As a buyer , you should ask whatever to evaluate the business. The brokers might not be willing to send it as economy was slow, most of the business are for sale today just because their revenue was good in the last 3 years.

Regardless of whether it is financials, or other reports, successful buyers ask themselves not can I ask for this, but should I ask for this. In some cases, 5 or 10 years is absolutely necessary, in other cases, even 5 years old could be a waste of everyone's time. Successful buyers separate out the need to have, from want to have, from the curious about, and focus on the needs and the priority wants. They understand that the seller has limited time, and ultimately patience, to respond to what appears to be overreaching due diligence questions as they are trying to run the company. Also keep in mind, particularly if coming from the corporate world, that the reporting and data slicing that you were used to just isn't there or as easy to access (i.e., there is no financial and sales analytics division to run and produce this info).