---
id: KL-0502
title: "Buying a small business: first steps"
part: "V. Grow your business"
version: "0.1 (early draft)"
last_checked: 2026-11-08
status: sketch
html: https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0502/
---

# Buying a small business: first steps

> **SKETCH.** This page is an outline. The real text is not written yet.

From 'I wonder' to a first conversation.

## This chapter will cover

- Picking a trade you can learn
- How to look at a business
- What to ask the owner

## Sources

None yet. This page is an outline and states no facts that need a source.