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Advice/ opinions on this deal structure.
The business owner is looking to retire after 18yrs of building the business and is willing to owner finance with a 30% down payment. He also lists that potential areas for growth are in bidding for more jobs, he is retiring and just doesnt want to do the work, as well as expanding into a currenlty booming market outside of his current area. He also listed an additional set of equipment that could be purchased if the buyer wanted to expand beyond the current capacity. He will also train for 1yr if desired.
My idea: (thank you zend***phin) offer to fire up his extra set of equipment and work with him to expand the business. I would then roll these profits into my purchase of the whole business. I am about 10% shy of his asking down payment and would prefer to not have to raise outside capitol. Plus I think this structure will allow me to risk less capital and potentially buy a much bigger and better business.
My question is how would I structure this deal, ie how would we share the profits, what size down payment if at all, when purchasing would the valuation be based off the initial price or the after expansion price etc.
Thank you.
The business owner is looking to retire after 18yrs of building the business and is willing to owner finance with a 30% down payment. He also lists that potential areas for growth are in bidding for more jobs, he is retiring and just doesnt want to do the work, as well as expanding into a currenlty booming market outside of his current area. He also listed an additional set of equipment that could be purchased if the buyer wanted to expand beyond the current capacity. He will also train for 1yr if desired.
My idea: (thank you zend***phin) offer to fire up his extra set of equipment and work with him to expand the business. I would then roll these profits into my purchase of the whole business. I am about 10% shy of his asking down payment and would prefer to not have to raise outside capitol. Plus I think this structure will allow me to risk less capital and potentially buy a much bigger and better business.
My question is how would I structure this deal, ie how would we share the profits, what size down payment if at all, when purchasing would the valuation be based off the initial price or the after expansion price etc.
Thank you.
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