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Get Ready to Sell. Get Matched Right.

The money is made or lost 1–3 years before listing, not at the negotiating table. These tools give you the insider numbers brokers don't hand out for free.

Flagship Report

Business Sellability Assessment

Could your business sell today? A full report, not just a score.

Answer questions across 5 sections — business basics, owner dependence, financial strength, buyer attractiveness, and exit readiness — and get a weighted 0–100 Sellability Score across 7 buyer-weighted factors, your key strengths and biggest risks, a prioritized roadmap, and brokers matched to your industry and state.

  • 0–100 Sellability Score across 7 weighted categories
  • Key strengths and biggest risks, with why buyers care and what to do about it
  • Prioritized next-steps roadmap
  • Brokers matched to your industry, state, and deal size
  • Free — takes about 8–10 minutes
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3-Minute Quiz

Exit Readiness Score

Score your business 0–100 on the factors buyers actually check before they make an offer.

14 questions covering customer concentration, owner dependency, financial documentation, recurring revenue, management depth, and more. Get a scored breakdown by category, plus your top 3 priorities to fix before you go to market.

  • 14-factor exit readiness score (0–100)
  • Category-by-category breakdown with plain-English insights
  • Top 3 priority action items ranked by impact
  • Free — takes about 3 minutes
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Exit Timing Planner

Not a 12-month checklist — an honest, explainable answer to when you could actually go to market.

Turns owner dependence, financial documentation, customer concentration, and management depth into an earliest credible market date, explained by whichever one is actually holding you back — plus a phased plan of what to fix, build, and document to get there.

  • Earliest credible market date, explained by its single biggest driver
  • Conflict check against your desired exit timeline
  • Phased Fix / Build / Document action plan
  • Free plan download
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2025 Rules

SBA Deal Survival Checker

The SBA changed the rules June 1, 2025. Most sellers find out at the closing table.

Check your planned deal structure against the new SBA SOP 50 10 8 rules — seller note standby requirements, equity injection floors, DSCR, citizenship requirements, and deal friction flags. Returns a PASS / AT RISK / FAIL verdict with specific plain-English fixes.

  • Full-standby seller note qualification check (SBA Form 155)
  • Equity injection & buyer cash requirements
  • DSCR deal-survival check (min 1.25×)
  • Friction scan: lease, tax returns, concentration, citizenship
  • PASS / AT RISK / FAIL verdict + top 3 priority actions
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SDE & Add-Back Calculator

See your number the way the bank will — before you fall in love with the broker's number.

Most calculators show one flattering number. This one shows two: your Seller SDE (what your broker will market) and the Lender-Adjusted EBITDA (what an SBA underwriter will actually approve). Flags risky add-backs, runs a DSCR deal-survival check, and outputs a free PDF report.

  • Dual SDE / Lender-Adjusted EBITDA output
  • Risky add-back identification & haircut calculation
  • SBA 7(a) DSCR pass/fail check
  • Gated PDF with 12-point pre-listing checklist
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67 industries

Business Valuation Calculator

Get an estimated sale value based on real closed-transaction multiples.

Select your industry from 67 covered sectors, enter your SDE, and answer 8 value driver questions — recurring revenue, owner dependency, customer concentration, and more. Returns a conservative / typical / premium valuation range with a full breakdown of what's boosting or compressing your multiple.

  • 67-industry SDE multiple database
  • 8 value driver adjustments (real buyer criteria)
  • Conservative / typical / premium range
  • Value driver breakdown — boosts vs. drags
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Business Broker Fee Calculator

Compare flat, Lehman, and Double Lehman commission structures on your actual sale price.

Enter your sale price and see the total fee, effective rate, and net proceeds side by side across a flat percentage, the classic Lehman Formula, Double Lehman, and a fully editable custom schedule — so you know the real dollar difference before you sign a listing agreement.

  • Flat %, Lehman, Double Lehman, and custom schedule compared side by side
  • Total fee, effective rate, and net proceeds for each structure
  • Editable tiers for modeling a specific broker's actual proposal
  • Free — instant, no signup
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Broker RFP Builder

Interview any broker you're considering — ours or one you found on your own — and score their answers.

Generates the exact questions to send to every broker you're evaluating, then lets you score their answers side-by-side across up to 3 brokers. Flags red flags automatically so you don't miss the ones that matter.

  • 12 merged questions with a scoring rubric for each
  • Industry-specific bonus question (trades, restaurant, tech, healthcare)
  • Side-by-side comparison across up to 3 brokers
  • Automatic red-flag detection
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Know your number. Now find the right broker.

Get matched with brokers who specialize in your industry and deal size — and who understand the lender gap.

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