Eliminate The Guesswork and Risk When Buying A Business

Over 30 Years of Proven Strategies from Successfully Buying Businesses Packed Into A Simple-To-Follow Action Plan That Guarantees You Will Buy A Good Business At A Great Price

How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price© is "the most widely used strategy guide and reference resource for business buyers." This is not a simple generic introductory book on the subject. It combines critical knowledge and proven strategies for each stage of the process and every situation you will encounter along with expert ongoing consulting.

If you're serious about buying a business, and especially if you've never bought one before, you've arrived at this website because you want to have the right information and access to unbiased, expert advice to make the right decision.

How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price© is based upon over one thousand business investigations and successful transactions in every field, including manufacturing, retail, a huge array of service-sector companies, the food industry, and wholesale and distribution businesses.

The material contains over 500 pages of simple to follow strategies, legal agreement templates, interactive resources, sample letters, case studies, financial spreadsheets, worksheets, and a business plan template.

The guide is written by renowned expert Richard Parker, who has personally purchased thirteen businesses and is recognized as "the small business acquisition authority". Along with the program you can consult directly with Richard and a team of experts as often as you wish during the process at no additional cost.

You Will Know.....

How to quickly determine what type of business is absolutely right for you.
The 36 critical questions you must ask every seller and the answers to look for.
The key points to identify good businesses or potential problems in for sale listings.
The Ten Commandments - the ten most important factors that every single good business must have in place for you to consider buying it.
How to analyze a company's financials and uncover when sellers have "cooked the books".
A proven formula to accurately value any business so you don't overpay.
How to solicit the hidden market of businesses not publicly listed for sale.
How to properly use a business broker so you'll see the best listings first.
Proven strategies techniques to have the advantage when you negotiate the 50 critical clauses of the deal.
How to get the seller to finance the deal.
A detailed action plan using our trademarked 200-point due diligence checklist and business investigation guide to uncover all potential problems before you buy.
If you're considering a franchise, you'll know where to find a successful resale and what to do to investigate both the franchisee and the master franchiser.
How to Identify and avoid all the costly mistakes that most inexperienced buyers make.

You Also Receive Ongoing Expert Advice
To Help You At Every Step Along The Way

We don't just send you a pile of information and leave you on your own to figure it out.

Once you begin to follow our proven program, you will be automatically enrolled in our Personalized Consulting Program. With this service you'll have immediate and unlimited access to a team of business buying specialists to help you with any challenge you encounter.

If you need some assistance or advice in reviewing a listing, formulating an offer, negotiating a certain part of the deal, investigating or valuing a particular business, reviewing the financials, or if you simply want an unbiased expert opinion about a particular situation where you're not positive what strategy to use, we will immediately provide you with our experienced input and assessment.

There's no additional cost for this program and you can use it as often as you need it.

Whenever you need help, just contact us, outline the situation, and let us know if you'd like an email response or a phone call. We will review the situation and provide you with our comments within one business day.

The Program Includes:

All 23 Lesson Modules
UNLIMITED Personalized Consulting
The Diomo Business Assessment Proprietary Valuation Module
The Complete 200-Point Due Diligence Checklist & Guide
Legal Forms
Letter of Intent Templates
Offer to Purchase Agreement Template
Fully Formatted Interactive Excel Spreadsheets
Sample Solicitation and Follow Up Letters
Personal Financial Statement Worksheet
True Valuation Calculation Sheet
Study Guide and Journal
Prospective Business Portfolios

You Will Learn:

How To Determine The Right Business For You: Knowing what business is right for you is quite possibly the most important aspect of this process. When you match your greatest strengths to the right business you cannot help but be successful. This section includes a complete evaluation of your strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, past successes, failures, previous experiences, interests, and a host of other components that will dictate the specific type of business that is right for you.

Focusing Your Search: You'll learn where to look, the resources to use, and how to focus your search like a laser beam on businesses that make sense for you. Instead of wasting time searching endless business for sale listings trying to figure out which ones might be right, you'll refine this process to quickly identify prospects that fit your specific criteria. We'll show you how to get immediate replies from brokers and sellers so that you can devote your time to locating the right business instead of chasing people for information.

The Ten Commandments - What every good business must possess: This is huge! Our clients rave about this section because you'll learn the ten most important factors that every good business must possess. Presented in a simple format, it is the ultimate test to apply to any business for sale you're considering to quickly determine whether or not it's worth pursuing. After thousands of business purchases we know precisely what the common ingredients are in every good business! These ten components have proven oven and over again to be the foundation of any good business.

Using Business Brokers: Most buyers don't realize that business brokers represent the seller and not the buyer. They're paid a commission by the seller and so their mandate is clear: get you to buy any business for sale, not necessarily the right one. Why use them at all? They serve two purposes: they can be helpful in providing you with access to businesses for sale and they're the ideal liaisons to deliver any bad news to the seller in order to preserve your relationship, especially if the seller will remain on-board after closing to train you. But it's important that you engage the right one. You'll learn how to check them out and get them to show you listings that are "reserved" for others.

Reviewing Business For Sale Listings: There are 73 key issues to look for in every business for sale listing. Hidden things that can tell you a lot about a business, both good and bad. These listings will form the foundation of the many questions you'll need to ask the seller. You'll learn how to review them in great detail so you can immediately identify businesses that are worth pursuing and you'll completely avoid wasting time chasing ones that will never materialize.

How To Solicit Businesses That Aren't "Officially" For Sale: We'll also show you how to properly approach and solicit a business that may not be for sale but meets your criteria (by the way, every business is for sale - some owners just don't realize it yet). The right business is out there for you and sometimes you have to go beyond what is "on the market". The key is to approach them effectively, so the owners won't take your solicitation to mean that you're prepared to pay any premiums.

