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Start buying small businesses

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Any recommendations on how to do this?

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Get in touch with the business owners (in person, public property records, etc), make your interests known, leave them your contact info in case they are looking for a buyer in the future.

[lifeplusplus]

In order of effectiveness:

Find someone who is doing it

Take risk and jump in unprepared

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