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Short reads on buying your first small business, adapted from Buy Your Way Out by Ricardo Garcia.

• Are you buying a business or buying yourself a job?

  The test I use on every deal: can the business pay someone to run it, cover its debt, and still leave money for the owner?

• How to look for a business to buy while keeping your day job

  Where deals come from, and a weekly routine that takes four or five hours.

• How much money do you need down to buy a small business?

  How the down payment works, where it can come from, and the risk that comes with it.

These articles are for educational purposes only and are not legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. Examples are illustrative.