Would I Buy This Business

In this version of “Would I Buy This”, we’ve got an auto repair shop in Paradise, which is Maui, Hawaii, if they’re being specific. So it’s an auto repair place. The asking price is 525,000, gross revenue is just over a million [1,070,120], and cash flow is 285,000. So just at first pass, I mean,…

In this version of “Would I Buy This Business”, we have a highly profitable specialty electrical services company. So what does highly profitable mean? Let’s see. The asking price is 1.9 million. Gross revenue [1,093,695], so just under 1.1 million. Cash flow [622,944], so an implied profit of 56% or something. Which is, I mean,…

This is today’s “Would I Buy This Business”, it is a 35-year-old bus charter business. I’ve actually looked at some of these in the past for due diligence projects. People have come to me with this kind of business before. I also looked at one that was a school bus business and that was good…

This is the next in the series of “Would I Buy This Business”, let’s take a look at what we have today. A profitable multi-location laser hair removal slash spa business with real estate. Okay, I probably personally wouldn’t get into the laser hair removal business. Not something I’m super passionate about or probably the…

In this episode of “Would I Buy This Business”, we’re looking at a national online platform for moving and home services. It sounds like a place where you connect with people to move your house if you’re thinking about a move, basically an online referral service. Let’s read the description and see if I’m on…

Next up in our series “Would I Buy This Business”, we have an established kid’s educational mobile app. It says profitable and remote based out of San Francisco California. What’s interesting here is the asking price is $18 million, the gross revenue is 3.1, and the EBITDA which is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and…

In today’s version of “Would I Buy This Business?” we’re looking at an online jewelry store claiming 5 thousand dollars in average monthly profit. They’re asking $75,000 for it and saying their gross revenue is $300,000 which is okay. It’s about a 16% profit margin. Not terrible, not amazing. The big problem I see here…

This is another “Would I Buy This Business” review. Today’s subject is a ballroom dance studio in Florida. Would I buy it? No, because I don’t know anything about ballroom dance. That’s the challenge with these kinds of businesses. It’s a very specific person who’s going to know enough to run a business like this…

In this short series, I’m taking a look at businesses for sale. We help tons of our clients either buy businesses or sell their businesses, and for years I was a business broker. I always look at these as whether or not it’s something I would buy, would I be interested in it, would I…