Become a Business Broker Training | 1:1 Mentorship, $15K+ First Commission

Business Broker Career Accelerator

Become a Business Broker
Training & Mentorship

You bring your network. I build your first-deal plan.

A private 3-hour 1:1 working session with a practising business broker. Leave with a clear path into business brokerage, your positioning, target market, first deals, and a personal 90-day action plan.

Practising broker  ·  18+ years  ·  12 markets  ·  Tools built on live deals

$997One-time
session price
3 hrs1:1 working
session with Den
20-volM&A Library
included
90-dayWritten plan to
a signed mandate
The only thing to buy

Practice Launch Session.
Your first-deal plan in 3 hours.

You bring your professional background and your network. Den builds your exact 90-day path to a signed mandate. No course to grind through, no upsell required to start.

Why this is the only step that matters first

$997 session → first mandate.

Session cost $997

3 hours with Den. Your network audited, your niche selected, your 90-day plan written. The complete 20-volume M&A Library delivered instantly on purchase.

What one converted conversation can produce $15K+

Typical first commission on a main street mandate. The session points you at the single conversation in your network most likely to become that first deal. One close pays the session back more than 15 times over.

Timeline from session to first mandate 2–6 weeks

If you already know an owner showing exit signals — fatigue, succession questions, no appetite for another lease — a signed engagement letter can follow your first post-session conversation within weeks.

Not a sales call. You leave with a written plan and the full library.

Practice Launch Session — one-time
$997
Instant access after purchase · No recurring fees · No required upsell
  • 3-hour 1:1 working session with Den — not a recorded video or a group call
  • Network audit — Den finds your most likely first seller inside your existing contacts
  • Deal type and niche selection — based on your industry background and geography
  • Written 90-day plan — week by week, specific to your situation
  • Complete 20-volume M&A Library — valuation, deal structure, SBA financing, legal docs, cross-border M&A, and 15 more reference volumes. Delivered instantly via Gumroad.
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50%Solo brokers earn
$100K+ in commissions
Source: IBBA
8–12%Standard success fee
on main street deals
Industry standard
~10%Businesses in any region
for sale at any time
BizBuySell data
$10TBusiness assets changing
hands next 10 years
Exit Planning Institute
Who you work with
Den Unglin — practising business broker and exit adviser
Den Unglin Business Broker · Your Mentor

A working broker.
Not a course author.

Every template, script, and model in the session comes from a real deal — the engagement letter, the SDE recast model, the buyer-targeting logic, the valuation scripts.

Den is a international business broker and exit adviser with 18+ years of direct P&L experience across 50+ business types and 12 markets. He has advised on transactions across 4 continents.

He built this session because he kept seeing the same failure: smart professionals spend months studying brokerage and never sign a single mandate. The fix is not more theory. It is one plan, built on the network you already have, with someone who has done it sitting across the table.

18+Years direct
P&L experience
50+Business types
across the career
12Country
markets
4Continents advised
US · EU · ASIA · AU

Three people. Three first commissions. Full deal breakdowns.

Story 01 · Commercial Property Agent
$28,000
Mandate: 2 weeks · Cheque: ~10 weeks

A mid-level commercial property agent already talking to gym, clinic, and café owners daily. One gym owner said: "I'm exhausted. I don't want to renew this lease." That is not a property question — that is an exit signal. She ran the exit-clarity conversation from the script. Calm. No promises. The owner signed at 10% two weeks later. A local operator bought the gym.

Engagement letter signed on first ask using the template — 22 minutes of actual work.
Main StreetFitnessExisting Relationship
Story 02 · Ex-Founder
$42,000
Mandate: 10 days · Cheque: ~3.5 months

An ex-founder who had built and sold a marketing services company. A friend — owner of a specialist B2B services firm — said: "I can't do this any more. I just want clean numbers and to be done." The seller wanted fantasy money. Price was anchored against recurring contracts and trained staff. Engagement signed at 10% with a minimum fee floor. Three targeted acquirers identified. One moved fast.

