Guides & articles
Guides
These are recomputed from every active Florida listing each time the site builds, so they do not carry a publication date — they carry the date of the crawl behind them.
How the screening works
What every listing is checked against before it reaches you, the five-step path through the site, and what we deliberately refuse to claim.
How much cash do you need to buy a business?
What $25K through $500K actually reaches once the equity injection and debt-service coverage are both applied. Counted, not a rule of thumb.
What is SDE? Seller's discretionary earnings explained
The number every listing leads with, what goes into it, where it gets inflated, and the real distribution across every active Florida listing.
What multiple do small businesses actually sell for?
The "2 to 3 times SDE" rule describes about half the market. Here is the whole distribution, by industry, and what actually moves a multiple.
Florida market data, by county and industry
Prices, owner earnings, multiples and financeability for every county and industry with enough listings to say something meaningful.
Articles
Two SBA rule changes that decide whether you can buy a Florida business this year
Green-card holders lost SBA eligibility on 1 March. On 1 October the coverage ratio on an acquisition loan rises from 1.15x to 1.25x. Both changes are already final, and neither is being explained clearly to buyers.