Are you wondering about the process for selling a restaurant?  The steps are actually very straightforward.  Here's a guide from Certified Restaurant Broker Ken Eisenband on selling your restaurant - step by step.  It's a blueprint from start to finish.  Let us know what you think.

Step 1 - Preparing the Listing

Seller agrees that We Sell Restaurants has the exclusive right to sell the business at the agreed upon listing price and financing terms contained in the listing agreement.  This includes any other terms the seller agrees to.

Seller furnishes We Sell Restaurants all the necessary financial documents and data required like tax returns, lease, payroll records, etc.

We Sell Restaurants values the business by analyzing the data and in some cases, touring the facility.  A comparison to previously sold restaurants and current listings will be used to make sure we get the right listing price.  That’s critical in making sure we sell your restaurant for the most money in the shortest period of time.

Step 2 - Marketing the Listing

We Sell Restaurants will write the listing copy and search engine optimize your listing to get the greatest possible response. The listing is then email blasted to the most current database of buyers.  That buyer count now exceeds 65,000 and is growing daily. 

Step 3- Maintaining Confidentiality and Working with Buyers

We Sell Restaurants will require buyers to sign a confidentiality agreements and pre-qualify prior to releasing the name and address of the business.

The Buyer will visit the location as a secret shopper.  

We Sell Restaurants will set up a meeting with theSeller, Buyer and Broker to tour the faility and answre any questions. 

Step 4- Purchase Agreement 

We Sell Restaurants will prepare an Asset Purchase Agreement and collect the good faith deposit in escrow.  

Your restaurant broker will provide buyers with third party lending resources.

Offers will be presented by We Sell Restaurants to sellers.

Step 4- Due Diligence 

We Sell Restaurants will set up any meetings to tour the facilities and answer any questions.

Your restaurant broker will work to coordinate inspections or any other due diligence items. 

Step 5 – The Closing

For the final step, the We Sell Restaurants Certified Restaurant Broker will work with the closing agent to insure all material necessary will be provided to ensure a smooth closing for both the buyer and the seller.

All the steps taken during the process of buying and selling a restaurant run smoothly with the help of a Certified Restaurant Broker.  Are you ready to meet a broker in your area? Contact us today!   

Ken Eisenband, Certified Restaurant Broker®, CBI leads two offices for We Sell Restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in Florida with distinction and directs a team of Restaurant Brokers as a multi-unit owner. He is a member of the Business Brokers of Florida (BBF), where for multiple years, he has received the prestigious Dealmaker Award. Ken is licensed by the Florida Real Estate Commission as a broker and is an associate of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce and the Restaurant Vendors Association. Previously, Ken was a multi-unit supervisor for Ruby Tuesday’s, overseeing the opening of 25+ units, and has owned two independent restaurants, one of which was voted Best of Palm Beach County in 2009 by the readers of the Sun Sentinel.