For Ambitious Professionals Ready to Own Something Real

Buy a $1M+ Cash-Flowing Business WITHOUT Starting From Scratch

(Even if you have never bought a business or don't know where to start)

Learn how first-time buyers actually pay for and close their first $1M+ business, taught by a Wall Street dealmaker who has structured more than $200 million in deals. No startup gamble, no theory, just how the money comes together and how to make your first real offer.

Book a 15-minute call to see if you qualify

15 minutes on the phone. We'll look at where you are, what you're trying to buy, and tell you honestly if this is your next move.

100% free. No obligation. Takes 30 seconds.

On your call with our team

Here's what we'll cover

A real picture of where you stand.

We will look at your cash, your timeline, and your situation, and tell you honestly whether this is a realistic move for you right now.

How the money actually works.

Which loans banks say yes to, how the seller can help fund the deal, and how much of your own cash you would really need. The part almost nobody explains in plain English.

Your first 90 days.

A clear plan for what to look for, how the money would come together, and what your first real offer could look like, even if you are starting from zero.

The market, not marketing

We don't sell you a result. Here is what the data actually shows.

Every number below comes from a published, dated, third-party source. None of it is a forecast of what you will do. It is the market this program teaches you to operate in.

7,003

SBA loans approved for business purchases in 2025

$8.29 billion in acquisition lending, up 34.6% from the year before, averaging $1.18 million per loan. The financing path this program teaches is not theoretical. It funded seven thousand purchases last year.

SBA 7(a) loan-level disclosure data, fiscal year ended 30 Sept 2025.

1.93%

Default rate on SBA acquisition loans

Against 2.71% for all other SBA lending. Lenders treat buying a profitable business as safer credit than most of their small-business book, which is exactly why a well-built loan package gets approved.

SBA 7(a) loan-level disclosure data, FY2025.

74%

Of completed acquisitions produced a gain

Roughly one in four lost money. That is the honest picture of buying a small business: most work, a real minority do not, and the difference is almost always the homework done before the deal.

Stanford GSB 2026 Search Fund Study, data through 31 Dec 2025.

58%

Of tracked buyers actually closed a deal

Across 862 funds formed in the US and Canada since 1984. Read the other half honestly: four in ten searchers never buy anything, and it takes a median of about 20 months to get there.

Stanford GSB 2026 Search Fund Study, published 13 July 2026.

US businesses facing an ownership change by 2035

Around one million are expected to actually sell, roughly $5 trillion in value and about 12 million jobs. More than half of US small-business owners are now over 55.

McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility, February 2026.

149

Median days a listed business sits before it sells

The fastest pace since 2017, on 2,599 closed sales in a single quarter, up 8% from the year before. Prepared buyers win deals because most of the field is not prepared.

BizBuySell Insight Report, Q3 2025.

6.2x

Typical price, versus one year of profit

~20

Median months from search start to close

862

Buyers tracked since 1984

What these numbers are not. Search fund data describes investor-backed buyers acquiring much larger companies with institutional money behind them. That is a different profile from a self-funded buyer using an SBA loan on a smaller business, which is the path this program is built for. These figures are market context. They are not a projection of your outcome, and no part of this program should be read as one.

No results are promised. This program teaches a financing and diligence process. It does not guarantee that you will find a business, get a loan approved, close a deal, or earn any particular return. Buying a business involves real risk, including the risk of losing the money you put in and of personal liability on a loan guaranty.

Sources: Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2026 Search Fund Study, published 13 July 2026, data through 31 December 2025. US Small Business Administration 7(a) loan-level disclosure data, fiscal year 2025. McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility, February 2026. BizBuySell Insight Report, Q3 2025. Figures are current as of the date shown and are not updated continuously.

Buying vs. building, honestly

Starting from zero means building demand, systems, and cash flow all at once, and about half of new businesses do not survive five years. Buying means inheriting all three, and inheriting the loan used to buy them. Neither path is safe. They just fail differently.

~50%

of new US businesses are gone within five years. Buying an established, profitable one means someone else already carried the riskiest part of that curve.

74%

of completed acquisitions produced a gain for the buyer. About one in four lost money. The difference is almost always the homework done before the deal.

Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics business survival data; Stanford GSB 2026 Search Fund Study.

Developed By

Misha Levit

Founder of Levit Capital Partners

Misha spent years on the lender's side of the table, structuring the money behind acquisitions and sitting across from first-time buyers. He has structured more than $200 million in deals, and he has read the files that got approved and the files that got turned down. The gap between them is smaller, and far more learnable, than most buyers think.

Almost everyone teaching this shows you how to shop for businesses. Misha shows you how a lender decides yes or no, long before you fall in love with a listing.

✓ Built from the lender's side of the table, not from one lucky deal
✓ Covers every real way these businesses get financed, and how the money fits together
✓ Every lesson comes with the template, the checklist, and the real numbers behind it

Straight answers

Questions worth asking before you book

How long does this actually take?

On their own, the average buyer takes around 20 months, and roughly 4 in 10 never buy at all. This program is built to get you moving in your first 90 days: what to look at, how to pay for it, and how to make a real offer. Finding and closing the right business still takes as long as it takes, but you will not be wandering.

How much cash do I really need?

For an SBA loan, you generally need to put in at least 10% of the purchase price yourself. Part of that can sometimes come from the seller, but plan on needing real six figures of your own money for a $1M+ business. Anyone promising you can do it with almost nothing down is selling you a story.

Am I personally on the hook?

Yes. With almost every SBA loan, you personally guarantee it. If the business cannot pay, you are responsible for the debt. We would rather you understand that now than after you sign.

What are the odds I actually close a deal?

About 58% of tracked buyers ever closed a deal. Four in ten never bought anything. The people who make it are almost always the ones who understood the money before they started looking.

Do you find deals for me?

That depends on how you work with us. In the group program, we hold your hand through the whole process while you stay in the driver's seat. In our done-for-you service, we do the heavy lifting: we help you find the business, run the due diligence, and stay with you all the way to close. Either way, you are the buyer and the one who signs. We work for you as your advisor, we are not the seller's broker, and we do not lend you the money or arrange your loan.

What is the call?

Fifteen minutes on the phone to see whether our paid program is a fit for your situation. No obligation, and you get a straight answer either way.