Knowing how to buy a business is a lot like knowing how to buy a rental property. First, you’ll need to know the price of the asset, then the cash flow, followed by expenses, and finally the structure. Because buying real estate is perceived as “simpler” than buying a business, most investors decide to go the real estate route—but they could be missing out. Codie Sanchez saw this opportunity when she was working in venture capital and decided to try out the business buying route herself, just on a smaller scale.

Codie can be perceived as your classic “value-add” investor, which much of the real estate investing community can relate to. She finds a business that has a strong foundation but lacks the tech or marketing to grow faster or increase its profits. When a business has a strong underlying value, just like a rental property, it’s easier than most people think to “renovate” it into something that will sell for far higher.

Codie stresses that buying businesses isn’t so different from buying real estate. She also categorizes which businesses real estate investors should buy if they’re looking to maximize their cash flow and minimize their expenses. With some help from Codie, you could be relying on much more than just rent checks soon!

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Business Buying Sites Mentioned in This Episode:
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BizBuySell: https://www.bizbuysell.com/
Empire Flippers: https://empireflippers.com/
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Episode 614

Show notes at: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/re...

00:00 Intro
05:06 Quick Tip
06:12 Value-Add Business Investing
10:17 What Makes a Business Worth Buying?
16:43 Buying Off-Market Businesses
18:18 Be the Owner, Not the Operator
31:50 Understanding Your Team's Personality
36:22 3 Questions to Ask Before Buying
38:04 Buying or Building
43:33 Real Estate-Friendly Businesses to Buy
54:59 Deal Deep Dive
01:00:19 Where to Buy Businesses
01:06:31 Famous Four