Door 3 — buy what exists
Restaurants are priced off the seller's earnings — a number sellers decorate. Enter the ask and the claimed earnings; we bracket the value the way brokers actually do, then ask the question that decides the deal: what happens to the permits and the liquor license when the business changes hands?
Everything to verify before a deposit — licenses, leases, equipment, health history, the books.
The SDE method in plain words, the add-backs sellers hide in, and when to walk.
Food permits, occupancy and the liquor license each follow different rules when a restaurant is sold.
Why a space that already held a restaurant opens in 1–3 months instead of 12–18 — and what to verify.
The full fee stack of a franchise against opening your own name — same dataset, no franchisor spin.
When buying wins, when building wins, and the three numbers that decide it.
Included in the $49 Opening Pack: the filled templates, trackers, calendars and worksheets for this door — built from the same dated datasets as the free checker above.