Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business

And it, you know, it's, it's cool. Find people that are like you. And it's. I feel like it's tough because I I'm a very, like, unique person.

I feel like I'm very, like, I'm super motivated. A lot of people, like, don't want to do as much as I do. Be, like, as risky as I am.

So it's. It's. It's. You know, who can you talk to that understands? And I'm. I have now I hired a business coach. I'm talking to a mentor through score, the SBA program, which is fantastic, by the way.

It's free, and it's. It's helpful. Not that, you know, they're running my business, but it's nice to say, hey, I got an idea. You know, I got this marketing idea.

Let me bounce it off you. What do you think? And they're like, I did it. Don't do it. Like, okay, you just save me three grand, you know, so find people earlier than you think you need them.

Great. Zack. And on the finances of the business, we've heard you say a couple times that it was too good to be true or that. That the purchase price for the earnings, the reported earnings or the claimed earnings. Too good to be true.

Right.

So what did you. What did you find about the actual earnings and revenue of this business?

When you got in there, day one, it was quiet. Phones were not ringing. Nothing was happening.

My guys are going home early. And it was. It was like that for months, several months. I would, you know, just sit, waiting.

What do I do? This guy never advertised once in 40 years. He was a part of the Chamber of Commerce. You know, he sometimes network, but it was all word of mouth.