--- title: HOW TO SELL YOUR SACRAMENTO RESTAURANT FASTER WITH A RESTAURANT BROKER description: Jim Pate Certified Business Broker is the go-to source for all your restaurant brokerage and Main Street Business needs. image: https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/group_image_and_text_3-image-2.jpeg --- **Jim Pate:** From Dishwasher → Marine → Chef → Owner → Broker · **40+ years** in the restaurant business | [📞 (916) 250-2012](tel:+19162502012) [Jim Pate Restaurant Deal Brokers™](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/) - [About Jim](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/about) - [Insights Center](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/insights) - [Service Areas](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/#service-areas) [📞 (916) 250-2012](tel:+19162502012) [Free Valuation →](https://hire.restaurantdealbrokers.com/en/) [Home](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/) › [Insights Center](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/insights) › HOW TO SELL YOUR SACRAMENTO RESTAURANT FASTER WITH A RESTAURANT BROKER California Restaurant Insights # HOW TO SELL YOUR SACRAMENTO RESTAURANT FASTER WITH A RESTAURANT BROKER **Jim Pate** · California Restaurant Exit Specialist · 40+ Years in the Restaurant Business ![Sell Sacramento Restaurant Jim Pate Restaurant Deal Brokers Certified Business Broker](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/group_image_and_text_3-image-2.jpeg) ## How to Sell Your Restaurant Fast With a  [Sacramento Restaurant Broker](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento-region) Introduction:  *Almost all restaurant owners selling their business will want to sell faster rather than enduring a long protracted time on the market. Insider Tip: The industry average for time on the market is eight months to sell from the time of listing.* * Insider Tip 2: Only 3 out of 10 Restaurant owners trying to sell their business thrive. This article features the advantages of working with Jim Pate RESTAURANT DEAL BROKERS TM Brokered by Santa Rosa Business and Commercial and obtaining better results in selling your restaurant business or real estate using our  30 plus years resources, relationships, and proven marketing system.*   Jim Pate ,CBB Certified Business Broker and Listing Transaction Agent [Facebook F](https://www.facebook.com/JimPateRestaurantBroker) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tojimpate/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/restaurantdealmakersold/) [Read more](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/about) ### The Price is Right ( come on down) Only the market can truly determine what a business is worth, not your friends and family, attorney, or Bookkeeper. Let’s get you our [Brokers Opinion of Value](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento-region) establishing a defendable selling price for your business.  This step is mission-critical to selling your business promptly Sellers discretionary earnings ( Add Backs ) how we determine the selling price best for the market - Need three years of tax returns - P&L’s and year to date numbers for the current year - Terms of the sale SBA financing this is mission critical to [selling your restaurant](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento-region) fast we will try and get multiple Banks to offer SBA pre-qualification letter and market your business to a much larger buyer pool at 10 percent down and longer terms to repay ## Packaging your Business for sale We need a copy of your lease so we can see if any Landlord Gotchas will make it harder or longer to sell and negotiate on your behalf a new lease assignment -  Take great pictures of your establishment  without giving away your identity - We have **a listing profile [l](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/hubfs/Listing%20Profile%20blank.pdf)**prepared to collect all the items we need to prepare your listing caption, description of your business, vital information - We also provide you an equipment list for you to fill out. This will become apart of the buyers package - Get all your Books and records together so a buyer can determine the value of your business and understand the actual cash flow. This is also  indispensable to selling your business faster. The sooner a potential buyer can believe your numbers are a good investment the sooner they will sign off and move forward. Making sure you make your business look as good as possible so when buyers take a tour they are not distracted from the value -  Our website RestaurantRealty.com is visited by hundreds of thousands of prospective buyers annually.  You can easily find us on all major search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more as we make a major financial commitment to maintain top positions on these major search engines so buyers can easily be directed to our listings. - Our clients business profile are listed on 13 partner platforms for businesses and real estate for sale, including:Biz Buy Sell, BizBen, BizQuest,  LoopNet and Business For Sale  - SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING – Being active in the social media world is very important in today’s business transaction environment.  It is a vital business networking tool when marketing businesses.  - SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) – Restaurant Deal Brokers invests heavily in both onsite website optimization and off-site search engine optimization ensuring that both active listings, our services and brand are front and center for potential buyers (and sellers). We believe that good SEO helps bring buyers organically to our website and has greatly helped support Restaurant Deal Brokers being a strong market leader.  SPECIALIZED MARKETING – We frequently develop specialized marketing campaigns which allow us to contact potential buyers online, via social media, via print media, direct mail, email and phone.  - PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRY EVENTS – To maximize our exposure in the industry we participate in various conferences and events throughout the year.  ## ** Deal Process ** Getting the deal done is a process we have done since 1996 so we have the experience and the expertise to make this process as smooth as possible - We list your business for sale as a confidential listing. When someone gets In touch with our office concerning your listing we vet them for financial wherewithal, and operational experience. We then have them fill out an NDA - After a potential buyer signs a NDA the office gives me their contact information and I contact the potential buyer(s) If they pass all the screening we proceed to the next step. - We set up a behind the scenes tour with the owner - When a buyer Is ready to make an offer on the business we prepare a purchase agreement and send to the buyer and seller via docusign. If the offer is accepted we set up a escrow. number and ask for a ernest money to be wired into the escrow account - Once an agreement is reached we then get signed disclosures from both buyers and sellers ### Escrow and closing - We oversee the deal in escrow to make sure both buyer and seller are on track - We provide a closing checklist to the buyer and seller to keep everyone on the same page and provide a smooth transition for both parties at closing. - Due diligence Is done by the buyer and when the buyer Is satisfied they are good with the buying the business we remove contingencies and begin the bulk sale process to transfer the business ###  Closing Key Take-aways To Sell your Restaurant faster - You need to be priced right for the market -  You need good financing (SBA) available -  You need good books and records Working with a  [Sacramento restaurant broker](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento-region) will give you the best chance to sell your restaurant business  Work with an industry leader : [Jim Pate of RestaurantDealBrokers.com](mailto:jim@restaurantdealbrokers.com) California Restaurant and Main Street Exit Specialists - Extensive Marketing know how and connections to sell your business       #### Let’s Work Together   *                                           Book a call get a free consultation  Save TIME and MONEY*     **                            Request a FREE [Broker’s Opinion of Value](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento-region) and see what the current market value of your restaurant Is**     ## More from Jim's notebook Browse all [California restaurant insights](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/insights) · or explore service areas: [Sacramento](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-sacramento) · [East Bay 680](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-east-bay) · [North Bay](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-north-bay) · [NorCal](https://www.restaurantdealbrokers.com/restaurant-broker-northern-california) ## Thinking about *selling your restaurant*? 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