The notes below cover the price, how buyers pay and what you agree to after closing. Read them before a buyer sends a letter of intent.
- Add Backs a Buyer Accepts and Rejects
Which owner expenses a buyer will add back to your earnings, which ones they will not, and how recasting your books changes the price of your company.
- Fixing Customer Concentration Before You List
Why a few big customers can cut your sale price by roughly their share, and the steps to spread revenue, document contracts and reduce buyer risk.
- How SBA Financing Shapes Your Sale Price
How SBA loans, seller notes and cash set what buyers can pay for your company, why lenders cap the multiple and how financing changes your timeline.
- Cash Free Debt Free Deals and What Stays With You
What cash free debt free means in a Texas business sale: asset sales, paying off loans at closing, working capital, receivables and personal items.
- Transition Time and Noncompete Terms Buyers Ask For
How long buyers ask you to stay, what to promise, how a Texas noncompete works in a sale and how to handle staff before and after closing.
- Selling the Building or Staying On as Landlord
When your company owns its building, you have several exit paths: sell both, sell the business and lease the building, or sell the real estate separately.