Buyer Preparation from Robbins Pellegrino
Know What You Can Buy.
Be Ready When It Appears.
ACQ Ready helps serious buyers establish lender-backed purchasing power, define the right acquisition target, prepare for industry-specific roadblocks, and become more credible to sellers.
One-time service: $2,500
Created by business intermediaries who understand what sellers, lenders, and transaction professionals need to see from a buyer.
Why Preparation Matters
Stop Browsing Businesses Without Knowing What Fits.
Most first-time buyers enter the acquisition market backward. They begin reviewing listings and pursuing opportunities before they understand their financing capacity, acquisition criteria, or the challenges associated with a particular industry.
That can lead to months of wasted time, unsuitable opportunities, and expensive surprises after a deal is already underway. ACQ Ready helps you establish the right foundation before that happens.
Unclear Purchasing Power
You do not yet know what acquisition size or financing structure is realistic.
Undefined Acquisition Target
Your industry, geography, ownership role, and business criteria are still too broad.
Limited Buyer Credibility
Sellers and brokers are less likely to prioritize buyers who are not prepared or prequalified.
What ACQ Ready Delivers
From Interested Buyer to Credible Acquisition Candidate
ACQ Ready is a focused, one-time preparation service. It is not an online course and it is not an open-ended coaching program. We work directly with you to determine what you want, establish what you can realistically purchase, and prepare you to pursue the right opportunities.
Clarity
Know what you want to buy and what ownership should look like for you.
Financial Reality
Establish a lender-supported purchase range, financing parameters, and likely timeframe.
Credibility
Present yourself to sellers, brokers, and lenders as a prepared and prequalified buyer.
Preparedness
Understand the primary roadblocks you may face in your preferred industry before entering a transaction.
Full Service Details
What You Receive
- Initial buyer-needs and acquisition-goals assessment
- Warm introduction to an appropriate acquisition lender
- Written lender prequalification
- Lender-supported purchase range and financing parameters
- Realistic acquisition timeframe
- Clearly defined acquisition mandate
- Professional Active Buyer profile
- Focused roadblock review for one primary industry
- High-level observations for up to two secondary industries
- Introductions to relevant transaction professionals based on your needs
- ACQ Ready Graduate designation
- Priority access to qualifying Robbins Pellegrino opportunities before public-market release
- Up to five preliminary screenings of buyer-submitted opportunities within 12 months
Every ACQ Ready buyer must complete lender prequalification. The lender's review includes available liquidity, so a separate proof-of-funds screening is not required by Robbins Pellegrino.
ACQ Ready Graduate
Active Buyer Designation
Upon completing all requirements, you receive the ACQ Ready Graduate designation—recognized by Robbins Pellegrino as a prepared, prequalified buyer.
The Process
A Clear, Practical Process
Initial Buyer Meeting
We discuss your background, goals, preferred industries, geography, desired role, timing, and non-negotiables.
Lender Prequalification
We introduce you to an appropriate acquisition lender and coordinate the prequalification process. The lender independently evaluates your financial capacity and liquidity.
Acquisition Strategy
We reconcile what you want with what you can realistically purchase, then identify the principal roadblocks associated with your primary target industry.
Graduation and Activation
We finalize your acquisition criteria and buyer profile. Once all requirements are complete, you become an ACQ Ready Graduate and can be activated in the Robbins Pellegrino buyer network.
Your Support Team
The Right Professionals, Introduced at the Right Time
Every buyer's situation is different. As part of ACQ Ready, Robbins Pellegrino makes warm introductions to experienced transaction professionals based on your specific needs — so you are working with people who understand business acquisitions, not starting from scratch.
SBA & Acquisition Lenders
Introduced to one or more lenders experienced in SBA 7(a) and conventional acquisition financing. Multiple introductions may be made depending on your situation.
Closing Attorney
A business transaction attorney who can review the purchase agreement, handle closing documents, and protect your legal interests through the deal.
QOE Analyst
A quality of earnings analyst who normalizes financials, identifies add-backs and adjustments, and flags reporting inconsistencies before you commit.
Insurance Agent
A commercial insurance professional who can assess coverage needs for the business you are acquiring — including liability, key-person, and industry-specific policies.
SBA Advisor
An advisor who helps structure an SBA loan for maximum efficiency, navigate SBA eligibility requirements, and understand how the SBA process interacts with your acquisition.
Additional Specialists
Environmental consultants, franchise advisors, commercial real estate counsel, and other professionals may be introduced depending on the industry or transaction type.
Introductions are made based on the buyer's specific situation, the target industry, and the stage of the process. Robbins Pellegrino does not provide legal, accounting, tax, or lending services — referred professionals operate independently and their fees are separate from the ACQ Ready service fee.
Graduate Benefit
See Qualifying Opportunities Before the Public Market
ACQ Ready graduates with current buyer information and lender prequalification receive priority access to qualifying Robbins Pellegrino opportunities before those businesses are released to the broader public market.
Early access is based on the fit between the opportunity and your documented acquisition criteria. It remains subject to seller authorization, confidentiality requirements, and execution of the applicable NDA.
Disclaimer: Early access does not guarantee that a particular opportunity will be available, that a seller will engage with the buyer, or that a transaction will be completed.
12-Month Graduate Benefit
Get a Professional First Look at Opportunities You Find
During the 12 months following graduation, you may submit up to five opportunities for preliminary screening by Robbins Pellegrino.
Each screening addresses
- Fit with the buyer's acquisition mandate
- High-level compatibility with the lender-supported financing range
- Basic cash-flow and debt-service feasibility
- Obvious operational, concentration, transition, or documentation risks
- A preliminary recommendation: Pursue, Hold for Information, or Pass
Fit Assessment
Is ACQ Ready Right for You?
Good Fit
- You are serious about acquiring a business
- You expect to pursue an acquisition within the next 6–24 months
- You are willing to complete lender prequalification
- You need help defining a realistic acquisition target
- You want to improve your credibility with sellers and brokers
- You want guidance evaluating whether opportunities deserve deeper attention
Not the Right Service If
- You only want access to business listings
- You are unwilling to disclose financial information to a lender
- You expect Robbins Pellegrino to locate businesses outside its own opportunity pipeline
- You need full buy-side representation, negotiation, due diligence, or transaction management
- You want ongoing coaching or indefinite readiness maintenance
Investment
Get Ready Before the Right Opportunity Appears
One-Time Fee
- Two primary strategy meetings with Robbins Pellegrino
- Lender introduction and prequalification coordination
- Acquisition mandate and buyer profile
- Primary-industry roadblock review
- Introductions to relevant transaction professionals as needed
- Pre-market opportunity matching
- Five buyer-submitted preliminary screenings available for 12 months
External deal sourcing, transaction representation, advanced financial analysis, due diligence, negotiation, and closing support are separate services.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Be Ready When the Right Business Appears.
Establish what you can buy, define what you should pursue, and enter the acquisition market as a more credible and prepared buyer.
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