Brokers charge 10–12% on small deals and still take six to twelve months. Here is how owners under $500K go directly to a buyer — what to prepare, how the number gets set, and what happens at closing.

Revenue is not value. Buyers pay a multiple of the cash the business puts in an owner’s pocket — and the multiple moves for reasons most sellers never hear about. Here’s the math, with a worked example.

Most owners hear “seller financing” and picture getting stiffed. Done properly, carrying part of the price is the single most reliable way to sell a sub-$500K business for more money, faster, with a lower tax bill.

Grandmother’s 40 acres, five grandchildren, two out of state, one who won’t return calls. This is the most common land situation we see in Georgia — and it is more solvable than most families think.

Owners hold onto problem parcels for years because they assume the problem has to be fixed before anyone will buy. Usually it doesn’t. Here is how the common ones get resolved — at the closing table, from the proceeds.

You don’t have to wait for a vacancy, evict anyone, or clean out a unit to sell a rental. For the right buyer, a paying tenant is the point.

Georgia is one of the fastest foreclosure states in the country. The window between the first notice and the courthouse steps is roughly a month. These are your options, roughly in the order you should try them.

The listing price is not what you get. Every cost of a traditional listing laid out next to a direct sale, with a worked $250,000 example.