This Week’s Business Buyer (in 10 Seconds):
Jason spent his whole career in landscaping, running purchasing and building relationships with suppliers.
For 8 months, he searched on his own and got nowhere.
Then, he joined SMB Deal Hunter Pro and found his deal in just 1 month.
He bought a high-end landscaping business in one of the wealthiest counties in Florida, where jobs run $100K to $500K.
Today, the business makes $400K/yr in cashflow.
Two months in, he's already booked out on new installation jobs.
And because he spent years buying those exact materials during his career in landscaping, he knows the right connections to suppliers that can cut his costs in half.
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Hello SMB Deal Hunters!
How many of you have been trying to buy a business on your own, and getting nowhere?
Maybe you've spent months scrolling listings.
Maybe you joined a program that promised the world, then went quiet the moment your payment cleared.
Either way, you're no closer than the day you started.
Jason knows that feeling.
Before he decided to buy a business, he had already joined a real estate program focused on house flipping that treated him like "just a number, provided no support whatsoever."
On top of that, the house flipping market had tightened significantly while he was doing it.
So, he decided to pivot towards business acquisition.
He spent eight months searching on his own with very little luck.
But Jason wasn't new to the world he was trying to buy into.
He'd spent his whole career in landscaping, most recently running purchasing and building supplier relationships at a large company.
But he wanted something of his own.
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.
Within 1 month, he found his deal.
Instead of scraping a dozen different sites on his own, our AI Deal Aggregator pulled every listing into one place, so he could filter fast and zero in on the right deal.
We made it easy for him move fast, helping him make a go or no-go decision on every deal in under 48 hours. That way, he could work on multiple deals at once.
And whenever he got stuck, one of our M&A advisors, who'd actually bought a business before, would jump on a 1:1 call with him.
Eight months after joining, we helped him close.
Today, he owns a high-end landscaping business in one of Florida's wealthiest counties.
He paid $1.3 million for it, and it makes about $400K/yr in cashflow.
What gets him excited is how much room there is to grow it.
The previous owner never spent a single dollar on marketing, so something as simple as Google Ads should start bringing in new work right away.
And that purchasing job he spent years in is about to pay off, because he already knows the suppliers who can cut his materials costs nearly in half.
And it's already paying off: the installation jobs are quickly stacking up.
Here's why this week's alumni interview is a must watch:
→ After eight months getting nowhere on his own, Jason found his deal within a month of joining Pro. We break down how our fast deal reviews made the difference.
→ He landed a high-end landscaping business in one of the wealthiest counties in Florida, where single jobs run $100K to $500K. We walk through how a first-time owner won a deal that good.
→ Jason spent his career running purchasing for a large landscaping company. We get into how he's using that same supplier network to cut his materials costs in half.
→ The previous owner never spent a dollar on marketing. We talk about the growth levers Jason's pulling now, from basic Google Ads to the installation jobs he's already booked out on.
"I've done groups in the real estate business and some others. They sell you on being the greatest thing since sliced bread, and then once you get inside, you're just a number, no support whatsoever. This is the first group where, from day one to now, the support has always been there."
Jason leaned on our deal team to...
Help him make a go or no-go on every deal in under 48 hours, so he could sprint through multiple businesses at once.
Vet the business with one of our M&A advisors before he committed
Answer every time he got stuck, from someone who'd actually bought a business before
Stay in his corner from the first phone call to closing day
Talk soon,
Helen Guo
P.S. We asked Jason about trading a steady paycheck for the risk of ownership. His take: "You kinda pick your stress... I'd rather have the stress of being a business owner." 👉 book a call here