When he realized he was willing to do the work himself, Matthew Railla bought a $500k SDE termite inspection business.

Topics in Matt’s interview:

• His family’s culture of entrepreneurship
• His background running a winery
• Becoming a business broker
• Buying his own listing
• Buying a tough-to-sell business 
• Getting an SBA loan using the new partial buyout rules
• Crawling under houses himself to learn the trade
• Seller agreeing to teach him for 2 years
• The 3 branches of pest control
• His plan to expand the business

References and how to contact Matt:

• LinkedIn
• [email protected]
• https://www.toptermiteco.com

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