The business selling process is not simple.  A business needs to be prepared, priced, and marketed correctly.  There is no "Multiple Listing Service" for businesses. Since confidentiality is often required, signs are seldom used, and the advertising must be generic and discreet.  Prospects have to be screened to eliminate the unqualified, the curious competitor, and those simply looking to "low-ball" an anxious seller. It's a time consuming, difficult, demanding process and your time is better spent operating your business and making money.

You not only need someone who is licensed in real estate, but you need someone who has a background in business, finance, and marketing.  Someone who understands the complete process of a business transaction, licensing issues, incorporation alternatives, and can discuss taxation and closure issues with you in language you will understand.  Someone who has been through what you've been through and who understands how important your business (or the revenue it represents) is to you.

And, you need someone who will keep you informed, who will communicate frequently with you, who understands how to use technology, can adapt to industry trends, who follows the local business scene, and through extensive experience and education, knows how best to professionally represent your business to the buyer market. 

You need Kirk Relford of RE/MAX Alliance. First licensed in 1981, Kirk has been specializing in business brokerage since 1999, and now as Broker/Associate with RE/MAX you have the benefit of a specialist and a large network working on your behalf.

"The practice of business brokerage, by its very nature, demands that a professional Business Broker and Intermediary possess an acumen for business operations and a respect for confidentiality well beyond that of non-business general practitioners in the residential and commercial real estate fields." - CABI