Edition No. 7 · No. 09 · the annex · Free edition

Plumbing & drain service

Cuyahoga County, OH · name withheld in the free edition Why no names?

PROCEED WITH CONDITIONSProceed, with three conditions.Cheaper than 84% of 25 similar businesses.

Asking price$210kas listed

Revenue$727kas listed

SDE$185kas listed, a 25% margin

If a manager runs it$54kto$87kour rebuild, about 5 hrs a week

Hours with a manager~5 hrsa week, our estimate

Price over SDE1.1xsimilar listings: 1.4x

Contents

1Two ways to own it

If you run it

$131kto$164k

~24 hrs / week · your own week, our estimate

Someone else runs it

$54kto$87k

~5 hrs / week · after paying a $77k manager

Both ranges are our estimate, not the seller's figure. Each starts at its careful end.

1.1x the seller's SDE; the middle of similar listings is 1.4x.

Based on asking prices, not completed sales.

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