🧯 Deadly Sin: Valuing for a Specific Buyer (a.k.a. Strategic Drift)
When a valuation includes:
💼 Synergy from the buyer’s operations
📈 Growth from the buyer’s network
🚪 Savings from shared space…
…it’s not fair market value. It’s strategic value—and it violates SBA requirements.
📌 If the value only works for one buyer, it’s not supportable in a SBA 7a lending environment.
