Run the vacation test before close.

If the business needs the owner on every call, you bought a job with debt attached.

Owner out 30 days: what stops? Payroll? Vendor passwords? AI tools only they know?

Whatever stops is what you're actually buying.

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Diligence is a system, not a scramble. Most buyers sprint through it — 30 days, review once, hope nothing's missed. The best buyers use the same checklist every time. Build it once, use it every deal, improve it after each one.

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Documented process is the multiple. A buyer values what runs without you. A written system is an asset; one in your head is a liability. Write it down. Train the backup. Walk away. See what breaks. Fix it. Repeat.

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