Looking at the true costs of buying an existing business versus starting from scratch including all hidden legal fees and transfer taxes.
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Looking at the true costs of buying an existing business versus starting from scratch including all hidden legal fees and transfer taxes.
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
California buying an existing small business asset purchase bulk sales tax county documentary transfer tax legal fees lease assignment 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
California starting a small business startup costs permits licenses construction professional fees official resourcesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
California buying an existing small business asset purchase bulk sales tax county documentary transfer tax legal fees lease assignment 2026 Google ↗
California starting a small business startup costs permits licenses construction professional fees official resources Google ↗
- Notifying CDTFA · cdtfa.ca.gov
- Documentary Transfer Tax · lavote.gov
- Permits and Licenses · taxes.ca.gov
- Set Up Your Business in California | California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) · calosba.ca.gov
- Starting a Business :: California Secretary of State · sos.ca.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California buying an existing small business asset purchase bulk sales tax county documentary transfer tax legal fees lease assignment 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
California starting a small business startup costs permits licenses construction professional fees official resources OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |