Your Commercial Real Estate
Specialists in British Columbia
Are you thinking of selling your business soon ?
If so, engage with our team to evaluate and prepare your business for sale.
Few realtors have actually owned and sold small businesses and here is a reason to engage with us to assist you… From the inside out, we analyze and present Balance sheets, P and L, EBITDA and assets in a way that maximizes your business value.
Buyers
We can explain the benefits of acquisition, and guide you through the complicated process of buying a business. Under non disclosure we create digital evidence of a company’s credentials for presenting to you.
Using our unique marketing approach we can penetrate international markets as well the local ones and can ‘matchmake’ buyers to sellers without having to go public and alert key staff about companies’ intentions.
Sellers
The single most important financial transaction for you as a business owner is the sale of your company.
But did you know:
- 95% of entrepreneurs do not know their business valuation
- Only 10% have some form of exit strategy
- Many business owners are unaware of the key drivers’ company value
- Are you thinking of selling your business soon ?
Engage with our team to evaluate and prepare your business for sale.
From the inside out, we analyze and present Balance sheets, P and L, EBITDA and assets in a way that maximizes your business value. Can we? How about this: We have a team of business analysts including Todd Sanderson, a Business Valuator/Chartered Accountant that is able to analyze and present Balance sheets, Profit & Loss statements, EBITDA and Assets in a way that maximizes your business value. He is using the Value Builder System™ analyzing several core value drivers of the Company. The report will show what areas in the business can be improved to maximize your company value with an option to engage Todd to reach that next desirable revenue level before putting your business on the market.
Team of Industry Experts
At BC Biz Guys we specialize in the acquisition and sale of local businesses. Our team is unique in that we have detailed business industry knowledge derived from business ownership, negotiation skills, specific business industry valuation software and engage expert resources, such as lawyers, accountants and exit planners to assist in the process of buying and selling.
What differentiate us from any other Realtors is that we have expertise of the business industry, have a large business industry specific sphere of influence and we can do a comprehensive and realistic valuation of your business, using special software, assess your real estate and business components. Your listing, whether on the MLS or not, will have a value that can be justified by any potential buyer and therefore facilitate a quicker sale of your business.
Paul Graydon
After gaining an initial experience in my IT career with Lloyds of London, Philips of Eindhoven, then Rank Xerox UK, in 1990 I formed a fledgeling dealership marketing laser printers and software in the UK. We grew the business to $2 million in the first year before I decided to embark on a long term career in marketing software. I joined a small London based startup software company in 1993 as a part owner where we grew the new business to a $50 million company. Then in 2006 I participated in the sale of the same company to a large American corporation and for five years integrated our business into their business in North America as Vice President. There I built partnerships and relationships with the largest corporations in North America including Xerox Corporation, Pitney Bowes, Oce Printing systems and DST Printing – the largest transactional printer in North America. In 2011 I moved away from my 20 year long engagement in software marketing and took ownership of a small winery in Summerland. We launched a full on marketing campaign and pioneered with a large supermarket chain in BC the ‘wine in aisle’ initiative that mirrored the European model.
From 2022 I completed my real estate license and embarked on a career where I focussed on commercial real estate in the wine sector as part of a new team under the Royal LePage Kelowna Brokerage.
Rom Houtstra
Rom’s passion and interest for the wine industry evolved from his life growing up in Europe. As a business entrepreneur and having a master degree in Corporate Law, Rom is well placed to specialize in relocating Canadians and International buyers to the Okanagan.
With 30 years experience in sales, negotiation and customer service, Rom knows what it takes to bring Winery/Vineyard Buyers and Sellers together whether it be across town or across continents, on any budget, small or large.
Rom is also an award winning Realtor® and Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE)
Kristi Shortt WSET 2
Assistant with many years of experience in both residential and commercial real estate.
Todd Sanderson
Entrepreneur, chartered professional accountant, certified business broker and certified exit planning advisor with over 3 decades of experience. He understands the challenges and opportunities that come with owning and selling a business and is one of only 3 certified exit planning advisors in Western Canada.
