Todd Topliff

Business Broker & M&A Advisor | Main Street to LMM | Clear Valuations and Strategic Exits on the Florida Gulf Coast

[Todd Topliff @ToddTopliff]

@JoshuaBarzon @official_flo @FLAGALine @Floridaman @nbc6 @RonDeSantis @SunSentinel @FloridaTourism @FloridaGators I live in D, but the real ones know the best answer is B or C

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@mentze85196 If you like Florida in early June, you’ll be fine here.

Active in mornings, inside from 11-5, then back outside after 5.

Make sure where you live has a good sheriff

If you have kids, look into the Step-Up scholarship to send them to private schools

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@realEstateTrent Ok, business broker here.

3-5% is what I get on business brokerage deals of this size.

My broker asks for much more.

On a CRE deal at $10MM? Might be 2% total. Or flat fee….

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@BobbyBizScout No chance. I would encourage the seller to find a capable buyer that wont have to worry about such clauses.

There are more buyers than businesses

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But we also know somebody who has been chosen to play on one of the most elite teams in the country

That kid is a certified stud.

He’s like 10 and his older brother Just missed the cut for his age group in the same program.

I hope those boys grow tall enough to play because they’ll be on TV someday

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@PaulSpacey My twin girls are now U14.

Talented but skill deficient.

Some mature a little earlier, I’m interested in seeing which of these girls continue excelling

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I went to school with a guy who was good. Better than average. Knew him 10th-12th grade

In 12th grade he blossomed, went D1, won awards, played in MLB until he got injured.

Very definition of a late bloomer.

The best 12 year old I ever heard of barely started on my high school team.

You never know

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@SenAdamSchiff ChatGPT statement. — Can’t even write this himself —

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@BenjaminMClark @SMB_Attorney If I was sitting in your chair, I’d probably say the same thing and 999,999 times out of a million, it would be correct.

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@Will_Schryver Followed your content for a long while.

This has been your path.

Good luck

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so many offers. so many that make sense for both sides.

hold the line.......

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@Cernovich @beauhightowerdn 51 years old and it’s not at all easy…..

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@JackieHirsch_ @paulswaney3 I love the ChatGPT LOIs that have em dashes and lines separating each section.

[Rob Brooks @therobertbrooks]

Home services SMB on X is a hell of a place. One of the top reasons is the general willingness for Owners, CEOs and Operators from different companies being willing to share information.

I am very intentional on who and when I reach out for advice based on the situation, but literally every time I have received a response in a matter of minutes.

Reached out to @StrongpointRich about hiring this morning, on a Sat, and had a response in 10 min.

Sent a message to @A_LastingLegacy this week and had a response almost immediately validating a decision around an acquisition.

I've spent hours talking to @spann_sbm because we are in a similar place with a similar starting point

@Will_Schryver has a shop 8 minutes from my house, but since I'm never home we speak on the phone regularly sharing information about the market and strategy.

I've had an invitation to meet with @JPRbiz for months, but I haven't been able to find the time (all my fault)

@thehvacjack has given me input on trucks (Mavericks rock.. I now have 5 in the fleet) in about an hour after sending him an email.

@WilsonCompanies answers my questions for a few hours a week on my drive back and forth to the shop. (Podcast)

This has all unlocked my ability to be super confident in quick decision making and execution, which has led to our high levels of growth in such a short time. Without it I'm not sure where I would be, but I'm sure I wouldn't be as far along as I am.

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Parents who don’t watch their kids at indoor fun parks should not be surprised when someone with a younger brother puts them in their place.

*not my kids — just something I watched happen today

We’re raising a generation of menaces

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Cape Coral features over 400 miles of navigable waterways, giving it the largest canal system of any city in the world.

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@OpsVaultOnline Yes, a lot of moving parts on this one

Honestly, I’m waiting for some doctor to buy it for his daughter and become the medical director

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Now live: Medical Aesthetics Clinic in SW Florida

• $75K asking
• ~$30K net income
• Owner works ~2 days/week
• Low overhead ($1K/month rent)
• Injectables + skin treatments

Clear upside with more time + focus

DM for details

[Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) @BauerOutage]

Hypothetical: You’re the owner of an MLB team. I offer to take $0 salary and sign a minor league contract and go to Low A.

If the “he sucks now” crowd is right and I get lit up, you cut me, lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.

If the “clubhouse cancer” crowd is right, you see it immediately at Low A and cut me. You lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.

If there’s massive negative PR, which we already know there won’t be, you just cut me and move on. The story is dead in a couple days, you lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.

But, assuming none of those things happen, which they obviously wouldn’t, if you like what you see, you can promote me to AA and re evaluate me there. Then AAA. Then the big leagues. If I earn it, which you’d be 100% in control of deciding. If you don’t think I’m good enough, you lose $0 and there’s no risk to the big league club.

You could take away my “antics”. You could take away my social media. You could ask anything of me. If I don’t comply, you cut me, lose $0, and there’s no risk to the big league club.

What logical reason is there to not do this? At worst, you cut me and there’s no risk to the big league club. At best, you get a Cy Young winner for $0 who you know can still pitch and could help the big league team if and when you see fit.