About
James Benincasa
Managing Member & Principal Broker
An M&A Professional
With James, you'll be working with an M&A Professional.
Credentialed, experienced, and personally engaged on every transaction — from first conversation to final closing.
A career built on completed transactions.
James is the founder of Business Lending Solutions, LLC DBA BLS Consulting Services, a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Minnesota and a Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary (M&AMI) — an elite designation reserved for advisors with documented closed transactions, advanced education, and rigorous peer review. The M&AMI is exclusive to the M&A Source, a division of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA).
He also holds the Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) — also exclusive to the IBBA — and the Accredited Business Intermediary (ABI), exclusive to the American Business Brokers Association (ABBA). His Certified Value Builder (CVB) credential equips him to help owners systematically improve enterprise value in the years before sale.
James specializes in Main-Street to lower-middle-market transactions — providing valuation, financial recasting, confidential marketing, buyer vetting, negotiation, document preparation, and closing oversight. The result is a transaction process owners can actually trust.
Our Company
BLS Consulting brings expertise to every moving part of the M&A process — guiding clients objectively to the best possible outcome. We assist buyers and sellers alike, producing successful transactions and durable relationships.
Our Experience
30+ years in the industry, multiple specialized designations, and continuing education through the leading professional bodies in the field — IBBA, M&A Source, and ABBA.
Our Standard
Confidentiality, transparency, and direct principal access on every engagement. The advisor you meet is the advisor who closes your deal.
Our Network
Listings reach the most-trafficked qualified-buyer platforms worldwide. Local roots in Burnsville and the Twin Cities; national reach via the IBBA, M&A Source, and ABBA.