---
title: "Financing Your Route Acquisition - Learning Center"
url: https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition
description: "Understand every realistic capital stack for a route acquisition - SBA 7(a), seller financing, conventional bank loans, HELOCs, partner equity, and search funds - and how to combine them so the deal cash-flows from day one without crushing you with debt service."
lang: en
---

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Intermediate 70 min 450 pts

# Financing Your Route Acquisition

Understand every realistic capital stack for a route acquisition - SBA 7(a), seller financing, conventional bank loans, HELOCs, partner equity, and search funds - and how to combine them so the deal cash-flows from day one without crushing you with debt service.

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## Modules

1

### Capital Sources

- The SBA 7(a) loan, demystified
  11 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/sba-deep-dive
- Seller financing: when to ask, how to structure
  9 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/seller-financing-strategy

2

### Stacking & Underwriting

- Modeling debt coverage and cash-on-cash return
  10 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/debt-coverage-modeling
- Building a lender package that wins approval
  8 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/lender-package

3

### Creative Capital Strategies

- ROBS and self-directed retirement funding
  8 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/rollovers-and-self-directed
- Bringing in an investor partner
  7 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/investor-partnerships
- The search-fund / acquisition entrepreneur model
  8 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/search-fund-model
- Refinancing your debt after close
  7 min read · quick quiz
  Start →
  https://poolroutemarketplace.com/learn/financing-your-acquisition/refinancing-after-close

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