The Smarter Way to Source and Manage Business Acquisition Opportunities

If you're serious about buying a business, the game is volume. Most buyers need to evaluate over 100 opportunities before they land on the right one. But if you’re manually tracking deals in spreadsheets, jumping between listing sites, and forwarding emails back and forth — you’re setting yourself up for frustration and burnout.

At Clearly Acquired, we built a platform to make the business buying process faster, easier, and more effective — starting with deal sourcing and pipeline management.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the powerful buy-side tools inside the platform and how they work together to streamline your search, organize your opportunities, and get you one step closer to closing.

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🔹 1. Direct Listings from Preferred Brokers

The easiest place to start is inside Clearly Acquired with our Direct Listings. These are exclusive opportunities shared by brokers in our preferred network — and they’re only visible to verified buyers like you.

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When you find a deal you like:

• Click “View Deal” to see the full listing.
• Hit “Inquire + Add to Pipeline” to message the broker and track the deal instantly.

No spreadsheets. No copy/pasting. Just one click.

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🌐 2. Public Search Across 100,000+ Listings

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Instead of searching across ten different websites, you can use our Public Search engine to scan listings across hundreds of marketplaces in one place.

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Key features:

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• Clean, filterable interface
• Geographically broad search (e.g., entire state or region)
• Import any listing with one click into your pipeline

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Some listings might need manual validation (since we pull from live sites), but this tool alone can save you hours of time and help you discover deals you’d otherwise miss.

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📥 3. Import Hub: Bring Deals In from Anywhere

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Found a listing you love on another site? Use Import Hub to bring it in:

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• Paste any URL (from BizBuySell, Transworld, etc.)
• Add a quick title + location
• The system scrapes the data and preps it for your pipeline

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Once imported, just click “Add to Pipeline” and manage it like any other opportunity. This feature ensures that every deal you find is tracked in one place — regardless of where it started.

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✍️ 4. Add Deals Manually (Off-Market, Broker Sent, etc.)

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Have an off-market lead? Broker sent you something directly? No problem.

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You can add deals manually inside the platform with just a few fields:

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• Business name
• Description
• Region
• Any initial notes

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This creates a custom listing in your pipeline that you can manage like any other, complete with staging, notes, and document storage.

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📧 5. Forward Emails Into Your Pipeline Automatically

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You're probably subscribed to several broker email lists or newsletters like SMB Deal Hunter — and those emails can get overwhelming fast.

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Instead of sifting through them manually, just forward any email to:

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📨 listings@import.clearlyacquire.com

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The system parses the email, extracts the listings, and drops them into Import Hub — where you can review and add them to your pipeline with one click.

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📌 Just be sure to send from the same email tied to your Clearly Acquired account.

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🗺️ 6. Off-Market Search Using Google Maps

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Want to find businesses that aren’t even listed for sale? Our Off-Market Search tool uses Google Maps data to help you identify potential targets in your area.

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Search by keyword (e.g., “Plumber,” “Electrician,” “HVAC”) and the tool will:

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• Pull verified local businesses with reviews and links
• Estimate demographics and property values
• Surface public data like websites, LinkedIn profiles, and more

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This is perfect for building your own proprietary deal flow — and gives you a huge edge over buyers relying solely on marketplaces.

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📊 7. Pipeline Management & Data Room

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Once you’ve added a deal to your pipeline, you can start managing it through custom stages:

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• New Opportunity
• Initial Contact
• CIM Received
• Underwriting
• LOI Submitted
• Due Diligence
• Closed

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You can also stand up a Data Room to collect and organize documents like:

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• Tax returns
• P&Ls and balance sheets
• Bank statements
• Ownership and entity documents

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This not only keeps you organized — it also prepares you for the financing process when you’re ready to size up the deal for debt.

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Why This Matters

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Too many searchers dabble — they work a few deals at a time and wonder why it’s taking 18–24 months to close. The truth is: you need volume, structure, and speed.

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That’s exactly what these tools are built to give you.

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At Clearly Acquired, we’re not just a listings site or lender directory — we’re the operating system for business acquisition. From sourcing to funding, we’re with you every step of the way.

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Ready to Accelerate Your Search?

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👉 Log in now to start using these tools

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