Winning Hand Business Brokerage

ISSUE NO. 1

What is a Business Broker?

A business broker works with both business buyers and sellers to coordinate successful transactions. Brokers help sellers market their businesses to potentially interested parties, and they help buyers find sellers that are worth their time and energy. When you use a broker, you get someone with experience to walk through the buying and selling process with you, helping you avoid pitfalls and make it to a closing.

Why Should a Seller Use a Business Broker?

Sell for a fair price

Brokers have the experience to know what’s a fair price, as well as what will get you a sale in the marketplace and what won’t.  Using a broker gives you extra protection, reducing the risk that your business won’t sell or that you’ll end up getting less than your business is worth.

Keep it confidential.

When others learn you’re wanting to sell your business, it can cause a stir. Your clients, staff, suppliers, and others may misunderstand your intentions, which could result in lost customers, worried staff, and suspicious suppliers.  When you use a broker, you can get your business out on the market while keeping your desire to sell confidential.

Cut the confusion

Brokers have experience dealing with the legal, tax, and financial aspects of the sale, and they walk with you through the process.  With an experienced broker at your side, you diminish the risk that you will miss something or accidentally hurt yourself along the way.

Stay focused on your business

Business brokers do the heavy lifting for the sale of your business (marketing, negotiating, handling legal issues, and more), leaving you the time and energy to keep “taking care of business” in the meantime

Get your maximum value

Business brokers do the heavy lifting for the sale of your business (marketing, negotiating, handling legal issues, and more), leaving you the time and energy to keep “taking care of business” in the meantime

Why Should a Buyer Use a Business Broker?

Access the business marketplace

Working with a broker is one of the easiest ways for a buyer to access the business marketplace. Without a broker, you have to conduct the search yourself, which typically confines you to a smaller pool of candidates.  Brokerage services help you find a wide, varied range of business options from which you can choose.

Lessen your risk

Good brokers pre-screen their sellers to ensure they’re reputable and financially sound, meaning you can have greater confidence that you’re looking at businesses that are worth your time

Find the right fit

Nearly all brokers do great helping you find a business that matches your budget, but good ones also help you find a business that matches your passions, interests, and skills.  With brokerage services, you increase your odds of finding a business you really love.

Get the answers you need

Using a broker provides a buffer for you, as the buyer, to ask the questions you really want to ask and to get the upfront answers you need.

Negotiate the best price

When you go into negotiations with a broker, you go into negotiations with someone who knows the going rate for a business of that size in that industry, as well as the current state of the marketplace.

Close the deal.

 Brokers stay up-to-date on all of the laws that affect business transactions, and they’re a priceless resource for helping you ensure you follow every step and nuance of the process.

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