The 'how not to' guide


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.
I wasn't just a lawn guy. I also had a sign-writing business, and I loved marketing. Z

After I built my first lawn business, I got board.
I liked the thrill of the chase and the building part, but when I was full, I couldn't do this anymore.

So I started selling my excess lawns. I then began selling the whole lawn business and building new ones.
I did this for over 30 years, and I learned a lot.

In the early years I made some major mistakes.
And most of these were selling to the wrong people.
Once I got fussy and nailed down my processes, I got my drop-off rate so low that I was putting a two-month warranty on the business I sold.
This was unheard of in the industry, but I was vetting my buyers well and charging top dollar, so I knew I could do it.

When someone is selling a lawn business, there are two things that are nearly always true.

  1. This is the first lawn business the seller has ever sold and…
  2. This is the first lawn business that the buyer has ever bought.

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.

Now I know what your are thinking…

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.

And thats free too. 🙂

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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