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1/ Full Mitigation Services Company

📍 Location: Northern Virginia
💼 EBITDA: $600,000
📊 Revenue: $3,000,000
📅 Established: 2010

💭 My 2 Cents: When a pipe bursts or a basement floods, nobody shops around. They call whoever their insurance company tells them to, and that's exactly the dynamic this business is built on. Nearly all work comes through relationships with three Third Party Administrators (TPAs) tied to insurance companies (TPAs are the middlemen hired by insurance companies to manage and approve contractor scopes, pricing, and payments) which means steady job flow and standardized pricing without spending a dollar on marketing. The team runs with 15 to 20 W2 employees and processes 30 to 50 jobs per month, and I like that a single water damage job regularly expands into mitigation, pack-out, and rebuild, naturally inflating the average ticket. The 20% margin is on the lower end, but that's pretty standard given the certified labor requirements, so I wouldn't read too much into it. Where I'd spend my diligence time is understanding how portable those TPA relationships are without the current owner and what AR aging looks like since payment cycles can stretch from weeks to months. The owner handles business development and after-hours support personally, so a buyer needs to either step into that role or budget to replace it. Northern Virginia gets hit hard by weather every year, and a buyer who can lock in even one additional TPA relationship has a growth lever that doesn't require building anything from scratch.

2/ Plumbing and Heating Service Business

📍 Location: New Hampshire
💼 EBITDA: $463,000
📊 Revenue: $1,000,000
📅 Established: 1980

💭 My 2 Cents: Word-of-mouth only gets you a 46% EBITDA margin if your customers genuinely have no reason to call anyone else, and that's exactly what this business has built over 45 years in northern New Hampshire. It runs entirely on referrals with light Facebook ad spend, a lean team of 3, and the owner full-time in the business, which keeps overhead tight but makes owner dependency the obvious risk to work through. Harsh winters create a reliable demand floor since heating systems don't wait for a convenient time to break down, and that gives the revenue a natural consistency that's hard to replicate elsewhere. I'd want to understand the split between plumbing and heating work, how much is emergency reactive versus scheduled maintenance, and whether there’s anyone on staff beyond the owner who carries the required licenses (or if the owner would be willing to stay involved). At these margins, a buyer who adds even one technician has a very clear path to growing the top line. That licensing question is the one I'd want answered first since it could determine whether a non-licensed buyer can legally run this at all.

3/ Paintless Dent Repair Business

📍 Location: Indiana
💼 EBITDA: $600,000
📊 Revenue: $1,400,000
📅 Established: 2022

💭 My 2 Cents: 3 years in and this business is already doing $1.4M in revenue at a 43% EBITDA margin, which is not something I come across often and tells me it found its footing fast in a niche most people underestimate. Paintless dent repair hits a sweet spot in the auto ecosystem: insurance companies routinely approve it over conventional body work because it's faster and cheaper, and dealerships rely on it to keep inventory looking sharp before it hits the lot. This business runs roughly 80 1099 technicians alongside 2 sales staff, and because paintless dent repair contractors typically work across multiple clients, that structure is actually what keeps overhead low and gives the business flexibility to scale without adding fixed payroll. The part that gives me pause is how much the owner is personally holding together: estimates, insurance negotiations, quality control, and all partnership management. I'd want to know how those dealership and repair shop relationships are documented and whether they survive a transition. The business is only 3 years old, so I'd also want enough history to confirm performance is repeatable and not tied to a strong early run. If it holds up, a buyer who can systematize the owner's role here has a real platform to expand well beyond Indiana.