This book provides you with step-by-step practical approaches and tips for analyzing a business for purchase, even if you are a novice business person. You’ll learn how to locate the best business for you, how to assess a fair market value, how to prepare a purchase offer, which negotiation strategies work best, which documents you need and how to close the sale. The appendices are chock-full of checklists and forms to help you analyze and close the sale.