Is Now a Good Time To Sell Or Buy A Business?
How will the 2025 economy and interest rates affect small businesses and the M&A market? 2024 Small Business Acquisitions Up over 2023! Updated March 8th 2025 BizBuySell 2024 Q4 Market…
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How to Minimize Taxes on an Asset Sale of Your Business
Many business owners wrongly assume that when they sell their business through an asset sale it will result in a tax rate to be nearly 50%. For example: if they…
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4 Business Broker recommended Questions to Ask a Business Seller & 4 That Will Cost You the Deal
Business buyers often perceive their first meeting with the seller and business broker as their opportunity to interview the seller and that it is on the business owner to “sell” them on…
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2024 Corporate M&A and Business Sales Expected to Increase!
CEO survey by Ernst & Young shows 98% of CEOs expect to be actively engaged in M&A transactions in 2024, projecting a 12% increase in deal activity. Middle market and…
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New SBA Lending Rules 2024, Good News for Selling Your Business & Buying a Business
Change is the heartbeat of progress, and even the SBA makes progress. Effective August 1st, 2023, the SBA updated its SOP with new rules simplifying SBA 7a business acquisition loans…
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Unveiling Hidden Acquisition Gems: Construction & Contractor Businesses are Lucrative Targets
When it comes to acquisitions, construction and contractor businesses often find themselves overlooked, burdened by misconceptions and stigmas. The prevailing belief is that these businesses are cyclical, riskier than their…
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Great Resignation Drives Business Acquisitions & Business Sales
Bill Grunau has been a business broker for over 20 years and as the founder of Pacific Business Sales. Recently, he did an informative podcast with Mark Imperial of the Business Innovators Magazine.…
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Corporate Counsel’s Corner: Stock Sale vs Asset Sale; Which One is Better?
When buying or selling a corporation one of the primary considerations is how to approach the sale – should it be a transfer of assets or stocks? You may be…
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Will Prime Rate Increases Affect Small & Mid-Sized Business Sales and Acquisitions?
June 2024 UpdateUS Prime Rate still holding steady at 8.5% after June 2024 Fed meeting The Fed Rate remains unchanged after the June 2024 meeting, which left the US Prime…
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5 SBA Loan Myths + 7 Steps to Getting an SBA loan for Business Buyers-Sellers
SBA financing is a win-win for business buyers and sellers. Getting an SBA Loan to buy or finance the sale of a business is a great way for buyers to…
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