The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast

How He Bought a $1M/yr Business With His Wife

September 11, 2026·49 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-ytSubscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (260,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/In this episode, Ronnie breaks down why he walked away from the company he'd run for 18 years to buy one that was finally his own, how he bought a $3.5M flooring company in Charleston without putting his wife or their paid-off home on the loan, and what it took to keep it running when the man who ran everything quit a month after closing.◼️ The man who ran the entire company quit one month after closing, and why they now call it the best thing that could have happened◼️ Why they spend nothing on marketing and still can't get the phone to stop ringing◼️ How they closed their SBA loan one day before the government shutdown froze new SBA lending across the country◼️ The imported tile that forced them to rip out a finished backsplash at their own cost, and the rule they made so it never happens again◼️ What a longtime flooring rep told Ronnie he was doing that people with 20 years in the trade weren'tFollow Helen:Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/

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