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NumanKnows turns scattered listings into a guided path to your first acquisition, from first search through diligence and close.

  • Scanning broker networks and marketplaces
  • Normalizing inconsistent listing data
  • Scoring fit against your buy box
  • Checking SBA financing math

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From first search to closing day

A structured path through every phase of a deal, so nothing falls between finding a listing and signing at the table.

01

Find

Pull together relevant opportunities from fragmented sources without monitoring every marketplace yourself.

02

Understand

Normalize inconsistent listing data, see what's missing, and trace every fact back to its source.

03

Evaluate

Decide whether a deal fits your thesis, capital, financing path, risk tolerance, and operating ability.

04

Act

Get guidance on outreach, broker conversations, lender pre-qualification, CIM review, and LOI readiness.

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The analysis a first deal needs, on every listing

Run the numbers, learn what to ask, and walk into the broker call prepared, whether this is your first look at a business or your fortieth.

A scorecard that shows its math, and your walk-away number

Every listing is graded Strong, Caution, or Pass against your buy box with SBA debt-service math stress-tested for higher rates and lower earnings. The walk-away number is the highest price the deal can carry and still clear every test after your salary.

Ask the deal anything

Deal chat has read the listing, your documents, and the scorecard math. It reviews an NDA or LOI against the deal and builds a closing plan.

Know where the ask sits

Comps place the asking multiple against similar listings. The leverage brief turns that, the gaps in the listing, and the broker’s incentives into talking points.

Bring listings in your way

Capture a listing with the browser extension, paste a URL, or work from Claude and ChatGPT over MCP. A REST API is included on every plan.

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Diligence that teaches as you go

Each checklist item says what it is, how to get it, what a red flag looks like, and when to call your CPA or attorney. Teams can save their own checklist as a template.

Find the lender, CPA, or attorney for this deal

The advisor directory ranks buyer-side professionals by fit and shows buyer reviews, including the negative ones. Any sponsored slot is labeled, sits beside the ranked results, and never touches your deal’s analysis.

Read the Buyer Charter

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Six phases, one guide
Every acquisition, start to finish

Sourcing

Build a steady pipeline of listings

Evaluating & financing

Sanity-check numbers and SBA fit

Negotiation & the LOI

Set price, structure, and terms

Diligence

Verify what the seller told you

Closing

Finalize agreements and transfer

Post-close ownership

The first 90 days as owner

Learn the process, not just the listings

Most first-time buyers lose money to mistakes they didn’t know to look for. Learn sourcing, financing, diligence, and closing before you’re deep in a deal.

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Built for buyers. Not sellers.

No listing fees, no seller tools, no conflicts of interest. Just a workspace built around finding and closing your acquisition.

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4,091 active listings

1,236 with a stated location, mapped across 45 states

Brokered and off-market businesses we are tracking right now, so your search is not limited to whichever marketplace you happened to check.

Questions, answered

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