Buy an established business with as little as 5% down.
Thousands of profitable businesses, from laundromats and HVAC companies to agencies and e-commerce brands, change hands every year. I'll show you how to find one, finance it under today's SBA rules, and take it over with confidence.
From Michael Freedman, Florida licensed business broker.Building, buying and selling businesses since 2012.
You don't have to start from zero.
Day-one customers and cash flow
An established business already has customers, revenue and systems. You skip the years of burning savings that most startups never survive.
Proven demand, lower risk
You can read real financials, talk to real customers and see exactly what the business earns before you commit a dollar.
The seller can help finance it
Under current SBA rules, a seller note on full standby can cover up to half of your required equity injection.
I've spent 14 years on both sides of the table.
I'm Michael Freedman. I started with an Amazon store in 2012, became a business broker, and have since built, bought, sold and advised on businesses from Main Street companies to online brands. I founded Digital Acquisition Club to teach buyers, and The Deal Flow Source, a Florida-licensed brokerage.
The Blueprint is everything I wish first-time buyers knew before they wired their down payment: the real numbers, the real lender requirements, and the mistakes I've watched good people make.
Read my story →Five steps from employee to owner.
Real buyers. Real deals.
"For the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Michael Freedman as a mentor while searching for a business to acquire. I trained under him across the entire acquisition process: sourcing deals and screening them on a first look, analyzing seller materials and pressure-testing the numbers, communicating effectively with brokers and sellers, getting under LOI and renegotiating terms, and running preliminary due diligence on my own, starting from the bank statements and reconciling everything against the P&L and the underlying revenue records. Michael is direct. When a deal doesn’t work, he says so plainly, teaches you to see it yourself, and helps you know when to walk away. I haven’t closed on a business yet, but I’m a sharper, more disciplined buyer than I was a year ago. I’d recommend Michael to anyone serious about buying a business."
"Just closed on my first business via an SBA loan. Mike's community and insights were an invaluable part of the process and he personally reviewed and OK'd the acquisition and connected me with my legal counsel (which saved me thousands). Highly recommend!"
Dave SchneiderFirst-time buyer, closed with an SBA loan"From start to finish, he provided exceptional service, guiding me through every step of the process with professionalism and expertise. [...] I highly recommend Mike to anyone looking to buy or sell a business."
Bubba JenningsClientIndividual results. Results vary and are not guaranteed.
On a $1M acquisition, your cash can be $50,000.
SBA SOP 50 10 8.1 requires a 10% equity injection on total project cost for a first-time acquisition. Up to half of it can come from a seller note on full standby, meaning no payments for the life of the SBA loan.
How SBA loans work →What businesses actually sell for.
Typical multiples of seller's discretionary earnings (SDE), with a full guide for each of 31 industries.