The seller knows exactly what they’re hiding. Now you will too.
Every listing was written by one person: the seller — whose only job is to get your money before you figure out what’s wrong. Paste it below and get the red flags, deal score, and the exact questions to ask before you wire a single dollar.
They’ve been coached. Their broker prepped them. The listing was written to hide the bad stuff and amplify the good stuff. Seller’s Discretionary Earnings get inflated. One-time revenue gets called “recurring.” Customer concentration doesn’t show up. The EBITDA add-backs are creative accounting.
And you? You’re reading a listing at midnight trying to figure out if this business is real.
Most buyers waste 3-6 months on a deal that was dead from day one. They do the calls, sign the NDA, hire the CPA — and then find out the seller’s “loyal customer base” is one client at 70% of revenue.
You can’t un-spend that time. You can’t un-spend that money.
We trained an AI on thousands of real business listings — the ones that closed, the ones that imploded, and the ones where buyers got burned.
It knows the patterns. The red flags buried in vague language. The ratios that don’t add up. The industries where seller add-backs are almost always fiction.
You paste the listing. You get the verdict. Instantly.
Not “here are 12 things to think about.” A real verdict: worth pursuing or walk away — here’s why.
This example uses a public BizBuySell listing*: High-Growth Franchise Coffee Shops in Colorado.
Numbers are from the public listing summary available at time of research. Buyer verification is still required.
This listing raised multiple issues immediately. A buyer could know what to ask before wasting a site visit on surface-level sales numbers.
Source listing URL: https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/high-growth-franchise-coffee-shops-1-9m-sales/2475533/
Is this actually a business or a job with an asking price?
Is the income real, recurring, and diversifiable — or a house of cards?
The most abused line item in every small business deal.
The #1 silent killer of acquisitions.
Does the multiple make sense or is this priced for a desperate buyer?
Worth pursuing, proceed with caution, or walk away.
Most buyers spend $2,000-$8,000 on a CPA to do preliminary due diligence. And they still miss things.
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Every day you spend evaluating a bad deal is a day you didn’t spend finding a good one. Start with the listing in front of you.