Hey there - I’ve worked on acquisitions in the franchise space before. Just closed a deal for a resale of a client that bought multiple Jackson Hewitt franchise locations. Every franchisor typically maintains relationships with SBA banks that they’ve worked with before. The key thing is to ensure that the franchise that you’re looking to acquire is one that is SBA approved. In June when the SBA’s guidelines most recently changed, they brought back the SBA’s directory to ensure that the franchises that are getting funded are compliant. Below is a list to the data base for the franchise directory: redacted I’d be happy to chat more if it’s helpful. I run a commercial loan brokerage firm called Pioneer Capital Advisory that primarily works with business buyers using SBA financing to navigate through the SBA 7(a) financing process. Since January, we have helped over 40 business buyers close on deals with a collective total of SBA 7(a) financing exceeding $100 million If it would be helpful to connect - happy to answer any SBA questions - feel free to shoot me an email to redacted

I have great and terrible stories in franchising. I am part of one now that went from a billion in market cap to 30M and being delisted. Happy to discuss. I would build a portfolio of franchises if you want to go the franchise direction.