Leveraging Debt for Successful Business Acquisition

Pete Ciaverilla bought a $12m HVAC business, then grew earnings 50% in 3 years. His timing couldn't have been better.

Topics in Peter’s interview:

• Combining households with his parents while searching
• Using a buy-side advisor
• Funding less than 5% of the deal himself
• Transitioning the seller’s family out of the business
• Buying a company with 65 employees, $12M in revenue
• Advantages of buying a bigger company
• Balancing commercial and residential HVAC
• Impact of seasonality on revenue
• Why private equity likes HVAC
• Feeling comfortable with taking on a large loan

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