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We love the Lawn mowing and landscape design Sectors. These services provide steady income and recurring revenue. To perform optimally and provide customers superior quality at competitive pricing, a landscaping company needs to have sufficient purchasing power in order to (a) buy materials at the most competitive rates, and (b) secure the best technicians and designers via providing top tier benefits package.
Relative to the large supply of baby boomers looking to exit, there are few entities on the demand side of the M&A equation. This leaves us with an opportunity. We know this is the case because smaller private equity firms have just started to invest in Landscaping service companies. We understand the importance of price when deciding to invest. Warren Buffett has long said, “This is the cornerstone of our investment philosophy: Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.” No one can argue with that. Even the best acquisition target, if vastly overpaid for, loses its investment zest.
Landscaping service companies generally generate recurring revenue unlike most business and have high returns on capital invested in the business. Landscaping and lawn care only require an office (very minimal) or have a own based office, a storage to store tools and equipment , and outfitted work trucks. Our acquisitions prioritize efficient spending on new assets versus our peers. There is a lot less capital required to run a Landscaping service company versus, say, a car manufacturer. The less capital we have to invest on large machinery and equipment, the easier it is for us to profitably grow revenues. This is another reason we love this sector. This offers our investors a great opportunity to receive a high return on invested capital.
Lawn mowing and landscape design are historically recession resistant. Landscaping and lawn are very hard for property owners to give up before food in a deep recession as landscaping design and installation can raise properties’ value anywhere from 12%-15%. Moreover, part of our strategy is to diversify our revenue as much as possible to prepare for recessions (for ex., with ongoing commercial maintenance and residential contracts that are less elastic than new commercial projects).
Did you know an estimated 10,000 baby boomers are retiring each day? With baby boomer business owners now reaching retirement age, there’s a plethora motivated sellers – some of whom we’re most likely negotiating with right now. Our strategy is to cherrypick the landscaping service companies with great track records and sound growth prospects (if the price is right).
We can use the SBA or commercial debt to prudently leverage transactions and increase investor ROI (today, the cost of debt is much cheaper than equity). Our access to low-cost debt financing will grow as we will continue to prove ourselves as operators. Banks are looking, more now than ever before, for good operators to entrust with low-cost debt.
Advantage We love the Lawn mowing and landscape design Sectors. These services provide steady income and recurring revenue. To perform optimally and provide customers superior quality at competitive pricing, a landscaping company needs to have sufficient purchasing power in order to (a) buy materials at the most competitive rates, and (b) secure the best technicians and designers via providing top tier benefits package. Low P/E Ratio & Less Competition from Investors Relative to the large supply of baby boomers looking to exit, there are few entities on the demand side of the M&A equation. This leaves us with an opportunity. We know this is the case because smaller private equity firms have just started to invest in Landscaping service companies. We understand the importance of price when deciding to invest. Warren Buffett has long said, “This is the cornerstone of our investment philosophy: Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.” No one can argue with that. Even the best acquisition target, if vastly overpaid for, loses its investment zest.
Recession Resistant Lawn mowing and landscape design are historically recession resistant. Landscaping and lawn are very hard for property owners to give up before food in a deep recession as landscaping design and installation can raise properties’ value anywhere from 12%-15%. Moreover, part of our strategy is to diversify our revenue as much as possible to prepare for recessions (for ex., with ongoing commercial maintenance and residential contracts that are less elastic than new commercial projects). Fragmented Did you know an estimated 10,000 baby boomers are retiring each day? With baby boomer business owners now reaching retirement age, there’s a plethora motivated sellers – some of whom we’re most likely negotiating with right now. Our strategy is to cherrypick the landscaping service companies with great track records and sound growth prospects (if the price is right). Leverage We can use the SBA or commercial debt to prudently leverage transactions and increase investor ROI (today, the cost of debt is much cheaper than equity). Our access to low-cost debt financing will grow as we will continue to prove ourselves as operators. Banks are looking, more now than ever before, for good operators to entrust with low-cost debt.
High Returns on Invested Capital Landscaping service companies generally generate recurring revenue unlike most business and have high returns on capital invested in the business. Landscaping and lawn care only require an office (very minimal) or have a own based office, a storage to store tools and equipment , and outfitted work trucks. Our acquisitions prioritize efficient spending on new assets versus our peers. There is a lot less capital required to run a Landscaping service company versus, say, a car manufacturer. The less capital we have to invest on large machinery and equipment, the easier it is for us to profitably grow revenues. This is another reason we love this sector. This offers our investors a great opportunity to receive a high return on invested capital.
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Our fundraising is conducted pursuant to Rule 506c of Regulation D.
Section 201(a) of the JOBS Act requires the SEC to eliminate the prohibition on using general solicitation under Rule 506 where all purchasers of the securities are accredited investors and the issuer takes reasonable steps to verify that the purchasers are accredited investors.
To implement Section 201(a), the SEC adopted paragraph (c) of Rule 506c. Under Rule 506(c), issuers can offer securities through means of general solicitation, provided that:
An “accredited investor” includes a natural person who:
An “accredited investor” may also be an entity such as a bank, partnership, corporation, nonprofit or trust, when the entity satisfies certain criteria. The JOBS Act requires that issuers wishing to engage in general solicitation take “reasonable steps” to verify the accredited investor status of purchasers. Rule 506(c) sets forth a principles-based method of verification which requires an objective determination by the issuer (or those acting on its behalf) as to whether the steps taken are “reasonable” in the context of the particular facts and circumstances of each purchaser and transaction. Among the factors that an issuer should consider under this principles-based method are:
In addition to this flexible, principles-based method, Rule 506(c) includes a non-exclusive list of verification methods that issuers may use, but are not required to use, when seeking greater certainty that they satisfy the verification requirement with respect to natural person purchasers. This non-exclusive list of verification methods consists of:
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