For people about to buy a business
Send me the CIM. In 48 hours you get the teardown I run before I put my own money on the table: every add-back challenged, every claim tied to evidence, and the exact questions to send the broker before you sign an LOI.
Illustrative example. Not a real deal.
Why this exists
The add-backs always look clean in the CIM. The truck is "personal." The repairs are "one-time." The owner's wife "doesn't really work there."
Then you close, and the numbers you paid for aren't the numbers you own. By then the broker's been paid, the seller's gone, and the debt payment shows up every month anyway.
Most programs help you get a deal. Nobody tears it apart before you sign.
I run five auto shops and a portfolio across four states. Every deal I look at gets the same treatment before I spend a dollar on lawyers, a QoE, or my time. The Deal Teardown is that treatment, packaged for your deal.
What you get, in 48 hours
Every add-back the seller claims, rated Supported, Partial, Unsupported or Unknown, with the document it does (or doesn't) come from. You see the earnings the evidence actually supports.
Year by year. Gaps get flagged so you ask about them now, not in underwriting.
Monthly payment and coverage on the supported number across 2 to 3 structures. Scenario math, shown line by line.
Every big claim in the CIM, the proof behind it, and what's missing.
10 to 15 specific, non-accusatory questions plus a ready-to-send document request email.
The things I check on every service business I look at, from running 160+ employees across multiple companies: owner dependence, key-employee risk, customer concentration, deferred maintenance, and the add-backs that never survive the first year of ownership.
Fit
How it works
Tell me the industry and asking price. If it fits, you get the details and pay securely below.
CIM, 2 to 3 years of P&Ls, tax returns if you have them, and how you plan to finance it.
Within 48 hours of the documents: the report, the question list, and the broker email ready to send.
Pay
Once we've confirmed your deal is a fit in the DMs, pay here. Then send the packet and the 48-hour clock starts when the documents land.
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If the teardown doesn't surface at least one question you hadn't already asked the broker, tell me within 7 days and you get every dollar back. No forms.
I only take 6 teardowns a month so every one gets the full treatment.
DM me “TEARDOWN”They're used only to build your teardown, kept private, never shared, and deleted within 30 days or sooner if you ask. If you're under an NDA with the broker, confirm it allows sharing with an advisor before sending.
No. A QoE is a CPA's deep review done when you're close to closing. This is the fast first pass before the LOI, so you only pay for a QoE on deals that survive it.
No. You get evidence, math and questions. The decision, and the advice of your CPA, attorney and lender, stay with you.
Yes. The extraction and first-pass analysis are AI-assisted, run on my operator framework, with every number tied back to the page it came from. Arithmetic is done in code, not guessed.
You still get the teardown on what's there, plus the exact list of documents to request next.