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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

If you own a business and you're going through a divorce in Georgia, the company is almost certainly going to be part of the settlement. This guide covers how Georgia equitable distribution law treats business ownership, how the business gets valued in a divorce and why both sides hire their own experts. Your three options for keeping or selling the business, the mistakes that cost owners the most money and when to involve a business broker during the process. Written for Atl

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

Do I need a business broker to sell or buy a business? This guide is transparent about what brokers actually do across the lifecycle of a deal, what they charge (commission rates, upfront fees, buyer-side representation), when you genuinely need one, when you might not, the difference between a broker and an M&A advisor, and how to evaluate and choose the right broker for your situation. Written by an Atlanta broker who'd rather be honest than oversell.

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