The CDI Group

The CDI Group can help you by using our experience and know-how gained from over 40+ years of owning, managing, buying, selling businesses in the USA and Internationally. We know how to guide the client through all of the complex steps required to sell a business. The first step will be our review of the company's history and your objective to make... sure that a sale is the best course of action. This review includes a proprietary CDI Level 1 Estimate of Value and Financial Overview. This gives you and us an important view of your business. It also tells us what prospective Buyers and their Bankers will be seeing. There is no hiding from the numbers, so let's deal with the situation now, not later. When you, the Business Owner, decide to proceed with the sale of the business, we prepare custom-tailored presentation documents, develop buyer prospect lists from our contact files and other resources, make the proper approaches and screens the buyer prospects, and introduces only serious, qualified buyers to our Client. We will handle the entire transaction from the initial introduction of the buyer through closing, including coordination with attorneys, accountants, landlords, and most importantly bankers (lenders) for the Buyer if necessary. An owner may ask: "Why can't I sell it myself? The answer is, you can try, but there are several reasons why most owners choose not to: An owner representing himself cannot maintain anonymity and the lost confidentiality could seriously hurt the business. An owner may not be knowledgeable in current areas of law, accounting, taxes, and marketing of businesses for sale. An owner typically does not have the ability or time to contact, screen and qualify a large group of prospects to find a qualified buyer who is serious and will offer a fair price. An owner's talents are much more effectively utilized in running the business than in trying to sell the company. An owner generally would not have the experience, knowledge, and negotiating skills needed to sell their company ...Read More