First deal ever. $867K/year. 7 months

Hey - Helen here,

How many of you have a career that looks great on paper?

You're well paid. You're good at what you do. But you exchange your time for money. And the math only works if you keep showing up.

Tatiana was a big law attorney in NYC who was putting in 60-hour weeks, minimum. She'd invested in real estate, but in New York most landlords don't even cover their mortgage with rent.

She wanted something she could actually grow.

Today, she owns a $3.1M business making $867K a year.

The craziest part? She found this deal on her first day…

And discovered a loophole that cut her down payment in half…

A few months ago, she joined SMB Deal Hunter Pro, our business buying accelerator where we help you find, finance, and acquire a business in 6-12 months...or work with you for free until you do.

2 months after joining, she landed an LOI. 7 months after joining, she closed the deal.

A print and mail business in Rochester, NY. 35 years in business, making $72K a month off an already existing base of B2B clients.

And she did it WITHOUT leaving her job.

In her first 3 months of ownership, revenue is up 50% year over year and she's already taking cash out of the business.

Here's why this week's alumni interview is a must watch:

→ She was the lowest of 12 offers and lost the deal. We discuss how she got a second shot six weeks later and what she did differently to win it.

→ The retiring seller financed most of the deal himself, betting his retirement on Tatiana's success. We break down exactly how that structure works and why it cut her down payment in half.

→ Tatiana had never bought or even evaluated a business before this. We walk through how she closed a $3.1M deal in 7 months starting from scratch.

→ She runs the entire business from her desk in Manhattan while billing 60 hours a week. We talk about what her actual day-to-day looks like and why she says owning the business made her enjoy her legal career more.

Click below and watch me walk through her journey step by step 👇

And when we asked what she valued most about the program...

Tatiana leaned on our battle-tested deal team to help her...

• Find the deal through our on-market deal tracker on her very first day in the program

• Navigate a $3.1M acquisition at a 3.6x multiple with a creative seller's note that cut her down payment in half

• Get introduced to vetted SBA lenders who got her approved even though she lives 300 miles from the business

• Verify the financials on an $867K SDE business so she knew the numbers were real before signing

So if you want to buy a $1M+ business in 6-12 months but don't want to spend years figuring it out alone, let's talk.

👉 Learn more and book a call to see if you'd be a good fit

Talk soon,
Helen Guo