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The 'how not to' guide
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I have seen so many mistakes with this. Buying or selling a lawn care business When I started mowing lawns, it was shortly after engines were invented. After I built my first lawn business, I got board. So I started selling my excess lawns. I then began selling the whole lawn business and building new ones. In the early years I made some major mistakes. When someone is selling a lawn business, there are two things that are nearly always true.
What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out…. A lot!!!There are a ton of small things that can happen to either throw the sale or lose half the clients. Fortunately, through trial and error, I have made most of the mistakes so you don't have to. There is a simple system that you can follow that will increase your chances of finding the perfect business massively. That sounds great, Stu, but how much are you going to charge for this???$100, $200, $300??? Here is the part that you're gunna to love. It's free on my website here. If you want a deeper dive, I have a video module training about that in my Skool community. Anyway, that's all I got today so… Get out there, mow lawns and have fun Stuart Lawnmowing101 PS. Just in case you are wondering, this will help you sell lawns too if you're on the other side of that equation. |
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