Meet Tara
Co-Owner & Broker
I'm usually the one you'll talk to when you call. As a team, we each built and ran our own pool service companies for years before we started this brokerage, so we've sat on every side of the table you're sitting at now.
Poolside Business Brokers exists because our team got tired of watching pool route owners get bad advice from brokers who'd never actually run a route themselves. We had, each of us, for years, and we know the difference it makes: why a tightly clustered 60-account route can be worth more than a 100-account route scattered across three counties, why autopay penetration matters, why "customer retention" isn't just a number on a spreadsheet.
As a team, running our own separate pool service companies, we personally bought and sold over 1,500 accounts. That's not a brokerage statistic; it's just how many accounts have passed through our hands over the years, and it's the experience we bring to pricing yours.
Since opening the brokerage to other owners, we've helped close more than 300 account transactions across the country, all under the same simple model: sell-side advisory at 12% of the purchase price, backed by a network of 25+ vetted, high-intent buyers. No inflated commissions, no passive listing service, no cookie-cutter approach. Just a team that's actually run routes, handling the sale of yours.