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Business Brokers & M&A

Prove the business is bankable before exclusivity expires.

Defensible SDE, buyer global DSCR and a lender-ready acquisition package, so financing does not kill the sale.

Add-back bridge · FY2025Net income → CFADS
Reported net income 1120-S L21
$292,800
Depreciation Form 4562Defensible
+$92,300
Interest expense 1120-S L13Defensible
+$41,800
Owner excess salary 1125-E vs replacement $120kDefensible
+$145,000
Non-recurring legal (patent dispute) Settlement 03/2024Defensible
+$59,200
Personal vehicle lease Lease attachedConditional
+$12,880
Projected headcount savings Excluded from CFADSObjection
excluded
Cash flow available for debt service Memo exhibit C
$643,980
SDE
Disputed at the lender

Add-backs that supported the asking price get stripped in underwriting, the loan shrinks and the deal re-trades or dies.

Weeks
Lost to buyer financing

Buyers approach lenders with a CIM, not a credit package, and start underwriting from zero.

Exclusivity
Runs out

Every week in financing limbo risks the buyer walking or the seller re-listing.

Four people reviewing documents at a table

The number that supported the price has to survive underwriting.

Main Street business brokers and M&A intermediaries packaging acquisition debt for buyers

What changes

  1. 1ListingSpread the seller's returns and build the SDE schedule with evidence.
  2. 2LOIRun the buyer's global DSCR against the proposed structure.
  3. 3FinancingPackage the acquisition loan and share with preferred lenders.
  4. 4CloseDeliver Form 1919, 413 and 4506-C for both parties.

Defensible SDE

Every add-back carries a written justification and a defensibility rating, so the number that supported the price survives underwriting.

Buyer bankability check

Model the buyer's equity injection, seller note on standby and personal obligations to confirm global DSCR before the LOI.

Lender-ready acquisition memo

Business history, transition plan, Source & Use and collateral in the format SBA preferred lenders expect.

Seller financial package

Three years of spreads and a reconciled TTM that buyers and their lenders can trust during diligence.

$180k
Add-backs defended on a previously declined deal
Source: LoanPacket customer
10 yrs
Standard SBA 7(a) term for business acquisition
Source: SBA SOP 50 10 7.1
10%
Typical minimum equity injection on a change of ownership
Source: SBA SOP 50 10 7.1

Questions from business brokers & m&a

No. LoanPacket calculates and documents SDE and cash flow. Valuation remains the broker's or an independent appraiser's work.

Yes, through a tracked share link or a Word export the lender can adapt.

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