Guides
Every guide on Dealbender, in reading order.
Due diligence, from signed contract to decision
What the diligence period in a small business or land purchase holds, who sets its dates and what the buyer decides when it ends.
- How to build a deadline register for a purchase contract
A table of a purchase contract's dates, built on the day of signing and checked every week until the closing money moves.
Negotiating after the contract is signed
How the terms of a small business or land purchase get reopened after signing, what the contract still allows and how a trade is written down.
- How to renegotiate after due diligence finds a problem
What gets said to the seller when diligence turns up something new, and how the trade that follows ends up in a signed amendment.
Closing day and the money that moves
The last days of a small business or land purchase, from the callback on the wire instructions to the funded closing and the seller's payout.
- How to verify wire instructions before a closing
The phone callback that confirms where closing money goes, made before anyone sends a wire.