Filtered by: buying a business

Is Now a Good Time To Sell Or Buy A Business? Interest Rates are finally going down!

Is Now a Good Time To Sell Or Buy A Business? Interest Rates are finally going down!

How will the 2024 economy and declining interest rates affect small businesses and the M&A market? Updated September 19th, 2024 after J Powell announced a 1/2% cut in the Fed…

Learn More
4 Business Broker recommended Questions to Ask a Business Seller & 4 That Will Cost You the Deal

4 Business Broker recommended Questions to Ask a Business Seller & 4 That Will Cost You the Deal

Business buyers often perceive their first meeting with the seller and business broker as their opportunity to interview the seller and that it is on the business owner to “sell” them on…

Learn More
2024 Corporate M&A and Business Sales Expected to Increase!

2024 Corporate M&A and Business Sales Expected to Increase!

CEO survey by Ernst & Young shows 98% of CEOs expect to be actively engaged in M&A transactions in 2024, projecting a 12% increase in deal activity. Middle market and…

Learn More
New SBA Lending Rules 2024, Good News for Selling Your Business & Buying a Business

New SBA Lending Rules 2024, Good News for Selling Your Business & Buying a Business

Change is the heartbeat of progress, and even the SBA makes progress. Effective August 1st, 2023, the SBA updated its SOP with new rules simplifying SBA 7a business acquisition loans…

Learn More
Unveiling Hidden Acquisition Gems: Construction & Contractor Businesses are Lucrative Targets

Unveiling Hidden Acquisition Gems: Construction & Contractor Businesses are Lucrative Targets

When it comes to acquisitions, construction and contractor businesses often find themselves overlooked, burdened by misconceptions and stigmas. The prevailing belief is that these businesses are cyclical, riskier than their…

Learn More
Great Resignation Drives Business Acquisitions & Business Sales

Great Resignation Drives Business Acquisitions & Business Sales

Bill Grunau has been a business broker for over 20 years and as the founder of Pacific Business Sales. Recently, he did an informative podcast with Mark Imperial of the Business Innovators Magazine.…

Learn More
Corporate Counsel’s Corner: Stock Sale vs Asset Sale; Which One is Better?

Corporate Counsel’s Corner: Stock Sale vs Asset Sale; Which One is Better?

When buying or selling a corporation one of the primary considerations is how to approach the sale – should it be a transfer of assets or stocks? You may be…

Learn More
Will Prime Rate Increases Affect Small & Mid-Sized Business Sales and Acquisitions?

Will Prime Rate Increases Affect Small & Mid-Sized Business Sales and Acquisitions?

June 2024 UpdateUS Prime Rate still holding steady at 8.5% after June 2024 Fed meeting The Fed Rate remains unchanged after the June 2024 meeting, which left the US Prime…

Learn More
5 SBA Loan Myths + 7 Steps to Getting an SBA loan for Business Buyers-Sellers

5 SBA Loan Myths + 7 Steps to Getting an SBA loan for Business Buyers-Sellers

SBA financing is a win-win for business buyers and sellers.  Getting an SBA Loan to buy or finance the sale of a business is a great way for buyers to…

Learn More
COVID Relief Act has 6 Months No Payments on New SBA Loans in 2021; plus PPP 2021!

COVID Relief Act has 6 Months No Payments on New SBA Loans in 2021; plus PPP 2021!

Great news for business owners-sellers and business buyers in 2021!  6 Months No Payments on New SBA Loans from February thru September 2021 plus PPP Loan Program 2021!  The COVID Relief…

Learn More