Codie Sanchez's SOWS method, Stale, Old, Weak, Simple, is one of the cleanest frameworks for buying a small business with $0 down. JT Taylor MS, MBA, operator and international business integrator, reacts to each rule and adds the layer almost every acquisition guide skips: whether the business can actually run without you.

Every rule in SOWS finds you a great business to buy. None of them tell you whether you just bought an asset or a job. A $0 down deal is the price of admission, not the price of the business.

Beat by beat:
Stale: a frozen business is a goldmine, but the how usually lives in the owner's head. Extract the operation before you modernize the marketing.
Old: the Lindy effect is real, but it is Lindy on the owner, not the company. Relationships and memory do not transfer in the sale.
Weak competition: automation only beats competitors if it runs without you. Build a moat, do not become one.
The fifth rule SOWS forgets: after Stale, Old, Weak, and Simple, ask, can it run without me?

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Reacting to @CodieSanchez. Full credit to Codie Sanchez, go watch the original video.