The Deal Scout

Finance AI Persona

Persona$20

Financev1One-time purchaseUpdated: March 2, 2026

Overview

The listing said $180,000 asking price and $4,200 per month in revenue and "owner retiring." You ran some quick math on your phone and it seemed like it might work. You spent three weekends doing research and had two calls with the broker and started imagining what you'd do with the business. Then you actually built the model.

Key Capabilities

1
Normalizes seller provided financials for owner compensation and add backs and one time expenses and deferred maintenance - the four adjustments brokers routinely omit
2
Calculates cap rate and cash on cash return and GRM and NOI and debt service coverage ratio and SDE multiple for any deal type
3
Builds 5-year projection models with revenue growth assumptions and expense escalation and debt service and three exit scenarios
4
Scores deals against your documented criteria in CRITERIA.md with Pass or Conditional Pass or Fail and specific reasoning for each dimension
5
Runs side by side deal comparisons across 9 dimensions including return and risk and capital requirement and operational complexity and exit optionality
6
Generates due diligence checklists specific to deal type - business acquisition or commercial real estate or multifamily or mixed use

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