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Nov 2024
1h 16m

Buying a Job to Build a Business

Will Smith
About this episode

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

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