Confidential business sales · California CA DRE #02111340
California Business Broker · DRE #02111340

Buy or sell a business without the guesswork.

RLC represents California business owners through confidential, well-run sales, priced on evidence, marketed discreetly, and negotiated by a broker who has owned, operated, and exited businesses of her own.

11 years
Advising owners before becoming a broker
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8 active
Engagements on the market right now
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Closing record

  • Restaurant sales5 closed
  • Insurance agency sales7 closed
  • Auto & car wash businesses3 closed
  • Cleaning company3 closed
  • Hair salon1 closed
  • E-commerce brand (handmade goods)1 closed
  • Industrial distribution companyClosed
  • Commercial real estate sales & leasesMultiple closed
  • Pet grooming salonUnder contract

Client and business identities remain confidential by design. Every engagement above is real, disclosed here only by category. References are available to serious buyers and sellers on request.

She sold her own businesses first.

Before representing other owners, Rebecca built, operated, and exited three companies of her own: a document destruction company, a landscaping company, and a cleaning company. The payroll runs, the equipment loans, the buyers across the table: those years are the foundation of how RLC prices and sells businesses today.

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Rebecca Chatham, Principal Broker at RLC Business Brokers
Business Broker
Why RLC Business Brokers

I've been on your side of the table.

I built three businesses before I brokered one. I know what it's like to sign as the seller, to wonder if the number is fair, to hand something you spent years building to a stranger and hope for the best. That's why I do this differently, and why I pick up the phone.

I've done this myself

Three businesses built, three businesses sold, before I ever represented someone else's. That's not a credential. It's context. I know what you're feeling because I've felt it.

I work across industries

Auto shops, restaurants, HVAC, cleaning companies, wellness, e-commerce, industrial distribution. Real closed deals, not cherry-picked wins. If it's a real business with real earnings, I can help.

I tell you the real number

Some brokers tell you what you want to hear to get the listing. I'll tell you what buyers are actually paying, and what's quietly holding your value back. I've seen overpricing cost owners more time than money, every time.

The process

Here's exactly what happens.

No mystery, no vague timelines. A defined process that protects your confidentiality, your price, and, honestly, your sanity.

Valuation

Normalized earnings, documented add-backs, and a defensible market-based value range before anything goes to market.

Preparation

Fix what quietly drains value: records, lease terms, owner dependence, while it can still change the outcome.

Confidential marketing

Blind listings, screened buyers, and NDAs before disclosure. Your employees and customers learn about the sale from you, after it closes.

Negotiation & close

Offer strategy, diligence management, SBA coordination, and steady hands through escrow to the wire transfer.

Case study · Auto repair

Positioned turnkey, not owner-dependent.

"The difference between Rebecca and other brokers? She knew exactly what to fix before we went to market, and how to bring the right buyers."

Auto shop owner, Orange County

2.5×
SDE multiple achieved
+$70K
Over other brokers' estimates
90 days
From listing to close
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