100% Debt Financed Self-Funded Search Story

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by a professional from The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
in Austin, TX, USA

2yrs ago

100% Debt Financed Self-Funded Search Story

Great story of a self funded search.

$0 seller contribution 15% seller note 75% bank financing 182% hustle

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reply by a professional 2yrs ago
from University of Southern California in North Palm Beach, FL, USA

I've observed or been told about 1000s of people searching for businesses to buy, but they quit. My guess is some of them would've bought the right business the right way had they fully understood the lessons in this video. It's the kind of lessons I teach to my clients, which you can get, free, here simply by investing your time to watch the story

reply by a professional 2yrs ago
from The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX, USA

Peoples fear holds them back too much. If they have the right mindset, the learn the hard skills of the tools and have a crazy. Myself included. I worked on my mentor like crazy and watching Sara's story and hearing the parallels between mine & hers been super inspiring and I want other people to be inspired to take themselves to the next level.