The Key Questions To Ask Every Seller: There are 36 critical questions that you must ask every seller. You'll learn what they are, when you should ask them, and, more importantly, the answers to look for. You will learn how to get the real "hidden" answers - not just what they want you to believe. You'll know the exact things you should and should not say to the seller, what to do, and the strategies to use to have the advantage in every situation and negotiation.

Thinking About A Franchise? They're Not For Everyone: The right one can be a good entry into business ownership, but only for certain people. Don't buy a new franchise; it's only slightly better than a start-up. We'll show you how to buy a resale that's already successful.

Reviewing The Figures (Numbers Don't Lie; Sellers Do!): Learn how to verify all of the financials to ensure that they are true and accurate. You'll understand the exact steps to take and the procedures to use to uncover any problems and to see if the seller has "cooked the books" or made certain adjustments to falsify the business. This goes on all the time and the consequences can be enormous!

How To Read and Interpret Financial Statements: If you don't know how to effectively read Balance Sheets and Income Statements you'll be at a severe disadvantage. In just one lesson you'll understand how to interpret every type of financial statement like a seasoned pro, and how to immediately identify the inconsistencies.

Valuing A Business: Worried about overpaying? Forget it! This program includes two proprietary and proven valuation formulas that will eliminate the guesswork and show you how to accurately value any business for sale. These simple-to-use models guarantee you will never overpay for your purchase. The True Valuation Calculation™ and The Diomo Business Assessment™ methods have been used successfully in thousands of business purchases.

How To Flawlessly Investigate Any Business (This Is Crucial!): Every business for sale has secrets that the seller does not want you to discover. You'll know how to uncover everything about any business before you buy! Your investigation must be flawless, and it must begin the moment a business is of interest as there is so much to cover. You'll receive our 200-point Due Diligence Checklist & Strategy Guide© that is beyond compare and goes way past the financials to show you precisely how to investigate absolutely every part of the business: the competition, the suppliers, the customers, the contracts, the employees, legal issues, the industry, and on and on.

Negotiating The Deal and Making An Offer: Our program will prepare you to effectively negotiate every part of the deal. There are over 50 specific clauses that must be addressed, and this is what separates good deals from bad ones! We provide you with "what to do" checklists and point-counterpoint strategies for each component you'll have to include in a Purchase Agreement. We'll lay out the precise clauses you'll need to ensure you're completely protected from a future decline in the business or purchasing bad inventory or equipment or for any other liabilities that will surely come back to haunt you if you don't protect yourself properly.

Financing The Purchase: The goal is simple: get any seller to finance the deal. We won't allow you to put up your house, guarantee the loan with personal assets, or offer your "first born" as collateral. No way! The seller will provide the financing you need. Over 90% of our clients get the seller to finance the bulk of the deal. This is a critically important aspect of the deal. After all, if the seller won't finance you, what does that tell you about the future of the business or his/her belief in you to run it?

Hiring Professionals: We'll explain how to hire the right lawyer and accountant, and you'll discover eleven sure-fire ways to save a ton on their fees.

Closing The Deal: Making The Final Decision: How to add up all of the information and make the right decision. You'll know what issues have to be renegotiated, and the documents needed to close the deal.

Avoiding All The Hazards: You'll be aware of every trap that causes inexperienced buyers to make awful decisions. You'll know how to deal with, and avoid, all of them!

Post-Purchase Priorities: The first 90 days after you own the business are so important; you'll have a bulletproof plan to operate for the first three months covering every important aspect of the business. You'll have a step-by-step plan of what you must accomplish with the seller during training, how to be certain they are totally cooperative, and how to get them to stay on if necessary or be available to you in the future for any questions you may have. You'll know how to effectively communicate your vision to the employees and how to set your plans in motion to begin to take your good business and make it great.

Interactive Resources Included: You'll also receive legal forms, specific clauses to include in any agreement, Letter of Intent, Offer to Purchase Agreement, fully formatted and interactive Excel spreadsheets (with a tutorial) for financial/cash flow analysis, sample letters, Personal Financial Statement worksheet, case studies, and course exhibits.

Your No Risk Guarantee of Success

We believe it's important for you to know the extent to which we believe in, and back up, our product.

After you receive your material, (either the hard copy, CD or download version) simply follow the techniques we've laid out, utilize our consulting service as often as you'd like, and if for any reason whatsoever, you feel that the information we have provided does not equip you with all of the knowledge and tools you'll need to buy the right business for sale, or if our program does not exceed your expectations in any way, just let us know at any time and we'll immediately refund all of your money.

This is not a 30, 60, or 90-day guarantee. We mean anytime.

No questions asked! No fine print! No time limits!

The reason we can offer this type of guarantee is simple: when you have a program that works, there's never any fear offering people the ability to get their money back if they're not completely satisfied.

Something To Consider

Whenever you make any decision in life, large or small, you have to consider both sides of the equation. The cost of this program is meaningless compared to what you can expect to pay for and earn from the right business.

Is it possible for you to buy the right existing business for sale or franchise at a great price without this information? Perhaps; but why on Earth would you be willing to take that kind of risk?

Ask yourself, what's the downside? There isn't any; you have zero risk! Think about it - could we possibly offer this type of guarantee if our system doesn't work?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to working with you.

By the way, if you have any questions about our program, if you're not sure whether it's for you, or if I can help you with anything at all on the subject of buying a business, please click here to email me directly. It will be my pleasure to assist you.

Sincerely,

Richard Parker

rparker@diomo.com
Diomo Corporation - The Business Buyer Resource Center™