Episode Details

Kinza Azmat arrived in the US at age 6, speaking little English. Today she's the new owner of a thriving RE brokerage. 

Topics from Kinza's interview:

• Becoming a business broker to learn acquisition & access deal flow
• Thinking that finding a business to buy would be easy
• How business brokerages generate deal flow
• Financial & location criteria of her search
• Unlocking deal flow by expanding geographic criteria
• Dealing with gender, racial, and other biases in sellers
• Tying seller note to business performance
• The business of apartment locators
• Competitive moats for apartment locators
• Rebranding
• Small business owner life vs. corporate cog life
• Getting your spouse on board
• Pregnant as a new owner
• Type D and Type F reorganization
• Following (and breaking) the Asian-American pattern
• America as land of opportunity

Reach Kinza at:

• LinkedIn

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

• The Acquisition Lab

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Links & mentions:

• WTA Realty