John C. Mock 

John C. Mock was born in Miami, Florida, and graduated from Southwest Miami High School. He then went on to complete 3 years in the US Army 101st Airborne Division.

For 13 years, John worked in the fire protection field. At Pyrotronics, Inc. in Atlanta GA, he went from fire extinguisher service to fire protection engineer and Halon Products Coodinator for Pyrotronics. John designed fire systems for computer rooms and high dollar density areas in the Southeast US. He also designed the supervised fire suppression system in Mt. Vernon (George Washington's home). When he became engaged in the aquisition of one of Pyrotronics' distributors, he found that he enjoyed the process.

John then left Pyrotronics and moved to Orlando, Florida in October 1979 and started working in business brokerage in January 1980. After having his own business brokerage firm and affiliating himself with several other firms, he began working in partnership with Margot Nelson in 1996.

John's outstanding ability to structure transactions creates a win-win situation for buyer and seller. By researching every aspect of the aquisition and financing arrangements, he provides creative solutions for his customers. John's in-depth knowledge of accounting, legal implications, negotiating steps and procedures, along with his tenacity allow him to follow every detail of the transaction to a satisfactory conclusion.

With his 27 years in the industry, he has established a solid reputation for working with buyers and sellers of select businesses, specializing in businesses with a sale price of over one million dollars.

You can e-mail John Mock at john@mockandnelsonma.com

Margot G. Nelson

Margot G. Nelson was born in Chile, South America, the daughter of German Immigrants. Before she moved to the United States in 1977, she also lived in Venezuela and Italy. Margot speaks Spanish, English, Italian, and German fluently. She has been married to her husband Wade for 29 years, and they have 2 wonderful children.

Margot has worked in the corporate world overseas as Vice President of Operations and later President of a very large cosmetics company. In America, she was an International Consultant and Trainer for a conglomerate of companies engaged in self improvement, motivation, leadership, accounting, and finances. Margot and her husband have owned several businesses in Central Florida.

In 1982, Margot entered the business brokerage field, co-founding Goldcrest Commercial Business Consultants, Inc. She sold the company in 2000 and remained as an Independent Agent for 5 years, working in partnership with John Mock.

Margot has given numerous seminars in Europe and South America covering topics such as immigration alternatives, business pratices, types of businesses, valuations in America, market differences, all selling and buying procedures, documentation, etc. Because of these seminars, a large percentage of her clients come from Europe and South America.

Margot brings to the team vast knowledge and experience in working with people with enthusiasm and patience, accounting and financing procedures, negotiating skills, and multi-faceted talents that enable diverse possibilities of structuring a transaction and the perseverance to remain involved in each detail of the transaction until the closing.

You can e-mail Margot Nelson at margot@mockandnelsonma.com

Affiliations:
Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Florida, since 1982
Licensed Mortgage Broker, State of Florida, since 1990
Member of FBBA (Florida Business Brokers Association), 1985-2002
Vice President of FBBA, 1999-2000
Member of BBF (Business Brokers of Florida), since 2001
Member of Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, since 2006

Awards:
Million Dollar Club, 1995-present
Diamond Achievement Award ($10 Million), 1997
Certified Florida Business Intermediary, 1997
Silver Eagle Award ($25 Million), 2001