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The business owners who walk away with the most money aren't the ones who got lucky with their buyer. They're the ones who started financial planning 2 to 3 years before listing. This guide covers the full timeline - what to do 24-36 months out, in the year before listing, during the deal itself, and after closing. Entity structure, tax modeling, retirement contributions, estate planning, insurance transitions and how to build an advisory team that protects what you've spent

Your business partner just told you they want out. Now you're facing one of the most complicated situations in business ownership: unwinding a partnership without destroying the company you both built. This guide covers your three options (buyout, third-party sale, or dissolution), how to value a partner's share including minority and marketability discounts, how to fund the buyout, what your operating agreement should say, and the mistakes that turn a manageable transition i

You closed the deal and you're holding the largest check of your life. Now what? Most sellers don't plan for what happens after closing, and the 6 to 12 months following the sale is when the most expensive mistakes get made. This guide covers the 90-day rule, understanding your tax obligations, building your post-sale financial team, a framework for allocating proceeds, whether to buy another business, and the emotional transition nobody talks about. Written for Atlanta busin

ROBS - Rollover for Business Startups - lets you use your 401(k) or IRA to buy a business without paying early withdrawal penalties or income taxes. It's legal, the IRS recognizes it, and thousands of people have used it. But it's not simple, not cheap, and carries real risk that most ROBS providers gloss over. This guide breaks down exactly how ROBS works, what it costs to set up and maintain, where it makes sense, where it goes wrong and how it compares to SBA loans and oth

When you sell your business in Georgia, the difference between a well-structured deal and a poorly structured one can be hundreds of thousands of dollars in after-tax proceeds — on the exact same purchase price. This guide breaks down the taxes you'll owe when selling a business in Georgia, how asset sales and stock sales are treated differently, how the purchase price allocation affects your bill, and the strategies sellers actually use to keep more of what they built. Writt

If you own both your business and the building it operates out of, you have more options than most brokers will tell you about. Sell them together, keep the real estate and lease it back, do a sale-leaseback, or run two separate transactions — each path leads to a very different outcome. This guide breaks down all four options, the lease issues that make or break these deals, and how to figure out which structure fits your situation.

An SBA 7(a) loan is the most common way buyers finance a business acquisition in the $500K to $5M range — but the rules are specific and the timeline is longer than most people expect. This guide breaks down how to get an SBA loan to buy a business: down payment requirements, what lenders actually look at, SBA 7(a) vs 504, realistic closing timelines, and the mistakes that kill deals at the finish line. Written from a business broker's perspective for buyers and sellers in th

The purchase price is only part of the deal. Learn how business sales are actually structured — asset vs stock sales, seller financing, earn-outs, and the terms that determine who really wins at the closing table.