Overview

A US buyer of operating real estate and businesses needed proprietary deal flow. Celestic turned M&A advisors, business brokers and boutique investment banks into a channel that keeps bringing deals.

58 qualified leads so far — 33 of them in a single quarter, more than the previous 11 months combined — and about 1 in 5 replies came with a live deal.

Qualified leads per month

Qualified leads per monthShift to M&A advisors from summer 2026. October 2026 in progress.
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58 qualified leads in total.
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Aug 202610
Sep 202615
Oct 20262

Results

  • 58 qualified leads, most of them from M&A advisors and investment bankers.

  • 33 in Q3 2026 and a record 15 in September 2026.

  • Live deals surfaced, including a $36M-EBITDA company with an owned HQ appraised at $31.5M.

  • Replies from Presidents, Managing Directors and Managing Partners in 12 US states.

What the replies looked like

Partner

M&A intermediary, USA

Qualified lead

“I have 3 active business sales with real estate that could be candidates for a sale leaseback.”

Investment bank

USA

Qualified lead

“About to go to market on a re-financing for a business doing $360mm in revenue and $36mm of EBITDA…”

Investment bank

USA

Qualified lead

“We have a number of active projects utilizing SLBs as part of an overall financing.”

What we did

  • Dedicated domains and inboxes, warmed up before launch — never the client’s main domain.

  • Shifted from business owners to intermediaries: one advisor reaches many sellers.

  • Personalized each email to the advisor’s sector focus, with angles on higher seller proceeds.

One of the emails behind those conversations

Sample emailAI-personalized
To:@.com
Subject:, multiple arbitrage

,

If a client of yours sells a business that owns its real estate, that property often gets rolled into the deal at a below-market value.

We acquire the real estate directly through a sale leaseback, so your client keeps the full building value at close.

We are direct buyers and easy to work with. Let me know if it's worth a quick chat.

Kind regards,

If you buy companies or real estate and want more proprietary deal flow, Let’s map your plan.

At a glance

Industry

Real Estate Investment

Location

United States

Timeline

Launched August 2025 · ongoing

Services

AI-personalized cold email to M&A advisors & business owners, pay per qualified lead

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