🏗️ Real Estate-Backed & Asset-Heavy Deals: 8 Businesses For Sale 🏗️
Lenders love deals they can touch. When a business comes with buildings, land, equipment, or appraisals, the collateral backstops the loan, underwriting gets easier, and the buyer sleeps better. This issue collects every real-estate-backed and asset-heavy deal in our 68-deal pipeline: a beachfront rental portfolio reporting a 50% margin, a steel fabricator with property included, a 34-unit mobile home park, and five more. Reply to this email with the deal number(s) and we will send you the details.
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How this issue works: deal numbers carry over from our master pipeline (Issues #221 through #233), so if you already replied about a deal, the number is the same. Note the numbers that interest you and reply to this email with them. Most of these businesses are off-market and appear nowhere else, and a real person on our team reads and answers every reply.
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If you are serious about acquiring a business this year, this is the fastest path to a closed deal.
In this week's issue:
🏖️ Featured: Beachfront Vacation Rental Portfolio (Hampton Beach, NH) - $1M profit on $2M revenue
♻️ Featured: E-Waste Recycling & Data Destruction (Hillsboro, OR) - 55% margin, real estate on the table
🏗️ 6 more asset-backed deals including a steel fabricator with property and a 34-unit mobile home park
🧮 Deal Math of the Week: why collateral changes your financing conversation
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#54 - Beachfront Vacation Rental Portfolio
📍 Location: Hampton Beach, NH 🏷️ Asking Price: Open to offers (sale or partnership) 🆔 Business ID: Confidential 💰 Cash Flow: $1,000,000 (owner-reported profit) 📈 Gross Revenue: $2,000,000 📊 Business Type: Vacation Rental / Hospitality Real Estate 🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated 🔥 50% Reported Margin! | Scarce Coastal Real Estate! | Sale or Capital Partner!
✅ Key Highlights:
• $1M in profit on $2M in revenue, the economics of scarce beachfront supply in a summer-destination market.
• Coastal New Hampshire property is a genuinely scarce asset class; the real estate underpins the whole deal.
• The owner will sell outright or bring in a capital partner, which opens the deal to buyers at multiple check sizes.
• No anchor price, so serious buyers get to shape the valuation conversation from the first call.
🚀 Growth Opportunities:
• Dynamic pricing, shoulder-season packages, and direct-booking channels are standard levers most independent operators leave on the table.
• Ask us about the property mix and which units carry the revenue; that shapes both value and financing.
📌 Summary:
A rare beachfront cash-flow story where the downside is protected by dirt and the upside is operational. Partnership flexibility makes this reachable for more buyers than the headline suggests.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
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#15 - E-Waste Recycling & Data Destruction Company
📍 Location: Hillsboro, OR 🏷️ Asking Price: $4,500,000 🆔 Business ID: Confidential 💰 Cash Flow: $1,560,000 📈 Gross Revenue: $2,850,000 📊 Business Type: B2B E-Waste Recycling / Data Destruction 🏠 Ownership: Owner Operated 🔥 55% Cash Flow Margin! | Real Estate On the Table! | 2.9x Cash Flow!
✅ Key Highlights:
• $1,560,000 in cash flow on $2,850,000 in revenue, driven by a fee-free data destruction model powered by proprietary software.
• The owner has flagged both real estate and seller financing as open for discussion, which is what earns it a spot in this asset-backed issue.
• Recurring corporate disposal relationships, not one-off consumer drop-offs.
• The owner is selling because the business is ready to expand and he lacks the capital, the healthiest reason for sale there is.
🚀 Growth Opportunities:
• Data security regulation, ESG mandates, and device refresh cycles all push volume toward certified processors.
• A funded buyer inherits the expansion plan the current owner cannot execute.
📌 Summary:
At 2.9x cash flow with financing flexibility and property in the conversation, this remains one of the strongest deals in our entire pipeline. It has drawn interest since Issue #221; if it fits your buy box, do not wait.
🔒 Confidentiality: Financials available upon NDA.
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🧮 Deal Math of the Week: Why Collateral Changes Everything
Two deals, same price, same cash flow. One is a services business with no hard assets; the other comes with a building appraised at half the purchase price.
• Lenders can blend in SBA 504 or real-estate terms with longer amortization on the property portion, which lowers the annual payment.
• The collateral reduces perceived risk, which helps at the margin on pricing.
• The real estate gives you a floor value if the business underperforms.
Deals #10, #50, and #41 in this issue all carry that structure. When you compare two deals at the same multiple, always ask what is under the price. Reply and we will model the difference on any deal in this issue.
🕵🏼♀️ Direct-From-Owner Pipeline: Asset-Backed Deals
Every listing below comes with real estate, appraised assets, or significant equipment as part of the conversation. Figures are owner-reported and verified during diligence. Reply with the deal number(s) to request an introduction.
🏗️ Property & Equipment Included
#10 - Structural Steel Fabrication & Erection Company
📍 Massachusetts
🏷️ Asking: $3,000,000 (includes real estate) | 💰 Cash Flow: $250,000 | 📈 Revenue: $2,000,000
📝 Steel construction products with the property included in the price. Retirement sale, open to seller financing.
#41 - 34-Unit Mobile Home & RV Park
📍 Tracy, Minnesota
🏷️ Asking: $480,000 - $670,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $55,000 | 📈 Revenue: $80,000
📝 26 homes and 16 RV spots across 34 units; real-estate-backed cash flow with seller financing available. Retirement sale.
#50 - Timber & Sawmill Operation
📍 New Straitsville, Ohio
🏷️ Asking: $1,975,000 (appraisal) | 💰 Cash Flow: $300,000 (5-yr avg) | 📈 Revenue: $1,500,000 (5-yr avg)
📝 Priced at appraisal with land, equipment, and a biochar expansion project included. ASAP timeline.
🏨 Destination & Location-Anchored
#35 - Water Filtration Retail Business
📍 Captain Cook, Hawaii
🏷️ Asking: $6,000,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $2,500,000 | 📈 Revenue: $5,000,000
📝 A 50% margin operation in an island market where water quality is a permanent concern. Health-driven ASAP sale.
#36 - 70-Year-Old Retail Hardware & Pool Supply Store
📍 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
🏷️ Asking: $2,400,000 | 💰 Cash Flow: $250,000 | 📈 Revenue: $1,250,000
📝 Seven decades of location equity in the same community. Owner is simply ready.
#53 - Lakeside Inn & Tavern
📍 Stony Lake, Michigan
🏷️ Asking: TBD | 💰 Cash Flow: $200,000 | 📈 Revenue: ~$1,000,000
📝 Destination lakeside hospitality with a 71-year-old owner ready to fully retire. Ask us about the property conversation.
🤌🏼 Learnings Of The Week
📬 Interested in Any Business in This Issue?
Here is exactly what to do: reply to this email with the number of the listing (or listings) you want to learn more about, plus a line on what caught your eye. For example: "Send me #54 and #15."
We will come back to you with the details, the financials, and next steps. Most of these businesses are off-market and are not listed anywhere else, so this newsletter is the only place you will see them.
The vertical series wraps Friday with our most requested theme: The Under-$500K Board, thirteen deals you can buy without raising a fund.
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