Buying Your First Business Toolkit
Tools, guidance, and resources for a more informed decision. Work out what a purchase could cost, what the business could provide, and what needs to be verified before you close.
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Understand the Numbers. Make a More Informed Decision.
A business can look attractive while requiring more cash, more owner hours, or a different skill set than you can provide. This toolkit is written for the first-time buyer who expects to work in the business, and it helps you answer three important questions before you commit.
How much cash will it take?
See what a purchase could require at closing, including price, inventory, closing costs, working capital, and equipment.
What could it provide?
Estimate what is left for you after loan payments, reserves, and the cost of replacing yourself, not just what the asking price implies.
What needs to be verified?
Know which questions to ask the seller and which documents to request, so unresolved issues don’t slip through to closing.
Everything in One Download
The Business Purchase Calculator
A six-tab workbook that turns a seller’s numbers and proposed financing into a clear picture of buyer cash required, working-owner cash, and what happens if you hire a manager. Test what a decline in earnings or a higher interest rate would do to the deal.
The Buyer’s Guide
A practical roadmap from search to ownership, written in plain language. Work through three fully worked deal examples, then use the seller questions and starter due diligence checklist before you rely on a real opportunity.
Three Training Videos
Follow along as David Enos of AMD Custom Business Brokers walks through the workbook step by step. Pause whenever you want to practice, with a written narration reference included to read alongside.
The Business Glossary
A four-page glossary that explains the terms you will hear, from SDE and amortization to working capital and balloon payments, so you can follow every conversation with confidence.
A Low Price Alone Doesn’t Mean It’s Affordable.
In the toolkit’s three fictional training examples, only one business reached a $90,000 household target before hiring a manager, and none did after. The calculator helps you spot that early, while it’s still easy to walk away or restructure.
Working-owner cash vs. a $90,000 household target
Built for the First-Time Buyer
If you plan to buy a business and work in it, this toolkit helps you prepare, before you spend money on a deal that doesn’t fit.
The toolkit does not provide a business valuation, lender underwriting, or tax calculations. It helps you prepare for a purchase; it does not replace your accountant, attorney, or lender.
- Aspiring owners considering their first business purchase
- Buyers who want to understand cash needs before making an offer
- Professionals leaving a job to work in the business
- Anyone who wants a structured way to review a seller’s numbers
- Buyers who want to ask better questions and verify the answers
Get the Complete Toolkit
- Six-tab Excel purchase calculator
- Buyer’s guide with seller questions and checklists
- Three narrated training videos by David Enos
- Four-page business glossary
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ready to Buy Your First Business With Confidence?
Get the tools, the guidance, and the clarity to evaluate your next opportunity, for a one-time $299.
Purchase the ToolkitAll deal examples are fictional. No income, purchase outcome, or financing approval is promised. AMD Custom Business Brokers is not a law firm or accounting firm; obtain advice appropriate to your transaction before acting.