ETA buyer turning to PE firms and cold outreach amid listing slowdown

Search-fund buyer 'Chris' (Casey Acquisition Partners, South Florida) reports a slowdown of fresh broker listings and plans to call private equity firms and cold-outreach owners directly to source deals.

“Calling some private equity firms, that's for sure.”

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