Business Sale Assistance
Prepare your business financials for sale. We organize records, clean up books, and create financial packages that answer buyer questions and support your asking price.
What Buyers Want
When someone buys a business, they’re buying future cash flow. They want proof that the revenue is real, the expenses are accurate, and the profits you claim actually exist. That means clean financial statements, reconciled accounts, and documentation that backs up every number you present.
This service prepares your books for buyer scrutiny. We organize your records, clean up inconsistencies, and create a financial package that answers the questions buyers and their accountants will ask. The goal is to make due diligence easy and give buyers confidence in what they’re purchasing.
What We Prepare
What We Prepare
Profit and loss statements for the past three to five years. Balance sheets showing assets, liabilities, and equity. Bank reconciliations proving the numbers match your accounts. Organized supporting documentation for revenue and major expenses. A complete picture that holds up to examination.
How It Works
How It Works
We review your current books and identify what needs attention. Then we clean up transactions, reconcile accounts, and fix categorization errors. You get a presentation-ready financial package and guidance on how to answer the questions buyers will ask.
Where Deals Fall Apart
Most business sales that fall through do so during due diligence. The buyer’s accountant starts digging into your records and finds things that don’t add up. Revenue that can’t be verified. Expenses that look personal. Bank accounts that don’t reconcile. Each discrepancy becomes a reason to renegotiate the price or walk away entirely.
The problem is that you’ve been running your business, not preparing to sell it. Over the years, small shortcuts pile up. You stopped categorizing expenses correctly because you knew what they were. You mixed personal purchases on the business card because it was easier. None of this mattered when you were just operating. It matters now.
Price Renegotiation
Price Renegotiation
Buyers discount uncertainty. If your books are messy, they assume the worst about what they can’t verify. A business worth $500,000 with clean records might get offered $400,000 when the financials are questionable. The mess you never addressed costs you real money at closing.
Deals That Die
Deals That Die
Some buyers walk away entirely. They came in excited about your business but lost confidence when the numbers didn’t hold up under examination. You start over with a new buyer, more delays, and a damaged reputation in the market.
What You Get
You walk into negotiations with documentation that supports your asking price. When the buyer’s accountant asks about a large expense from two years ago, you have the invoice ready. When they question a revenue spike, you can explain exactly where it came from. You’re not scrambling or making excuses.
The sale process moves faster. Due diligence that drags on for months when records are disorganized can wrap up in weeks when everything is prepared. Fewer surprises means fewer reasons to renegotiate. You close at your asking price and on your timeline.
Defensible Asking Price
Defensible Asking Price
Your price is based on real numbers that can be verified. Buyers may still negotiate, but they’re negotiating from fact rather than suspicion. You can stand behind your valuation because the documentation proves it.
A Clean Exit
A Clean Exit
You’ve spent years building this business. The last thing you want is a sale that drags on or falls apart over paperwork. Prepared financials give you the best chance at a smooth transition and fair compensation for what you’ve built.
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The Next Step:
A Short Conversation
Tell us about your business and what you're dealing with. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a clear price for the work.