Category: Selling a Business

Selling a Business: Is It Worth It? 19 December 2022: Selling a Business: Is It Worth It? Selling a business is generally an arduous event; taxing the business owner mentally and emotionally – and sometimes even physically. In the more than 20 years we’ve been advising business owners (and business

 Business Owners: Do You Know What Your Business Is Worth? 12 December 2022: Business Owners: Do You Know What Your Business Is Worth? If you own a business, do you have any idea what it’s worth? If most studies are any indication, probably not. According to a recent poll

Businesses Owning Real Estate: 3 Examples 5 December 2022: Businesses Owning Real Estate: 3 Examples Last week’s post was an overview of some of the issues surrounding the sale of a business when real estate is involved. At the end of that post, I mentioned that I planned to provide

Businesses Owning Real Estate 28 November 2022: Businesses Owning Real Estate Here’s a question we sometimes get, but not often enough: What’s the best relationship between a business and the real estate it occupies? Should the business own the real estate? Generally not. But if not, who’s the perfect landlord?

Selling a Business: Current Market Conditions 21 November 2022: Selling a Business: Current Market Conditions Are you thinking of selling a business – either as the owner of that business or as a business broker? If so, knowing what the market looks like should be helpful. We get asked all

Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 4) 14 November 2022: Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 4) This is Part 4 – the final installment in our 4-part series – on FSBOs – “For Sale By Owner”; businesses that the owners themselves are trying to sell, without the help of any professional

Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 3) 07 November 2022: Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 3) This is the third installment in our 4-part series on FSBOs – “For Sale By Owner” – business owners that try to sell their business themselves. Part 1 was a discussion of price as it’s

Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 2) 31 October 2022: Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 2) Last week’s post – Part 1 of our series on FSBOs – discussed the importance, when selling a business, of pricing that business correctly, something that is virtually impossible to do unless you know what

Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 1) 24 October 2022: Selling a Business: FSBOs (Pt 1) What’s a FSBO? FSBO is an acronym for “For Sale Buy Owner”. Historically used by real estate agents when referring to home owners that try to sell their own house, it has been gaining common

Selling a Business: 3 Types of Buyers 17 October 2022: Selling a Business: 3 Types of Buyers Selling a business requires, among other things, knowing who the likely buyers are. We’ve occasionally discussed buyers in previous posts but often with more specificity. This post discusses the three general categories of