{"id":561289,"date":"2012-06-27T05:44:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T09:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrbbd.wpengine.com\/vrbbmadison\/what-business-buyers-really-looking-for\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:44:15","slug":"what-business-buyers-really-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/what-business-buyers-really-looking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Business Buyers Really Looking For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The obvious answer is probably that most people are looking to buy a business that makes a lot of money. But the real answers may surprise you. Here is a list of just a few that buyers have mentioned:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pride of ownership<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A business that looks like fun to own and operate<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Happy employees<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Financial records that make sense<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good growth prospects<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A well-known or popular business<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A good track record<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A great location<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A seller who is willing to finance the sale<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A reasonable price<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, a buyer wants to make money when buying a business, but there is more involved, as the list above indicates. If you\u2019re even thinking about selling, a visit with a business brokerage professional will pay big dividends by finding out what local business buyers are really looking for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The obvious answer is probably that most people are looking to buy a business that makes a lot of money. But the real answers may surprise you. Here is a list of just a few that buyers have mentioned: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pride of ownership \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A business that looks like fun to own and operate \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [&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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-selling-a-business"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561289","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=561289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbmadison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}