SDE recast model produced a lender-ready valuation that held through due diligence.
B2B ServicesStrategic BuyerPrice Anchoring
Story 03 · Accountant
5-fig. locked
Mandate: 3 weeks · Closing in progress

Small-practice accountant. Long relationships with ageing clients. Zero sales background. High trust. One client in his late 50s said: "My daughter doesn't want this. I don't want to do another 5 years. What do I do?" Positioned as a discreet exit adviser. Engagement letter signed. Five-figure fee locked in writing before the first buyer meeting.

Buyer found through targeted outreach to logical acquirers.
Succession SaleExisting TrustTargeted Buyer

Results vary with your access to motivated sellers, your market, and the specific deal. $15K+ typical first commission based on an 8–12% fee on $150K–$5M main street transactions. Anyone without a signed engagement earned $0. Documented outcomes, not projections.

Business Broker Earnings Potential

Model your
first-year income.

5
$25,000

Typical main street deal: $150K–$2M business at 8–12% commission = $12K–$120K per close. Most active brokers carry 2–5 active mandates. Full income breakdown →

Estimated annual income $125,000

In your session, Den maps your specific network to a realistic number — based on your industry, your contacts, and the deal sizes they represent.

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Estimates only. Actual earnings depend on deal size, fee structure, close rate, and market access. Conservative: 3 deals × $15K = $45K/year. Stretch: 8 deals × $40K = $320K/year. Full modelling: How Much Do Business Brokers Make →

Who this is for

You already have
what this needs.

Your fastest path to a first mandate is the experience you already have. The session turns it into a written plan.

Accountant / Finance Professional Best fit

Your retiring clients ask "what do I do with this?" You are already the most trusted person in the room.

The hardest part of brokerage — being trusted about money — is already solved. The session adds the framework to turn that trust into a signed mandate and a fee.

Senior Corporate Professional Best fit

You spent 15–20 years inside an industry. Your network has owners who trust your judgment about business.

You speak their language because you came from their world. That domain credibility is the edge no cold-calling broker has in your niche.

B2B Sales Professional Best fit

You already close complex, multi-month, high-ticket deals. The skill set for brokerage is the same.

The commission is entirely yours. No employer controls your territory or your percentage. One deal can beat a quarter of a typical annual OTE.

Ex-Founder / Operator

You have sold or run a business. You understand how buyers think and what an exit feels like.

That experience is your edge. Position as the calm adult who has been through it — and get paid for it.

Trusted Connector (Lawyer / Consultant)

You are already the discreet fixer in your network. Owners come to you when they want something done quietly.

The gap between being consulted and being paid is a signed engagement letter. The session closes that gap.

Commercial Real Estate Agent

You talk to business owners every day. Exit conversations are already happening — you are just not paid for them.

One gym owner saying "I'm too tired to renew this lease" is an exit signal worth $28,000. That is Story 01 above.

Business Broker Practice

No office.
Solo practice.
3–7 paydays a year.

Here is what a week looks like once your plan is running. A typical active week is 15–35 hours of focused work. One or two owner meetings, one buyer call, some document review.

No team. No office. You need one trusted owner, one signed engagement letter, and one motivated buyer — and you have a $25K+ event. That is the whole business.

No office 15–35 hrs / week 2–4 active mandates $25K+ per closing Solo, with a mentor
📅
Monday: Owner meeting (coffee, 45 min)
A café owner mentioned to a mutual contact she is "thinking about her next chapter." You run the exit-clarity script. No pitch. No commitment requested yet.
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Wednesday: Engagement letter signed (remote)
Mandate #2 signs via DocuSign. 10% success fee, 12-month tail, fee-protected on any buyer you introduce. Template from the kit — 22 minutes of work.
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Thursday: Buyer qualification call (30 min)
A regional operator you reached through targeted outreach has seen your blind teaser. NDA first. Then qualify proof of funds, fit, and timeline. One of three buyers run in parallel.
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Friday: Commission arrives (bank transfer)
Mandate #1 — the gym exit from 10 weeks ago — clears. $28,000 wired. A few months of occasional evenings and two owner meetings. One cheque.
The honest comparison

Three ways in.
One clear winner.

