I'm not buying ten businesses. I'm buying one, and it will get all of me. I'll learn it properly and take care of the people in it.
I've started businesses on my own before. This time I want to buy one that already works and keep it that way.
Most of what I know about fixing things, I learned on weekends. My grandpa would come over to help on our house, and we'd go help on his. My dad was a landscaper, and later he started renovating homes, and I was right there with him. They were my two biggest mentors, and I lost them both too soon, a year apart. Along the way I've worked for landscaping companies and run my own landscaping business. I've always been around people who build and fix things, and that's the world I want to build my future in.
One person, not a firm.
I'm not looking to flip anything. I want to own one good business for the long haul and look after it.
I like the trades because people will always need the work, and the best shops are built on years of trust. That's something I'd rather carry on than try to build from scratch.
Your team
The people who helped you build it keep their jobs and their standing.
Your name
The name on the trucks stays on the trucks. You earned it.
Your way with customers
However you treat people now is how they keep being treated.
I have my own capital set aside, and I'm open to structuring part of the price over time. You'd decide how involved you want to stay during the transition, whether that's a few weeks of introductions or a year of showing me the ropes.
And if selling isn't on your mind, I'd still like to hear from you. Fifteen minutes of advice on what makes a shop like yours work is worth a lot to me.
One good business in the trades: heating and air, plumbing, and the kind of work people will always need. A shop built on trust, with an owner who's starting to think about what comes next.
