{
  "site": "Keep It Texas",
  "url": "https://keepittexas.org/",
  "early_draft": true,
  "version": "0.1 (early draft)",
  "last_checked": "2026-11-08",
  "rules": [
    "We teach, watch public records and introduce people. We do not broker deals.",
    "No legal, tax or investment advice.",
    "Pages marked 'sketch' are outlines.",
    "Pages that state facts list their sources and a last-checked date."
  ],
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    "llms": "/llms.txt",
    "toc": "/toc.json",
    "sitemap": "/sitemap.xml"
  },
  "other_pages": [
    {
      "title": "Home",
      "html": "/",
      "markdown": "/index.md",
      "summary": "Start here."
    },
    {
      "title": "Contents",
      "html": "/contents/",
      "markdown": "/contents.md",
      "summary": "Table of contents."
    },
    {
      "title": "Privacy",
      "html": "/privacy/",
      "markdown": "/privacy.md",
      "summary": "We do not track you."
    }
  ],
  "parts": [
    {
      "part": "I",
      "slug": "why",
      "title": "Why it matters",
      "summary": "What a town can lose when its businesses leave local hands, and what this book will and will not do.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0101",
          "title": "What a town can lose",
          "summary": "Our view: jobs, giving, and who answers the phone.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0101/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0101.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0101/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0101.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0102",
          "title": "Who we are and what we will not do",
          "summary": "We teach, we watch public records, we introduce. We do not broker or advise.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0102/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0102.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0102/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0102.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0103",
          "title": "How to read this book",
          "summary": "Every page has an ID, a date, and a Markdown copy for AI helpers.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0103/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0103.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0103/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0103.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "II",
      "slug": "fox",
      "title": "Spot the fox",
      "summary": "Is this offer good for my town? Questions to ask before you answer an outside buyer.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0201",
          "title": "Is this offer good for my town?",
          "summary": "Five questions to ask about any offer, signs to look at twice, and what to do before you answer.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0201/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0201.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0201/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0201.md",
          "status": "drafted"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0202",
          "title": "Questions to ask any buyer",
          "summary": "A list you can print and bring to the table.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0202/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0202.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0202/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0202.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0203",
          "title": "Reading the paperwork",
          "summary": "Where the real promises hide in a letter of intent.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0203/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0203.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0203/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0203.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0204",
          "title": "'Partner,' 'investment,' 'roll-up'",
          "summary": "Friendly words that can hide a loss of control.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0204/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0204.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0204/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0204.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "III",
      "slug": "family",
      "title": "Hand it down in the family",
      "summary": "Plan early, write it down, and talk about it before it is urgent.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0301",
          "title": "Start early",
          "summary": "We think a handoff goes best when you start years ahead.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0301/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0301.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0301/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0301.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0302",
          "title": "Write down how it runs",
          "summary": "Write it down so someone else can run it.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0302/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0302.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0302/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0302.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0303",
          "title": "Talking to the family",
          "summary": "Who wants it, who does not, and what each one needs.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0303/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0303.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0303/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0303.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0304",
          "title": "Fair is not always equal",
          "summary": "Ways to treat the family fairly when the business cannot be split.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0304/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0304.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0304/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0304.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0305",
          "title": "When no one in the family wants it",
          "summary": "Your next choice can still be local.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0305/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0305.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0305/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0305.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "IV",
      "slug": "community",
      "title": "Keep it in the community",
      "summary": "Local buyers, workers who buy, and where to find the money.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0401",
          "title": "Who might buy locally",
          "summary": "Employees, a neighbor, a younger owner from the next county.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0401/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0401.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0401/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0401.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0402",
          "title": "Workers who own: employee ownership",
          "summary": "How employees can buy the business over time.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0402/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0402.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0402/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0402.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0403",
          "title": "Co-ops and community-owned shops",
          "summary": "When customers or townspeople own it together.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0403/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0403.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0403/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0403.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0404",
          "title": "Local loans for local buyers",
          "summary": "Banks, SBA-backed loans and seller notes.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0404/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0404.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0404/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0404.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0405",
          "title": "Selling in pieces",
          "summary": "Sell the building, the route, or the equipment to different locals.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0405/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0405.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0405/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0405.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0406",
          "title": "The Opportunities board",
          "summary": "Coming: owner-posted businesses and local buyers.",
          "html": "/opportunities/",
          "markdown": "/opportunities.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/opportunities/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/opportunities.md",
          "status": "coming"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "V",
      "slug": "grow",
      "title": "Grow your business",
      "summary": "Tools for young owners: reading your numbers, buying, starting, finding help.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0501",
          "title": "Reading your numbers",
          "summary": "Three numbers every owner should know.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0501/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0501.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0501/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0501.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0502",
          "title": "Buying a small business: first steps",
          "summary": "From 'I wonder' to a first conversation.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0502/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0502.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0502/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0502.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0503",
          "title": "Starting from zero",
          "summary": "Permits, tax numbers and the first customer.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0503/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0503.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0503/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0503.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0504",
          "title": "Finding a mentor",
          "summary": "A mentor who has done it before can save you years.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0504/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0504.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0504/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0504.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0505",
          "title": "Hiring and keeping help",
          "summary": "Good people are the real business.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0505/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0505.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0505/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0505.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "VI",
      "slug": "stories",
      "title": "Stories: saved and lost",
      "summary": "What happened, in order, and what might have changed it. Public facts, or told with permission.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0601",
          "title": "What a story here will look like",
          "summary": "Coming: true stories, told in order.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0601/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0601.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0601/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0601.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0602",
          "title": "How we write a story",
          "summary": "Our rules: facts, sources, consent, no shaming.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0602/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0602.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0602/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0602.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "part": "VII",
      "slug": "watch",
      "title": "The Watch",
      "summary": "Public-record signals that a local business may have changed hands. Leads to check, never accusations.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0701",
          "title": "The Watch",
          "summary": "Coming: a look at public records for outside owners.",
          "html": "/watch/",
          "markdown": "/watch.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/watch/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/watch.md",
          "status": "coming"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0702",
          "title": "What the Watch will look at",
          "summary": "Public records that can show a change of owner.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0702/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0702.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0702/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0702.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0703",
          "title": "How to read a signal",
          "summary": "A signal is a reason to ask a question.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0703/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0703.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0703/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0703.md",
          "status": "sketch"
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        {
          "id": "KL-0704",
          "title": "What a signal is not",
          "summary": "Not proof, not a verdict, not advice.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0704/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0704.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0704/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0704.md",
          "status": "sketch"
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      "part": "VIII",
      "slug": "resources",
      "title": "Resources",
      "summary": "Help from other organizations.",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "id": "KL-0801",
          "title": "Where to get help",
          "summary": "Small business advisers, SCORE mentors, SBA-backed loans, employee-ownership help, chambers.",
          "html": "/resources/",
          "markdown": "/resources.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/resources/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/resources.md",
          "status": "drafted"
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        {
          "id": "KL-0802",
          "title": "Loans for buyers",
          "summary": "How loans for buying a business usually work.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0802/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0802.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0802/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0802.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0803",
          "title": "Employee-ownership help",
          "summary": "Where owners and workers can learn more.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0803/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0803.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0803/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0803.md",
          "status": "sketch"
        },
        {
          "id": "KL-0804",
          "title": "Plain-words glossary",
          "summary": "Fox, ESOP, letter of intent, earn-out, and more.",
          "html": "/book/kl-0804/",
          "markdown": "/book/kl-0804.md",
          "url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0804/",
          "markdown_url": "https://keepittexas.org/book/kl-0804.md",
          "status": "sketch"
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