The dealer agreements and manufacturer approval, three years of financial statements and tax returns, the lease or deed, payroll records, the fixed-asset and inventory list, and the executed purchase and escrow agreements. Each should be the original document, not a broker's summary.
The seller's file becomes the buyer's evidence
The E-2 application has to prove the enterprise is real and operating, and the seller holds most of that proof. Ask for the manufacturer dealer agreements and the written approval of the buyer as the new dealer; the property lease or deed and any assignment consent; three years of financial statements and business tax returns; payroll registers showing the mechanics and counter staff; the inventory and fixed-asset lists used to set the price; and existing customer service contracts, including municipal or commercial accounts. Combine those with the buyer's own documents: the executed purchase agreement, the escrow agreement with its release terms, bank records showing the purchase funds leaving the buyer's account, and the source of those funds, such as the sale of the South Frontenac shop or years of documented savings.
A broker's confidential information memorandum is a useful index but is not evidence; every claim in it should be traceable to an underlying record. Assemble the file in the order the consular officer will read it: nationality, investment, enterprise, control.