🎯 The Under-$500K Board, Round 2: 10 Businesses For Sale 🎯
The most requested theme we run, back with fresh inventory. Every deal in this issue asks $500K or less, which means an SBA down payment measured in tens of thousands, not hundreds. Round two leads with an Iowa appliance business priced at 1x cash flow and a Philadelphia food operation whose owner is moving abroad. Small checks, real businesses. Reply to this email with the deal number(s) and we will send you the details.
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In this week's issue:
🔌 Featured: Appliance Sales & Service (Fort Dodge, IA) - $100K asking at 1x cash flow
🥨 Featured: Food & Hospitality Business (Philadelphia, PA) - $200K, owner moving abroad
🎯 8 more sub-$500K deals across food, retail, services, and transport
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#73 - Appliance Sales & Service | Fort Dodge, IA
📍 Location: Fort Dodge, IA 🏷️ Asking Price: $100,000 🆔 Business ID: Confidential 💰 Cash Flow: $100,000 (owner-reported SDE) 📈 Gross Revenue: $300,000 📊 Business Type: Appliance Sales & Service 🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated 🔥 Priced At 1x Cash Flow! | Sales Plus Service Revenue! | Owner Relocating!
✅ Key Highlights:
• $100,000 buys $100,000 in owner-reported annual cash flow. One times earnings is as close to a payback-year deal as small business gets.
• Appliance businesses pair unit sales with repair and installation revenue, and the service side is recession-resistant: broken refrigerators do not wait for good economies.
• In a market like Fort Dodge, the established appliance shop is infrastructure; the nearest big-box alternative is a long drive away.
• The owner is relocating, which explains the price, not the business.
🚀 Growth Opportunities:
• Service contracts and property-manager accounts add recurring revenue on top of retail.
• Delivery and haul-away fees are simple, underpriced add-ons in small markets.
📌 Summary:
A first acquisition where the entire price is less than most buyers' down payment budget. Verify the SDE, meet the owner, and this could close inside a quarter.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
Latin America Investment Opportunity
A team in our network is building an investment strategy around premium real estate, wellness, lifestyle and hospitality assets across Latin America.
The model is straightforward: Partner with established local developers and operators in select markets, then pair that local execution with institutional underwriting and investment discipline.
Their first investment is in a stable, investment-grade Latin American jurisdiction — strong institutions, rule of law, and a genuinely open environment for foreign capital.
A broader regional pipeline is being built behind it. The strategy is designed for private and institutional investors who want meaningful exposure to differentiated real assets outside North America.
Minimum check size is $100,000. If you'd like to take a look, reply to this email with a short intro and some background on yourself, and I'll make the introduction to the investment team directly.
#82 - Food & Hospitality Business | Philadelphia, PA
📍 Location: Philadelphia, PA 🏷️ Asking Price: $200,000 🆔 Business ID: Confidential 💰 Cash Flow: $80,000 (owner-reported SDE) 📈 Gross Revenue: $150,000 📊 Business Type: Food & Hospitality 🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated 🔥 Owner Moving Abroad! | 53% Reported Margin! | Open to Structure!
✅ Key Highlights:
• $80,000 in owner-reported SDE on $150,000 in revenue is a 53% margin, the signature of a tight, low-overhead operation.
• The owner is moving to another country, one of the cleanest and most time-bound reasons to sell that exists.
• Philadelphia's food scene supports focused concepts at neighborhood scale without the rent burden of larger markets.
• Open to discussing seller financing and structure.
🚀 Growth Opportunities:
• Hours, catering, and delivery are the immediate levers at this revenue size.
• A hands-on operator can grow the top line without touching the cost structure.
📌 Summary:
A high-margin operation with a hard deadline on the seller's side. Deadlines create fair deals. Ask us for the details before the plane leaves.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
🕵🏼♀️ Direct-From-Owner Pipeline: Under $500K
Every listing below came straight through our seller intake. These owners contacted us directly; none of these are broker listings. Figures are owner-reported and verified during diligence. Reply with the deal number(s) to request an introduction.
🍽️ Food
#32 - Established Pizza Restaurant | Woodland, WA
📍 Woodland, Washington
🏷️ Asking: $50,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $50,000 | 📈 Revenue: $480,000
📝 Priced at 1x cash flow. Health-driven sale; the most accessible price point in the pipeline.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
#33 - Franchise Sandwich Restaurant | Sacramento, CA
📍 Sacramento, California
🏷️ Asking: $65,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $189,000 | 📈 Revenue: $789,000
📝 Health-driven urgent sale at roughly 0.3x cash flow. Franchisor approval required on transfer.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
#34 - Takeout Wings Restaurant | Camden, SC
📍 Camden, South Carolina
🏷️ Asking: $60,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $20,000 | 📈 Revenue: $120,000
📝 Small takeout concept for a hands-on owner-operator. Seller no longer has time to run it.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
#93 - First-Year Food Business | Detroit, MI
📍 Detroit, Michigan
🏷️ Asking: $100,000 | 📈 Revenue: $86,000 (first year)
📝 Young concept whose owner cannot sustain the hours. Sweat-equity entry point.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
🛍️ Retail
#88 - Specialty Music & Guitar Retail Store | Marietta, GA
📍 Marietta, Georgia
🏷️ Asking: $250,000 - $350,000 (owner submitted both figures) | 💰 Cash Flow: $150,000 | 📈 Revenue: $800,000
📝 Atlanta-metro specialty retail with an $800K top line and roughly 2x pricing.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
#42 - Home Decor Ecommerce Brand | Boynton Beach, FL
📍 Boynton Beach, Florida (remote-friendly)
🏷️ Asking: $50,000 | 💰 SDE: $15,000 | 📈 Revenue: $20,000
📝 Starter-size ecommerce brand for a first acquisition. Owner lacks time to run it properly.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
💼 Services & Transport
#52 - IT Support & Networking Services | Taos, NM
📍 Taos, New Mexico
🏷️ Asking: $250,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $50,000 | 📈 Revenue: $250,000
📝 The essential IT shop in a small market. Seller financing available; 6-12 month timeline.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
#90 - Two-Market Transportation Business | Cheyenne, WY & Midland, TX
📍 Cheyenne, Wyoming and Midland, Texas
🏷️ Asking: $149,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $150,000 - $200,000 (owner-reported) | 📈 Revenue: $150,000 - $200,000
📝 Entry price below one year of the reported figure; the revenue-to-SDE ratio needs explaining in diligence. Retiring owner.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
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