Everyone who finds this page has weighed at least one alternative. Here is the straight side-by-side.

Going It Alone
$0

Upfront. The real cost is time and unrecoverable mistakes.

No engagement letter → commission unenforceable. You help for free.
Wrong valuation → deal collapses in due diligence. Months wasted.
No scripts → you pitch instead of listen. Owners disengage.
No one to call → one bad decision ends the deal.
Franchise or Course
$2K–$200K

Courses $2K–$10K. Franchise $50K–$200K + royalties on every deal, for life.

Courses: theory-based. No live mentor, no real tools.
Franchise: territory limits, 5–10% royalty on every commission forever.
You study cases, not real transactions.
Big bill before you have earned a cent.
The $997 Session
$997

Lunch built on your own network.

No royalties. No territory fees. Your commission is yours, in full, on every deal.
3 hours 1:1 with a practising broker — your network audited, your first seller named.
Built from live deals, not reconstructed for a course.
One price to start. No required upsell.

Become a Business Broker. Your first-deal plan in 3 hours.

Book the $997 Session → 💬 Ask Den on WhatsApp 3hr 1:1 · 20-vol M&A Library · written 90-day plan
Before you book

Questions that
matter.

A 3-hour 1:1 working session with Den. You leave with a written 90-day plan and the full 20-volume M&A Library.Not a discovery call. Den reviews your background before the session and arrives prepared. He audits your network for exit signals, picks your deal type and niche, and builds a week-by-week plan specific to you. If brokerage is not a fit for your network, he tells you directly.
No required upsell. The session is a complete product on its own.You get a written 90-day plan plus the full library — enough to go and sign your first mandate. If you later want hands-on help on a live deal, you can ask Den, but nothing else is needed to start.
20 reference volumes covering every major topic in business brokerage and M&A. Delivered instantly via Gumroad.Volumes: Guide to Business Brokerage — Deal Process and Transaction Lifecycle — Business Valuation Methods — Due Diligence Checklist — M&A Market Data — SBA Financing Guide — Exit Planning Strategies — Deal Structures (Asset vs Stock) — LOI and Negotiation Playbook — Broker Fees and Commission Structures — Lower Middle Market Report — Post-Acquisition Integration — Cross-Border M&A (Southeast Asia) — Digital Business Brokerage — Portrait of the Business Seller — Portrait of the Business Buyer — Broker Ethics and Fiduciary Duty — Franchise Brokerage — M&A Legal Documentation — Broker Marketing and CRM.
Signed mandate: weeks 2–4. First commission: month 3–6.Realistic if you already sit near a motivated owner — someone tired, retiring, relocating, or done. Commission clears after buyer negotiation, due diligence, and closing. Anyone promising "$50K next week" is selling a fantasy.
In most places: no licence required for asset-sale advisory on small businesses.Requirements vary by jurisdiction. Some US states (California, Florida) require a real estate licence for certain structures. The UK has no licensing requirement. The session covers the compliance basics — what you can say, when to bring in a lawyer, and how to stay in a safe lane. Full details: licence requirements →
Typical first year: $30K–$100K. Established brokers: $60K–$300K+. Per deal: $15K–$300K.Main street deals pay an 8–12% success fee on a $150K–$5M sale. Most active brokers close 2–4 deals a year. Full income modelling: income breakdown →
Get started

Become a Business Broker
Your career plan in 3 hours.

Book the Practice Launch Session. Den maps your network, names your most likely first seller, and builds your exact 90-day path. That is the whole offer — no funnel, no upsell to get going.

Den reviews every booking personally and contacts you within 24 hours.

AvailabilityDen runs these personally — limited sessions per week
What happens after you book

After you buy the session via Gumroad, Den contacts you within 24 hours to schedule. Before the call he asks two questions: what industries make up your network, and who in it owns a business. The session itself is immediately productive — no onboarding, no preamble.

You walk away with a written 90-day plan and the full library. What you do with it is up to you — most people go straight to their most likely seller.

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