Work with Chief
Clear scope. Clear pricing. Built for SBA acquisition lending.
SBA Valuation
Core$5K
1 business day*
What is the business worth?
SBA requires an independent valuation unless the price is $350K or less and the parties are unrelated.
Quality of Earnings
SBA QoE$10K
Under 2.5 weeks*
How reliable are the earnings and cash flow?
Required for Initial Acquisitions and Business Expansions priced at $3M or more, not counting owner occupied real estate.
QoE + Detailed FDD
Go further$15K
Scoped at engagement
What are the broader deal risks?
For buyers and lenders who want more than the minimum.
*Turnaround times assume all requested data is provided and Q&A is complete.
Three things to know
1
A clean audit isn't a QoE, and neither is the SBA valuation.
2
Ask who does the work, and have them walk you through one add-back.
3
Judge the price by the risk it removes, not by another firm's quote.
For lending teams
Chief can support individual files or become a repeatable valuation and Quality of Earnings workflow for the lending team.
No integration required to start.
Standardized ordering
Lender-specific requirements
Recurring file volume
PDF delivery
Structured data delivery
API access
Existing-loan activation
Underwriting baseline
Delivery
Every Chief engagement can produce the lender-ready report the credit file needs while preserving the underlying analysis in structured form.
Structured data / API
API delivery is an added option, not a requirement for using Chief.
No integration required to start.
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