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How to buy a small business without an MBA, private equity, or a search fund. Every Monday: a live BizBuySell deal breakdown — purchase price, SBA 7(a) financing math, red flags, and what the seller's P&L actually shows. Every Thursday: a buyer's story — HVAC, laundromat, auto shop, bowling alley — and what happened after close. Built for self-funded searchers, ETA buyers, and main street operators who want to own what they run.
Unknown Host hosts The Main Street Deal, a business show with 20 episodes published.
Dom Smith left a $500K–$1M/yr private-equity job at 29 to buy Printmoz, a declining large-format printing business in Southern California, for ~$2.8M. Diligence, deal structure, and a 30–50% year-one turnaround.
A route-based landscaping and snow removal company in Elizabeth, New Jersey asking $199,999 on $75K of SDE. We run the SBA math, expose the buy-a-job trap, and land on a verdict.
Justus Luttig left venture capital to buy and merge an HVAC and a plumbing business in Dallas-Fort Worth — an ~$8M deal at 5.5x EBITDA, financed entirely without the SBA.
A residential HVAC company in Suffolk County, New York, listed at $1.49M on ~$400K SDE. We run the multiple, the full SBA math, and whether 3.7x is worth chasing.
Ryan left a finance-and-sales career to buy a 30-year-old shutter manufacturer in South Carolina for $5.5M, financed almost entirely with personally-guaranteed debt. Three years later it's grown from $3M to $4.7M at 32%
A Honda and Toyota auto repair specialist in Walnut, CA, asking $258,000 on $150,000 of cash flow — a 1.72x multiple that sits below the market floor. We run the SBA math and figure out whether that price is an opportuni
Sarah and Matthew — childhood friends, aerospace engineers, and former VCs — bought the only auto repair shop in Aspen, CO for $1.5M and survived their manager quitting six weeks after close. Source: SMB Deal Hunter (pub
A 40-year-old residential and commercial HVAC company in Austin, TX. Asking $675,000 on $254,696 average annual cash flow. Verdict: PURSUE, pending year-by-year SDE confirmation.
David Graf paid $2.1M net for Danhard, a 61-year-old specialty HVAC manufacturer in Dallas, using an SBA loan with no seller note. Nineteen months later, EBITDA grew from $750K to $1.2M. The lesson: growth is chronically
A 22-year-old self-serve car wash with two new in-bay automatics in Maryland asks $1.4M at 3.03x SDE. SBA-eligible. Jordan walks the SBA math, flags competitive density and utility costs, and delivers a pursue verdict.
Dan Burnside bought a rural Colorado HVAC company at a sub-3x multiple. Within days, the earnings unraveled. A hard, honest look at quality of earnings and tertiary-market risk.
Jordan breaks down Big Bear Auto Repair, a NAPA-certified shop in Big Bear Lake, CA, asking $350k on $125k SDE. Full SBA math, three diligence priorities, and a binary verdict.
Thursday Operator Story features Zack Mutnik, a Navy veteran gas-turbine electrician (age 32-33 at acquisition) who bought Jeff Masters Electric in Fort Myers / Cape Coral for $1.651M via SBA 7(a) — funded by selling two
Monday Deal Room walks through a 54-year-old family-owned HVAC shop in Prattville, AL (Autauga County) listed on BizBuySell. Asking $450K against $180K SDE on $500K revenue = 2.5x — below the 2.95x HVAC median. Three emp
Joseph Cruz left a finance career paying north of $400K to buy A&A Equipment and Supply Co., a small industrial equipment and supply distributor in Bensenville, IL (Chicago / O'Hare metro), in December 2024. Purchase pri
Jordan walks through a real BizBuySell listing: a full-service independent auto repair shop in Cypress, TX (Houston metro), asking $375,000 against $247,500 SDE on roughly $450,000 in annual revenue. That works out to a
Two childhood friends — both former private equity professionals — quit their jobs in 2023 and built a thesis: franchising, then automotive, then auto repair, then Meineke specifically. They raised $2.8M from friends and
Jordan walks through a real BizBuySell listing: an established full-service landscaping and snow removal company in Wayne County, MI (Detroit metro), operating 30+ years with four full crews. Asking $1.4M against $500K S
After his family's HVAC business deal fell apart at Christmas 2021, 20-year trade veteran Corey Mullins started Cool by Design from scratch in Oakland Park, FL — and simultaneously bought McConnell Air Conditioning for $
Jordan walks through a real BizBuySell listing: a residential and commercial HVAC service business in Oklahoma City, OK, operating since 1996 as a franchised location of a national heating and cooling brand. Asking $725,
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