Buying, Selling, and Valuing Financial Practices, + Website

The purpose of this book is to help advisors understand how to sell what they've built to someone else for maximum value and at optimum tax rates. It is also written to help those on the other end of the deal, so that buyers may understand how to successfully complete an acquisition on the best possible terms, with minimum risk, while writing off the entire purchase price over time. These are not disparate goals; they are connected in every way and part of a win-win-win strategy that aligns the interests of the buyers, the sellers, and the clients who serve as judge and jury over the entire M&A process. This triple bottom line should be the ultimate goal of every transaction?for the good of this industry, its business owners, and the investing public.

As a seller, you only have one chance to sell a practice you have spent a lifetime building. As a buyer, you're competing with numerous candidates, many with experience and greater resources. To succeed, you need to know more than the other side, and you need an experienced guide. Buying, Selling & Valuing Financial Practices is the complete guidebook for executing your transaction.

Written for sellers and buyers alike, this explicit and detailed road map from a pioneer in the financial advisory profession takes you through the entire process and fully prepares you to maximize your opportunities and avoid costly mistakes.