Greyson Boerner spent years chasing startups before a vague listing for a "furniture repair company" turned out to be a 28-year-old church pew restoration shop doing $400,000 in SDE. He paid 3x, financed it self-funded SBA to keep 89% of the equity, and is on pace for $2 million in revenue in year one — up about 50%.

A 1982-vintage independent auto repair shop in Mahoning County, Ohio is listed at $295,999 against $152,961 of SDE. That is 1.94x, below the bottom quartile for Ohio auto repair. Jordan walks the SBA math, the 40.2% margin question, and the one thing that decides whether this is a bargain or a job with a note attached.

After 25 years in corporate IT, Gina Rosen bought Seasons Jewelry, an Atlanta wholesaler she'd been a customer of, for about $425K with no SBA loan. She took no salary, found the missing sales function, and grew sales 42%

A four-year-old residential HVAC company in Fort Myers, Florida, asking $350K on $127K of SDE. We run the multiple, the full SBA math, and whether the license leaves with the seller.

Enrique Rodriguez bought MAC General, a Sterling, VA electrical contractor, for $450,000 all-cash. One year later revenue went from $1.35M to a projected $4M.

A single-site car wash in Tracy, CA asking $550,000 on $102,000 SDE. We run the SBA math, and the post-debt cash flow tells the story.

Patrick Beal left tech to buy a sub-$1M HVAC company from a retiring neighbor in Northeast Ohio — $370K, 90% seller-financed, no SBA. Two years later it's doubled to $2.5M and on pace for $3.5M+.

Jordan breaks down a current BizBuySell listing — an off-premise catering company in Westchester County, NY, asking $550K on $214K SDE. Full SBA 7(a) math, three due-diligence priorities, and a conditional pursue verdict.

Evan DiLeonardi bought a rural-Ohio commercial cleaning company for $1.6M with a 90% SBA loan, 5% seller note, and 5% down — then watched a six-month closing delay and a rotten inside crew nearly gut it. How he defended a $500K SDE in year one, and why the transition is the real risk.

Jordan breaks down a real BizBuySell laundromat listing in the New York City metro asking $340,000 on about $90,000 of SDE, runs the full SBA math, and delivers a binary verdict on whether the thin post-debt cushion is worth it.