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We filter through 2,000+ stale listings so you don't have to. We track the local, off-market legacy businesses and relocatable remote opportunities that are actually bankable, skipping the marketplace noise to focus on the numbers.

Why most active SMB buyers fail in the first six months

• All Noise, No Signal: 35% of searchers never actually close an acquisition.

• Burned out Before you Buy: The average small business acquisition search takes 20 months.

• Bad Data: 75% of listings are fundamentally different from what the broker's marketing materials claim. Searchers spend their first six months chasing "ghost deals" that die during the first look at a P&L.

• The Fatigue Factor: The average searcher must evaluate hundreds of companies to find one viable target. Without a curated filter, "deal fatigue" sets in.

• The "DOA" Rate: Recent data shows that 50% of deals that reach the Quality of Earnings (QofE) stage are Dead on Arrival due to financial irregularities or fraud.

Search by Outcome, Not Just Industry

We don’t just list “landscape in Ooltewah.” We categorize every deal using our unique LOI Descriptors.

• 🏷️ Legacy Ops: High-barrier, essential (and boring) services with existing customers and higher margins.

• 🏷️ The Springboard: Stable "Old Guard" businesses with massive tech-modernization upside.

• 🏷️ Laptop Lifestyle: 100% remote-operable businesses for the location-independent buyer.

• 🏷️ SBA-Slam-Dunk: Clean books, high collateral, and pre-vetted to help get the deal across the finish line.

Stop Searching Alone

• Subscribing to The Letter of Intent gives you immediate access to our experienced, trusted lenders, accountants and attorneys who speak Main Street, not Wall Street. When you find a deal you like, we can connect you with:

  • SBA Lenders who understand Chattanooga and regional lending.

  • Quality of Earnings CPAs who know how to spot the red flags.

    M&A Attorneys who know their role and get deals done.

  • Registry Scout and Registry Gold members get direct, warm introductions to these partners.

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