-business acquisition may fit an E-2, L-1A or EB-5 strategy, with licensed business-broker support in Florida and California.
Buy a Business in Florida for an E-2 Visa
A practical guide to searching for and buying an operating Florida business that immigration counsel may evaluate for an E-2 strategy.
Buy a Business in California for an E-2 Visa
How to evaluate a California business acquisition for commercial quality while immigration counsel separately reviews an E-2 strategy.
From Business Visa to Green Card: L-1A, EB-1C and EB-5
Understand why E-2 is not a direct green-card path and how counsel may separately evaluate L-1A to EB-1C or EB-5 strategies.
How Much Business Do You Need to Buy for a U.S. Visa?
Budget guidance for E-2, L-1A and EB-5 business strategies, including why no purchase price alone guarantees immigration approval.
How to Buy a Business in Florida
A step-by-step Florida business acquisition guide covering criteria, NDA, financial review, financing, offer, due diligence and closing.
How to Buy a Business in California
A California acquisition guide covering buyer representation, NDA, financial review, licensing, lease, offer, due diligence and closing.
How to Sell a Business in Florida
Prepare, price and sell a Florida business confidentially with normalized financials, buyer screening, financing readiness and coordinated closing.
How to Sell a Business in California
A confidential California business-sale process covering preparation, valuation, agency, buyer screening, due diligence and escrow.
Insights for business owners
What Is My Business Worth? Start With Defensible Earnings, Not a Wish
A practical framework for understanding SDE, valuation multiples, risk, and the preparation that can make a business more attractive to qualified buyers.
How to Prepare a Business for Sale: A 12–24 Month Owner’s Checklist
Maximum value is usually created before a listing goes live. These five workstreams can improve clarity, transferability, and buyer confidence.
Qualified Buyers and Confidentiality: Protect the Business Before Sharing the Numbers
An offer is valuable only when the buyer can close. A disciplined screening process protects time, information, employees, customers, and negotiating leverage.
Business Sale Deal Structure: Price Is Only One Line of the Offer
Cash at closing, financing certainty, seller notes, earnouts, working capital, diligence, and transition obligations can change the real value of a transaction.