the bathwater method this is how you buy a small business for zero dollars upfront in the us right now there is something like eleven million small businesses for sale only one in twelve of those small businesses will sell inside of any calendar year that means you have eleven small businesses left that will never sell at some point the owners of those small businesses will get tired will get to liquid on payments will need to move on and so they are gonna throw the baby out with the bathwater you are gonna be able to buy that business for zero dollars when you shut down a business it actually costs you money as a small business owner and so you are gonna say hey mister business owner why don't you let me buy your business for a percentage of the future profits by keeping it open i will only pay the transaction fees to buy out your business in the future i will give you five percent of the business ongoing and five percent of the distributions the key here though finding the people who are gonna throw the babies out with the bathwater