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Kyle Boyden & Jake Furfaro bought tiny cleaning companies, five times. While painful, it taught them ops & integration.
Topics in Kyle and Jake’s interview:
- Leaving a “cushy sales job” to buy a business
- Doing no due diligence on the first acquisition
- Cons of property management
- Trading property management for janitorial
- Buying very small cleaning businesses
- Losing faith in SBA loan underwriters
- Educating sellers about valuation
- Seller financing on all 7 deals
- Support from previous owners
- No more acquisitions for now
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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