Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) is joined by Clint Fiore (@ClintFiore), to talk about 2 War Stories where we get the broker's perspective. We have an aging owner, health issues, family dynamics, and Key operators involved. Then we have a second Deal where there’s some creative financing that must happen in order for the Deal to come through.-----Thanks to our sponsors!* CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that want to focus on growth with a “client service first” approach. They offer a full suite of accounting services, including sophisticated reporting, QuickBooks software solutions, and full-service payroll options.-----* Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!* Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.-----Show Notes:(0:00) - Introduction to Weird & wonderful War Stories with Clint Fiore(1:07) - Our sponsor is Cloudbookkeeping.com(3:39) - 1st story: The owner has a terminal illness & wants to sell(7:30) - Walk us through a normal valuation process: How many sellers agree with it?(8:00) - A seller’s perspective on minority owners: Avoid these mistakes.(11:35) - There’s a systemic risk: General Manager needs to be involved in the Deal(14:01) - Is it possible to use Equity instead of cash? Did you need third-party appraisals?(19:25) - What is special about management buyouts?(22:35) - 2nd story: Winning through a creative earn-out (25:34) - How to identify your low-hanging fruit for businesses on sale(28:22) - What did you turn around to add that value?(33:30) - What makes a seller pull out after LOI(40:09) - How did you establish an earnout scheme?(46:02) - Begin with the end in mind is my biggest advice-----Links:* https://cloudbookkeeping.com/-----Past guests on Acquanon include Nick Huber, Brent Beshore, Aaron Rubin, Mike Botkin, Ari Ozick, Mitchell Baldridge, Xavier Helgelsen, Mike Loftus, Steve Divitkos, Dzmitry Miranovich, Morgan Tate and more.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:#96 From W-2 to Business Owner - Patrick Dichter tells us how to cold reach seller and we discuss 2 Deals#92 Wait... what? You laid-off 90% of your staff?!? - Pete Erickson joined us for an exciting WarStories episode!#87 Yelp is not evil! Building a business using digital CAC - Featuring Johnny Robinson from Orange Window Cleaning#79 What do Investors want? - Dig into an investor’s mind with Bradford Hardin#75 SBA Loan Secrets with Heather Endresen, expertise from a Billion-Dollar Loaner