You know what makes me nervous? When I call the local SBA office and the phone # is "no longer valid" and the forwarding # is a college where no one has called back at all for HOURS!!!! Gahh! The nerve!
This business is worth much more than it's price. I could not start from scratch for less than double and probably closer to triple the price. Seriously. I know what I'm looking at. Obviously can't disclose, but this is without question, the chance of a lifetime and I will roll every dice I have on it.
So I contacted a local bank who does SBA loans. It's a bank that we used for a construction loan, so we have history with them. Sure, it's real estate, but it is a solid history of making things ourselves (we were the general). Looks like an SBA 7a loan will fit the ticket.
They assured me it is a slow process.
angela