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How much does a business valuation cost? The honest answer: it depends on what kind of report you need, and the range is...
10/01/2026

How much does a business valuation cost?

The honest answer: it depends on what kind of report you need, and the range is wide enough that asking for the wrong one is the most expensive mistake in the process.

A rough estimate for negotiation purposes and a comprehensive report that stands up in court are entirely different products. Buyers who order more report than the deal needs burn money. Buyers who order less than the situation demands pay for it later, with interest.

This piece breaks down the types of valuation reports, what drives the cost of each, and how to buy exactly as much valuation as your situation requires.

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What drives the cost of a business valuation, why quotes vary so widely, and the four choices you make that decide the price before anyone starts work.

Who do you actually hire when you need a business valued?It's a fair question, because the market is confusing: accounta...
09/28/2026

Who do you actually hire when you need a business valued?

It's a fair question, because the market is confusing: accountants, CBVs, brokers, and online calculators all claim to do it, at wildly different prices, producing wildly different things.

The right answer depends on what the valuation is for. A deal negotiation, a shareholder dispute, a tax reorganization, and a court proceeding each need a different professional and a different kind of report, and hiring the wrong one means paying twice.

This guide sorts out who does what, what a Chartered Business Valuator actually adds, and how to match the professional to your situation.

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Who to hire for a business valuation, what the CBV designation means, and why the person you pick matters less than what you ask them for.

You found a problem after closing, but you can't put an exact dollar figure on it yet. Have you lost your claim?This que...
09/21/2026

You found a problem after closing, but you can't put an exact dollar figure on it yet. Have you lost your claim?

This question matters more than it sounds like it should. Purchase agreements set deadlines for indemnity claims, and buyers sometimes sit on a known problem while they try to quantify it perfectly, only to watch the notice period expire.

The good news: a claim you can't fully quantify yet is usually still a claim you can make, if you give notice properly and on time.

This piece explains how notice provisions actually work, what you need to say before the deadline, and why waiting for a perfect number is the wrong move.

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Missing the post-closing adjustment deadline does not automatically end a claim. The adjustment and the indemnity run on two separate clocks.

What does buying a business in Canada actually involve, start to finish?The short version: finding the target, agreeing ...
09/17/2026

What does buying a business in Canada actually involve, start to finish?

The short version: finding the target, agreeing on a letter of intent, doing the due diligence, negotiating the purchase agreement, and closing. The long version is where deals are won and lost, because each stage has decisions that can't be unwound later.

Asset deal or share deal. What conditions to attach. What the diligence needs to catch. What survives closing and for how long.

This guide walks the whole process in order, in plain language, so you know what's coming before you're in the middle of it.

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Buying a business in Canada: how the process works, whether a non-resident can buy, how deals get financed, and what to check before you commit.

Want to know the most expensive mistakes buyers make in a letter of intent?They're rarely dramatic. Nobody forgets the p...
09/14/2026

Want to know the most expensive mistakes buyers make in a letter of intent?

They're rarely dramatic. Nobody forgets the price. What kills deals, or costs buyers six figures without anyone noticing until much later, are the small ones: making the whole document binding by accident, giving away exclusivity without a deadline, skipping the deposit terms, or conceding deal structure before the tax advice comes in.

LOI mistakes have a way of following a deal all the way to closing, because sellers treat every concession as settled even when the document says non-binding.

Here are the most common LOI mistakes, why each one hurts, and what to write instead.

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The five mistakes buyers make most often in a letter of intent, and why the expensive ones are all about what the document leaves out.

Does the format of a letter of intent actually matter?More than you'd think. A one-page offer scribbled in an email and ...
09/10/2026

Does the format of a letter of intent actually matter?

More than you'd think. A one-page offer scribbled in an email and a structured LOI with defined binding terms can both start a deal, but only one of them protects you when the deal gets contested.

The best format isn't the longest one. It's the one that separates what binds you (confidentiality, exclusivity) from what doesn't (price, structure), states the conditions clearly, and gives the seller nothing to argue about later.

This guide breaks down the format that works, section by section, and why each piece earns its place.

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There is no prescribed format for a letter of intent. Here is the choice that actually matters, and how to lay one out so it is easy to negotiate.

What should you actually check before buying a private business? Every buyer knows to look at the financials. Far fewer ...
09/07/2026

What should you actually check before buying a private business?

Every buyer knows to look at the financials. Far fewer check the tax accounts, the employee entitlements that transfer automatically under Ontario law, the contracts that die on a change of ownership, or the litigation history of the seller.

The difference between a smooth closing and an expensive surprise is usually a checklist item someone skipped.

This piece gives you the due diligence checklist we work from: the documents to demand, the registries to search, and the questions that catch the problems sellers hope you won't ask about.

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A due diligence checklist scaled to a private Ontario acquisition, plus the four Ontario searches most checklists leave off, and how to run it.

How long does due diligence actually take when you buy a business? Longer than most buyers plan for, and that mismatch c...
09/03/2026

How long does due diligence actually take when you buy a business?



Longer than most buyers plan for, and that mismatch causes real problems: financing deadlines that expire mid-investigation, sellers who get impatient, and buyers who cut corners to hit a date they picked before they knew what they were checking.



The process runs in stages: assembling the document requests, reviewing the financials and contracts, chasing the gaps, and negotiating what you find into the purchase agreement.



This guide lays out the process step by step, what happens in each stage, and the realistic timeline for a private business deal in Ontario.

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The due diligence process step by step, how long it really takes, and what happens at each stage when you are buying a business in Ontario.

You're ready to make an offer on a business. What actually goes in the letter of intent?More than price. A good LOI sets...
08/31/2026

You're ready to make an offer on a business. What actually goes in the letter of intent?

More than price. A good LOI sets the deal structure, the deposit, the conditions, the exclusivity period, and the timeline, and it decides which of those promises bind you and which stay negotiable.

Get it right and the rest of the deal runs on rails you laid down. Get it wrong and you spend the next three months negotiating uphill against your own signature.

This guide walks through each section of a strong LOI and what it should say, in plain language, with the buyer's leverage protected.

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What to write in a letter of intent when buying a business: the terms to include, and the two clauses buyers most often leave out.

Everyone tells you to do due diligence before buying a business. But what does that actually mean?Due diligence is the o...
08/27/2026

Everyone tells you to do due diligence before buying a business. But what does that actually mean?

Due diligence is the organized investigation of everything you're about to pay for: the financials, the contracts, the employees, the tax history, the litigation nobody mentioned, and the liabilities that transfer with the deal.

It's the stage where good deals get confirmed and bad deals get caught. Skip it or rush it, and the problems you didn't find become yours at closing, at full price.

This piece explains what due diligence covers, who does what, and why the boring checklist work is what saves buyers from the expensive surprises.

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Due diligence means different things in a business purchase, a safety inspection and a background check. Here is what the phrase covers and what to check.

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