Phase 03 of 05 · Services

Deal Structure & Financing

From signed LOI to funded close, with experienced eyes on every step

From LOI to funded close: structure, diligence, and the capital stack. This is where a good target becomes a good deal, or gets walked away from.

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Where it breaks

The LOI puts a first-time buyer across the table from people who negotiate deals for a living. Terms move faster than they can be modeled, and anything diligence misses becomes yours at close. The expensive mistakes live here.

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The command center

The deal, on a clock.

From LOI signature, exclusivity is a countdown. The member dashboard tracks the clock and every closing milestone, from diligence requests through the purchase agreement, so nothing slips while the days run.

Included with full membership, alongside the diligence workstream checklist and the document vault.

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The LOI timeline in the Five Experts command center: exclusivity countdown with days remaining and key closing milestones from diligence request through closing
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The expert services in Phase 03

LOI through close: seven expert categories

All seven roles can execute and be held accountable. Engage these experts before you sign the LOI, not after. Every expert in the network is matched to a phase; these are the categories that work Phase 03.

M&A Attorney

LOI · Purchase Agreement · Deal Structure

Drafts and negotiates the LOI, the purchase agreement, and the deal structure. The pen that protects you.

SBA Lender

Acquisition Financing · SBA 7(a) Underwriting

Structures and underwrites the acquisition financing, from prequalification through funded close.

Deal Structuring Advisor

Capital Stack · Seller Note · Earn-Out Modeling

Designs the capital stack, negotiates the seller note, and models earn-out terms so the structure fits the business.

QoE Provider

Quality of Earnings Report · Financial Diligence

Delivers the quality of earnings report and financial diligence: the numbers behind the numbers, verified.

Commercial Diligence Specialist

Customer & Market Diligence · Revenue Quality

Executes customer and market diligence and validates revenue quality before it becomes your revenue.

Tax Advisor

Purchase Price Allocation · Deal Tax Structure

Structures purchase price allocation and the tax implications of the deal, before signatures make them permanent.

Environmental / Property Specialist

Phase I & II · Real Estate Diligence · Regulatory

Phase I and II environmental assessments, real estate diligence, and regulatory compliance, before the property becomes your liability.

Membership includes the coordination: matching you to the right category and the right expert for your phase. The engagements themselves, hourly or fractional, are booked and paid separately at each expert’s listed rate.

Also in this phase

Sessions, playbooks, and the room

Deal War Room

Your live deal, pressure-tested by peers and experts while terms can still move.

The diligence checklist

Our complete published framework, organized by risk area.

Capital-stack guidance

The mix of SBA debt, seller financing, and equity, with network connections.

Phase 03 community

Buyers under LOI, comparing notes in real time.

How it works in this phase

Included with membership. Engaged when you need depth.

Included with full membership

  • Deal War Room and all live sessions
  • The diligence checklist and structure templates
  • Capital-stack guidance and network connections
  • Phase-organized community

Expert engagements

  • LOI & deal review
  • Quality-of-earnings and financial diligence
  • M&A legal engagement at counsel’s rates

All expert engagements, hourly or fractional, including LOI & deal review, are booked and paid separately at each expert’s listed rate.

Start free. The system is already running.

Free membership opens the community and the playbook. Full membership, $295 a month or $2,950 a year, puts the whole coordinated system behind your deal.

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