To all the usual reasons that small businesses are put up for sale - personal problems and personnel squabbles among them - add economic woes this year. But even as for-sale listings rise around the country, so is buyer interest.
"When economic times get tough and people can't find a job, they will go out and buy a job," said Ronald Hottes, president of the Business Team, a broker in Torrance, Calif.
The problem for owners is that prices appear to be softening...
By: The New York Times
