Assignment task:
You have decided it's time to become your own boss. But you won't want to start from scratch. So you're going to buy an already running company. Buying a company doesn't have to be a hostile transaction (like Elon Musk buying Twitter last year). Many business owners are looking to sell. But it's usually bad for business to stick a sign in their window saying "Business for Sale". So business brokers exist to act as a confidential intermediary. Just as when you're buying a house, there are questions you'd want to ask. The broker (again, like buying a house) will have many questions for you to help them zero in on the few available businesses that would be worth your time to look at. For this assignment, what questions would you want to ask (and why) and what ones would you expect to be asked (and why).