Buyer-side consulting for people vetting a business, whether we listed it or not.
Buy the Right Business, With Someone Who's Done It Before
Found a business you're thinking about buying?
Maybe it’s off-market. Maybe a broker across the state sent it over. Maybe your neighbor’s ready to sell you his shop. It doesn’t have to be one of ours. If you’re sitting across the table from a deal and wondering what you’re really looking at, Matt will sit on your side of it.
Most people buy a business once in their life. Matt’s bought and sold several. He knows where the problems hide in a set of books, which questions sellers hope you won’t ask, and what a fair price actually looks like in Ohio. Bring him the deal. He’ll help you figure out if it’s a good one.
A second set of eyes that's seen this before
SEE WHAT YOU'RE BUYING
Financials tell a story. Matt reads the whole thing, not just the parts a seller wants you to see.
DON'T OVERPAY
A number on a listing isn't a value. Matt prices the deal against real comparable sales, so you know if you're getting a deal or getting taken.
ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS
The ones that surface problems now, while you can still walk away, instead of after the keys change hands.
KNOW THE NEXT MOVE
We advocate for your interests, managing offers and negotiations to maximize your proceeds.
From "I'm thinking about it" to "I own it"
- Set your buy box. What you actually want, what you can afford, and what fits the life you're trying to build.
- Source and screen. Including off-market businesses that never hit a listing site.
- Dig into the books. Revenue quality, owner add-backs, customer concentration, and the details that quietly move the price.
- Run due diligence. A checklist built from real deals, not a template pulled off the internet.
- Line up financing. Warm intros to SBA lenders and banks who actually close.
- Negotiate the deal. Price, terms, and structure, with someone in your corner who's done this from both sides.
- Get to closing and past it. Cross the finish line without fumbling the first 90 days of ownership.
What Matt brings to the table
17+ years of Ohio relationships
When your deal needs a specialist, Matt already knows one. Networking is his superpower, and it’s yours the minute you hire him.
SBA lenders & banks
People who fund small-business purchases and get them to close.
Deal attorneys
Lawyers who write purchase agreements for a living.
CPAs
Numbers people who’ll sanity-check the seller’s story.
Industry operators
Folks who know if the business is worth what the seller claims.
Fellow business owners
People who’ve stood exactly where you’re standing.
Matt himself
An owner who’s bought and sold, not a broker reading from a script.
Maybe It's Time To Talk
Buying a business? Let’s do it together.
Matt has bought and sold businesses himself, so he knows the part nobody warns you about: the terrified-and-excited feeling right after you sign, the offer you’re scared to make because it feels insulting, the deadline that stalls out for no clear reason. He’ll read the financials with you, connect you with the franchise or the seller or the SBA lender you need, and tell you straight when a deal isn’t worth chasing. You’ll still make every call. You just won’t make it blind.