This Week’s Business Buyer (in 10 Seconds):
John is a Navy submarine officer turned management consultant at a Big Four firm.
He bought 2 yoga studios in Northern Virginia.
He got the seller from $2.5M down to $1.38M, nearly half off the original asking price.
And he bought them with two layers of management in place to run the day-to-day.
Today, the business makes $299K/yr in profit.
But if you want to learn a bit more, let's dive into the story…
Hello SMB Deal Hunters!
How many of you are watching your industry get more unpredictable by the month?
You're paid well. You're good at what you do.
But every year, your job feels a little less secure.
John felt it too.
A Navy submarine officer turned Big Four management consultant, he'd been thinking about buying a business for a while. But every book and forum left him with more questions than answers.
A few months back, he was scrolling BizBuySell and getting nowhere. Just like a lot of you reading this.
So he joined SMB Deal Hunter Pro.
As a quick reminder, SMB Deal Hunter Pro is 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 in, he got under LOI.
The business had been sitting on the market for over a year, and most buyers had walked away. (we explain why…)
9 months later, he closed the deal.
Today, he owns 2 high-end yoga studios in Northern Virginia, part of a national franchise concept, making $299K/yr.
One of his studios has over 600 members and a permanent waitlist.
But getting there meant surviving…
A government shutdown
Negotiations with not one but two corporate landlords dragging their feet
And a franchise bombshell that nearly killed the deal 3 days before close.
Here's why this week's alumni case study is a must watch:
→ The business sat on the market at $2.5M for over a year before John closed it at $1.38M, and we break down exactly why it was so overpriced and why it sat on the market for so long.
→ He kept his Big Four job after closing, with two layers of managers running the day-to-day. He spends about an hour a week on the business and we break down exactly how we helped him keep the whole management team.
→ John went from mindlessly scrolling BizBuySell on his own to getting under LOI in 2 months after joining the program. We show you how we helped him cut out all the noise and focus on the type of business he actually wanted to buy.
How He Bought a $1.37M Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job
"We're in a new era with Claude and ChatGPT. I've used that quite a bit. But I've definitely caught it hallucinating more than once. It's really good to have someone on the other line that not only is a human, but someone who has experience."
John leaned on our battle-tested deal team to help him...
Help him do proper financial diligence on his deal so he knew the $299K in annual profit was real before signing
Negotiate the purchase price from $2.5M down to $1.38M on a business that had been sitting on the market for over a year
Get introduced to 4 vetted SBA lenders, plus a bookkeeper, fractional CFO, and a specialty insurance agent who knew the SBA rules
Connect with Bill, one of our M&A Advisors who also owns fitness studios in Northern Virginia and knew his exact lease and landlord
Talk soon,
Helen Guo
👀 P.S. We just doubled our off-market sourcing team.
For months, John was scrolling BizBuySell on his own and getting nowhere.
Most buyers stay stuck right there, fighting over the same public listings, often against 10 other buyers for a single deal.
But what if you could see deals that never hit the open market, and skip the bidding wars entirely?
That's where our members keep winning.
Over the past 12 months alone, they've closed $170M in deals, and our off-market platform was a big driver.
So we're doubling down.
Join before June wraps tomorrow and you'll be first in line as new deals drop.