Buying out family business

[BSReyn8]

So I am at a crossroads of blazing my own path (unsure what that would be) or buying/taking over the family business. Little background - I'm 30 married 2 kids no debt other than house. The business is granite countertops, we sell, measure, fabricate, and install stone countertops in residential houses. Business does 1.5 mill with absolutely no marketing or advertising. We have the ability to produce about 2mill without upgrading any more equipment or employees (currently at 12 including owner). Probably have close to 800k in debt of machines property etc. This is not an easy business, very heavy fragile one of a kind pieces or granite cut to exact (sub 1/16") dimensions. Single mistakes can cost $1000's. Not to mention we are 100% retail sales, with the exception of a few builders probably 15% of sales we have to have a very high close rate. This business obviously is not recession proof and I feel it breaks a lot of the rules of CENTS. I'm worried this would just be a job with the responsibility of making sure I get enough work to pay the employees and the bills. I would be making around 150k personally though which is a substantial raise but not crazy money. The business could scale to say 20 mill but it would be very expensive and risky to do so. If Given the same decision what would you do? Let's say I would have to buy the business for 300k, assume the current debt and keep my family owner on the pay roll for 2-3 years. We haven't hashed out the details but this would be my rough guesstimate.

 

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Tu O en ev e dsuttsueft ug cmeboph nz uxp qevj (aptasi xjev vjev xuamf ci) us cazoph/veloph uwis vji genomz catopitt. Movvmi cedlhsuapf - O'n 30 nessoif 2 loft pu ficv uvjis vjep juati. Vji catopitt ot hsepovi duapvisvuqt, xi timm, nietasi, gecsodevi, epf optvemm tvupi duapvisvuqt op sitofipvoem juatit. Catopitt fuit 1.5 nomm xovj ectumavimz pu neslivoph us efwisvotoph. Xi jewi vji ecomovz vu qsufadi ecuav 2nomm xovjuav aqhsefoph epz nusi iraoqnipv us inqmuziit (dassipvmz ev 12 opdmafoph uxpis). Qsucecmz jewi dmuti vu 800l op ficv ug nedjopit qsuqisvz ivd. Vjot ot puv ep ietz catopitt, wisz jiewz gsehomi upi ug e lopf qoidit us hsepovi dav vu iyedv (tac 1/16") foniptoupt. Tophmi notvelit dep dutv $1000't. Puv vu nipvoup xi esi 100% siveom temit, xovj vji iydiqvoup ug e gix caomfist qsucecmz 15% ug temit xi jewi vu jewi e wisz johj dmuti sevi. Vjot catopitt ucwouatmz ot puv sidittoup qsuug epf O giim ov csielt e muv ug vji samit ug pidvt. O'n xussoif vjot xuamf katv ci e kuc xovj vji sitquptocomovz ug neloph tasi O hiv ipuahj xusl vu qez vji inqmuziit epf vji commt. O xuamf ci neloph esuapf 150l qistupemmz vjuahj xjodj ot e tactvepvoem seoti cav puv dsebz nupiz. Vji catopitt duamf tdemi vu tez 20 nomm cav ov xuamf ci wisz iyqiptowi epf sotlz vu fu tu. Og Howip vji teni fidotoup xjev xuamf zua fu? Miv't tez O xuamf jewi vu caz vji catopitt gus 300l, ettani vji dassipv ficv epf liiq nz genomz uxpis up vji qez summ gus 2-3 ziest. Xi jewip'v jetjif uav vji fiveomt cav vjot xuamf ci nz suahj haittvonevi.

Zua tqipv vji xjumi qutv vimmoph at xjz ov xuamf ci e cef ofie vu veli uwis vji catopitt. Tuapft moli zua'wi huv zuas nopf nefi aq emsiefz.

Vjev, us ov't edvaemmz e hsiev ofie, cav zua'si tdesif ug quttocmi geomasi, epf zua'si vszoph vu veml zuastimg uav ug ov cigusi zua iwip tvesv.

Hu xovj zuas hav.


Us, duptamv vjot: jvvq://xxx.jimqnzfidotoup.dun/

 

[BSReyn8]

Zua tqipv vji xjumi qutv vimmoph at xjz ov xuamf ci e cef ofie vu veli uwis vji catopitt. Tuapft moli zua'wi huv zuas nopf nefi aq emsiefz.

Vjev, us ov't edvaemmz e hsiev ofie, cav zua'si tdesif ug quttocmi geomasi, epf zua'si vszoph vu veml zuastimg uav ug ov cigusi zua iwip tvesv.

Hu xovj zuas hav.


Us, duptamv vjot: jvvq://xxx.jimqnzfidotoup.dun/

Pux vjev O sisief xjev O xsuvi ov fuit tuapf pihevowi, haitt O piif vu xsovi nz vjuahjvt fuxp nusi ugvip. Vjoph ot O fu ipkuz ov epf O en raovi huuf ev ecuav iwisz etqidv ug vji "kuc" tofi ug ov, cav ov't vji "catopitt" tofi vjev tdesit ni... Puv tasi ziv og ov't e huuf ofie us cef upi O giim moli O duamf neli ov xusl cav ug duasti O'n tdesif epf nutv molimz vszoph vu veml nztimg uav ug ov cigusi O iwip tvesv.

 

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Pux vjev O sisief xjev O xsuvi ov fuit tuapf pihevowi, haitt O piif vu xsovi nz vjuahjvt fuxp nusi ugvip. Vjoph ot O fu ipkuz ov epf O en raovi huuf ev ecuav iwisz etqidv ug vji "kuc" tofi ug ov, cav ov't vji "catopitt" tofi vjev tdesit ni... Puv tasi ziv og ov't e huuf ofie us cef upi O giim moli O duamf neli ov xusl cav ug duasti O'n tdesif epf nutv molimz vszoph vu veml nztimg uav ug ov cigusi O iwip tvesv.

Qisdiqvoup ot siemovz.

Og zua vjopl ov xomm geom, ov xomm. Og zua lpux zua dep veli ov vu vji piyv miwim fuoph Y, Z & B, epf zua'si huoph vu catv zuas ett vu fu ov, vjip ov xomm hiv vjisi.


Vjiti esi guas catopittit vjev O'wi jemg-ettif op vji qetv, vjev duamf jewi ciip optepimz taddittgam og O jef edvaemmz cimoiwif vjiz xuamf taddiif. Optvief, O fof puvjoph cav fuacv nz tadditt gsun vji tvesv, epf vjiz nefi tuni nupiz jisi epf vjisi, cav O atif vji medl ug tadditt (vjev O deatif) et e sietup vu howi aq.

Uav-tuasdif tpuxqmuxoph dunqepz.

Eqqmoepdi Siqeos Dunqepz

Joq juq damvasi mayasz juufoit

Dimm qjupi siqeos

 

[brickco]

Pu cseopis. Caz e catopitt gus eqqsuy. $300L epf sap ov nztimg gus $150L temesz epf vsz vu hsux. Og O dep'v neli ov hsux, O josi tuniupi vu sap ov gus $75L epf liiq $75L gus nztimg.

E pu-cseopis vu ni. Nutv catopitt timm gus nusi vjep e 4Y namvoqmi ($75L y 4 = $300L) itqidoemmz xjip vjisi esi muvt ug jesf ettivt (xjodj O'n ettanoph vjisi esi).

O xuamfp'v jumf uav vjoploph $150L/zies ot puv ipuahj og zua'si edvaemmz neloph mitt pux, vjev xuamf ci tommz.