
Hiding in Plain Sight on BizBuySell: $800k SDE for 2x
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Joe Ziolkowski found the deal of a lifetime — a $10m manufacturing business — by expanding his filters on BizBuySell.
Topics in Joe’s interview:
- Investing with a friend in real estate
- Backing out of a Mr. Rooter deal
- Acquiring a restoration business
- Dealing with insurance in restoration
- Making a bad operations hire
- Selling the business at a profit after 6 months
- Acquiring a wood veneer manufacturing company
- Getting a great deal on both businesses
- Seller’s daughter staying on as VP
- Why it’s impossible to start a wood veneer business
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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