BELLA VISTA, Ark. — What started as a dream turned into what one Northwest Arkansas couple called a financial nightmare.

Brittany and Larry McDaniel said buying a daycare business in Centerton left them with half a million dollars in debt and nowhere left to turn for help.

The couple moved to Northwest Arkansas with the hope of creating a new kind of learning environment for children.

“I wanted it to be education-based and solely for the children to have a preschool atmosphere, but also a lot of fun and hands-on sensory type activities,” Brittany said.

They purchased the daycare in 2023 with the help of a business broker.

“They gave us all the financials and everything, so we reviewed all of that, and it looked like a dream come true. It said that they were profiting a lot per year, a

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