About
About Chance Sweat, Florida business broker
I'm a licensed Florida business broker with FitzGibbon Alexander, Inc. I spend most of my time with independent insurance agency owners, along with contractors, childcare owners, and practice owners across the state who are thinking about what comes next.
When you call me, you get me. Same person on the broker's opinion of value call, the buyer calls, and all the way through closing.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER • YOUNG AGENTS COUNCIL
IBBA Member
BBF Member
Why I do this
Because most owners only sell once
A business owner spends twenty or thirty years learning their trade and then gets exactly one shot at the transaction that decides what all of it was worth. On the other side of the table sits a buyer who might have done this a dozen times. That's not a fair fight, and it's the reason I do this work.
I spent nearly a decade in corporate America and six years building my small business on Main Street. I know the version of it where you're the sales team, the service team, and the one who signs the checks when it's tight. That's who I'm looking out for, the person that can't sit back and wait.
My promise is boring and it matters: I'll tell you the truth about your number, even when the truth is that you should wait.
Credentials and affiliations
- Licensed Florida business broker, License No. SL3648995
- FitzGibbon Alexander, Inc., a full-service Florida brokerage
- Member, Business Brokers of Florida (BBF)
- Member, International Business Brokers Association (IBBA)
- Focus: independent insurance agencies and licensed Main Street businesses
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I've been on your side of the table
Nine months after the birth of our second child my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. We had thankfully systemized our business and I was able to focus on her health during that journey. Shortly after her recovery we made the decision it was time to exit our two businesses on Main Street. I hired the first broker I found, a "top performer." We went 11 months without an offer. Dropping the price each month with no traction from prospective buyers.
I fired him. Then I hired Matt FitzGibbon of FitzGibbon Alexander, Inc, and he sold my business in three months.
After we closed, Matt and I grabbed a coffee. Somewhere in that conversation he told me I should get my license because he thought I would excel in the industry, and he was right. In my first 8 months at the firm I did over $1M in transaction volume.
So when I say I know what it's like to be the owner waiting on a broker, I mean it. I know exactly how much a quality broker matters, and how much a bad one costs you, not just in terms of dollars but in time. That's the standard I hold myself to with every owner I work with.
My first broker
11 months
Zero offers. Plenty of promises.
Matt FitzGibbon of FitzGibbon Alexander, Inc
3 months
Sold, closed, and the start of my career as a Business Broker
Let's have a conversation
Ask me anything about your business, your timing, or what buyers are paying right now. No pitch, no obligation.