HOW TO GET LENDERS ATTENTION
I'm having trouble getting lending institutions to help me find ways to fund a business with less than 20% cash injection. They don't say that the business doesn't seem viable or that EBITDA isn't high enough.
This would be my first business purchase, and my third attempt at getting funding for a business. I hear a lot about LBO's but can't quite get the numbers right to secure that kind of financing. My credit score is 10 to 20 points below 800, depending on the agency.
Any advice or tools that I could use to maybe help me value a business in a way that would help with securing funds?
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I think you could benefit from using a loan broker. They can help with getting your foot in the door and with your pitch to make it more sellable to lenders. Talk with a few of them to see if any are a fit for you.
Make sure you are also modeling out your deal the way a bank would too. They don’t care about crazy growth, they care about getting repaid, which means stress testing your assumptions and making sure it keeps hitting all their ratios. When you’re interviewing these loan brokers, they can go into more detail and send you some templates.
Here's some quick info on the current business that I'm looking to fund, which is about 200K less that the last two businesses that I worked on financing.
Est. price: $400K
EBITDA: 3 year avg: 90K; 2020 est: 150K based on quarter 3 financials
Type Commercial lawn power equipment, sales and service. B2B (95%); B2C (5%)
I have a little more than 20K in cash, and another 80K that can be liquid within a week.