{"id":560761,"date":"2012-06-27T08:05:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrbbd.wpengine.com\/vrbbmadison\/dispelling-buyer-myth\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:43:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:43:58","slug":"dispelling-buyer-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/dispelling-buyer-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispelling a Buyer Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Most prospective business buyers really don&#8217;t know from the outset the exact type of business they want to buy. Experienced business brokers and intermediaries know that many business buyers end up with what is sometimes a far cry from what first captured their imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, the old story of the buyer who saw (and probably smelled) a doughnut shop in his business dreams. This was the business he was sure he wanted to own and operate &#8211; until he discovered that someone, most likely him, had to get up at 3 a.m. to make the day&#8217;s baked goods. It is important that, before making the dream a reality, those prospective buyers understand just what the business is and how it fits their personalities &#8211; what they want to do and what they don&#8217;t want to do! Obviously, if getting a good night&#8217;s sleep is important, owning a doughnut shop is not a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>In searching for the right business, here are some of the crucial questions a prospective business buyer might ask himself or herself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Does the business look exciting and interesting to me?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Do I feel that I can improve the business?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Would the business offer me pride of ownership?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Would I feel comfortable operating the business?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Professional business brokers can offer many different businesses for a prospective buyer to consider. Prospective business buyers can discuss their needs and wishes with a professional business broker who can then show them opportunities that they might never discover on their own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most prospective business buyers really don&#8217;t know from the outset the exact type of business they want to buy. Experienced business brokers and intermediaries know that many business buyers end up with what is sometimes a far cry from what first captured their imagination. Take, for example, the old story of the buyer who saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-a-business"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}