JackQuisitions - Small Business Acquisitions in Home Service #9 How One Operator Is Making Big Waves in Business Acquisitions
Want to buy a small business using smart deal structures like earnouts, seller financing, and low-risk offers? In this episode of Jackquisitions, host Jack Carr sits down with Chris Barr, a first-time buyer navigating the ups and downs of business acquisitions—from walking away from bad fits to crafting a $900K cash-plus-earnout offer for a pressure washing company.
Learn how Chris is sourcing off-market deals, avoiding shady broker tactics, and building a personal brand that attracts sellers. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how new acquirers can finance service businesses, evaluate seller terms, and structure deals that actually close. If you're buying a business or scaling through acquisition, this episode is packed with actionable insight.
⚡ What you’ll learn
- Why Chris walked away from an art-framing shop that didn’t fit his criteria
- How a pool-route deal fell through—and the red flags you should watch for with brokers
- The numbers behind a $900 K cash-at-close + earnout offer for a thriving pressure-washing business
- Proven frameworks for earnouts, seller notes, and revenue-share agreements that reduce risk and align incentives
- Tips for building a credible personal brand (see his Quick Staffers journey) to source off-market deals
- Step-by-step due-diligence tactics, valuation shortcuts, and negotiation language you can use today
- When to pivot, when to persist, and how to decide if a deal really moves the needle
Whether you’re a first-time buyer, an operator expanding a portfolio, or a service-business owner curious about exits, this conversation is packed with actionable M&A strategy, deal structuring hacks, and outreach scripts that close.
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