The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast

How He Turned This Boring Business Into a 24x Return (No Experience)

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Chris Edwards breaks down how he quit a comfy consulting job in the middle of the pandemic, bought an overlooked flooring store with just 10% down, and turned it into a 24x return in four years. ◼️ How he turned just 10% down into a 24x return ◼️ Why he bought a flooring store in an isolated mountain town that bigger buyers wrote off ◼️ The year-one "I thought I ruined my life" stretch, and what got him through it ◼️ The unglamorous operator playbook that grew the bottom line, from ripping out a fax-and-paper system to bringing on offshore help ◼️ Why he walked away at the top and is now building a flooring company from the ground up, funded by the proceeds and everything the first one taught him Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/

How He Bought a $1.5M Business at 28 (No Experience)

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Alejandro Vega breaks down why he walked away from a six-figure tech sales career to buy a concrete coatings company, how he beat out more than 10 other buyers and got in for just 10% down, and what his first two months as an owner have actually looked like. ◼️ Why his wife told him "you're the problem," and how that one conversation finally pushed him out of tech sales ◼️ How he structured a seven-figure deal with a 15% seller note to get in for just 10% down ◼️ The week-one mistake that nearly dried up his leads, and how he caught it before it cost him ◼️ Why he chose concrete coatings over plumbing, HVAC, and even a crime scene cleanup business ◼️ What his first two months actually looked like: installing the floors himself and door-knocking job sites for one-call closes Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/

How His Boring Business Does $4.7M/Year

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Ryan Murray breaks down how he left a corporate career to buy a $5.5 million blinds and shutters business, why he was confident enough to sign a nearly $5 million loan to do it, and the exact playbook he used to grow it more than 50% in three years. ◼️ How he got comfortable putting everything he owned on the line for a nearly $5 million loan ◼️ The way he reviewed the deal before signing that gave him the conviction to go all in ◼️ Why he bought the building too, and ended up paying less than he would have in rent ◼️ How a boring 30-year-old business hides a steady stream of repeat revenue most buyers walk right past ◼️ The sales system he used to grow revenue from $3 million to $4.7 million without chasing new customers Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/

How He Bought a $965k Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Mike breaks down why he bought a medical transportation company he'd never heard of, how he closed it with just 5% down after losing the deal once, and what running it remotely in 10 hours a week actually takes. ◼️ Why he lost this deal to a bigger buyer, and the relationship move that brought it back a month later ◼️ How a creative seller note got him to just 5% down on a $965K business ◼️ His "freakout moment" when the bank quit 60 days into underwriting, and how he closed anyway ◼️ Why an aging population gives non-emergency medical transportation built-in, growing demand ◼️ What running a Michigan business from his home in Florida in 10 hours a week actually takes Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/

How 2 Friends Bought a Business That Prints $780K/yr

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Sarah and Matthew break down why they left venture capital to buy the only auto shop in their hometown of Aspen, how they pulled off a $1.5M acquisition with almost no money of their own, and how one shop became the first piece of a $100M+ holding company built around a single small town. ◼️ The financing structure that let two friends with almost no personal capital buy a $1.5M business and still keep 70% of the company ◼️ Why the only auto shop in Aspen was a mini monopoly hiding in plain sight, and why nobody else was competing to buy it ◼️ What happened six weeks after closing when the operator everyone thought owned the shop walked out, and how they survived running the front desk from 7:30am to 9pm for six months ◼️ How a cold call to a stranger's assistant landed the backer who helped them buy out every investor at a 2x return in just 13 months ◼️ The deal that almost became acquisition number two and died after four months, and what it taught them about which businesses to never chase Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/