Deal commentary, market analysis, and notes on the businesses we're looking at.
Alarm companies sell for a multiple of monthly recurring revenue, not just earnings. Here is the Accredited thesis on buying residential and commercial security businesses.
Public SaaS multiples fell by half in a year on AI disruption fear. Regulated vertical software did not stop being mission critical, and AI cuts its largest cost line.
The 12 marketplaces where US businesses are listed for sale, compared by size, deal type, buyer access, and how much of their inventory you cannot find anywhere else.
Outreach is our new direct mail tool for buyers. Build a target list of off-market owners, then send first class personalized letters to all of them without printing, folding, or stamping a single envelope.
A residential trash customer pays about $32 a month, renews automatically, and almost never leaves. Here is the Accredited thesis on why waste hauling businesses are worth buying, and why you will have to find them yourself.
Boomers own roughly a third to 40% of US small businesses and millions will change hands this decade. That part is true. The part everyone gets wrong is what it means for buyers.
SOP 50 10 8.1 raises the coverage floor to 1.25x, kills projection-based underwriting, caps debt at the appraised value, and mandates a lender-ordered QoE at $3M. Here is what changes and what to do before October 1.
The process for pricing a deal, structuring an offer, and submitting a letter of intent that gets signed: what belongs in an LOI, how long exclusivity should run, and how to avoid a re-trade.
A fence panel costs about $129 and rents for $30 to $50 a month. Here is the Accredited thesis on why temporary fence rental companies are worth buying.
Accredited Pro searches 12 business-for-sale marketplaces at once, deduping 135,000+ listings down to 65,000+ real businesses. One search, one pipeline.
A data-backed look at the five best small businesses to buy in 2026: home services, in-home senior care, commercial landscaping, independent insurance agencies, and property management companies. Why each is fragmented, cash-flowing, and financeable.
Accredited Pro now finds off-market businesses before they list, scores and values them, and runs every deal to close. One workflow, $59 per month.
A step-by-step guide to buying a small business: qualifying, sourcing deals, valuation, deal structure, financing, and closing. The full playbook for accredited investors.
Property management is recurring-revenue, asset-light, fragmented, and prime for AI efficiency. Here is the Accredited thesis on why these businesses are worth buying.
The outreach playbook for buying off-market businesses: what actually gets owner replies, direct mail vs email vs LinkedIn, and a proven multi-touch sequence.
How secondary buyouts work: one PE firm selling to another, why they do it, how they differ from a primary buyout, and what it signals if you meet one as a buyer.
How earn-out provisions work in a business acquisition: what they are, when to use one, how to pick metrics that avoid disputes, and a worked example.
The five valuation methods that matter when you buy a small business: SDE and EBITDA multiples, comparable sales, asset value, and discounted cash flow, with worked examples.
A practical guide to building a discounted cash flow model for a small business acquisition: free cash flow, discount rate, terminal value, and a full worked example.
The 2026 guide to becoming an accredited investor: income, net worth, and credential pathways, verification rules, and what access unlocks.