As compared to selling homes, there are many advantages to representing sellers and buyers of businesses. If you have a California real estate license and would like to explore the advantages of representing sellers and buyers of businesses, please see: Become a Business Broker – Agent in California and Reasons to Join Pacific Business Advisors.

Since our founding in 1987, our firm has sold many existing franchises of various types. We are also available to represent franchisor companies located anywhere in the United Sate sell their franchise offerings in California. See: Franchisor Companies – Attention.

Every buyer or seller is a business in California must understand the meaning and significance of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA. See: EBITDA – What You Must Know to protect your interest in any business sale.

A Letter of Intent (LOI) is a non-binding document proposed in letter format setting forth the understanding between two or more parties, which they intend to formalize in a legally binding contract. Letters of intent are commonly used between buyers and sellers of businesses, and between buyers and sellers of commercial real estate, including apartment buildings. Letters of Intent are commonly called Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).

Buyers of businesses generally pay more for the assets of a business than they would pay for the stock of the business. See: Advantages and Disadvantages of Asset Sales for Buyers, Advantages and Disadvantages of Stock Sales for Buyers, and Successor Liability.

Our firm is contacted regularly by people wanting to buy or sell a business. Given that our company was established in 1987, we are a well-known business intermediary with a growing list of prequalified business buyers who are ready to buy if the right opportunity is made available to them.