Posts tagged dangers of business valuations

The Traps In Buying A Business And How To Avoid Them – Pt 6 – Checking Out The Seller

cDespite stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent purchaser, it’s very easy for a buyer of a small family business to be caught by buying a dud.
If you’re stuck with a dud business as a result of being deliberately deceived you certainly can take them [...]

Buying A Business – The Traps And How To Avoid Them – Pt 5 – Family Members Who Work In The Business

Despite stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent purchaser, it’s very easy for a buyer of a small family business to be caught by buying a dud.
If you’re stuck with a dud business as a result of being deliberately deceived you certainly can take them [...]

Buying A Business – The Traps And How To Avoid Them – Pt 4 – Undeclared Cash Out Of The Till

Despite stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent purchaser, it’s very easy for a buyer of a small family business to be caught by buying a dud.
If you’re stuck with a dud business as a result of being deliberately deceived you certainly can take them [...]

Buying A Business – The Traps And How To Avoid Them – Pt 3 – Checking The Figures

Despite stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent purchaser, it’s very easy for a buyer of a small family business to be caught by buying a dud.
If you’re stuck with a dud business as a result of being deliberately deceived you certainly can take them [...]

Buying A Business – The Traps And How To Avoid Them – Pt 2 – The Lease Agreement

Despite stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent purchaser, it’s very easy for a buyer of a small family business to be caught by buying a dud.
If you’re stuck with a dud business as a result of being deliberately deceived you certainly can take them [...]

Buying A Business – The Traps And How To Avoid Them – Pt 1

On the face of it, it should be a lot less risky now than it used to be to buy a business from a stranger.
Most (but not all) States and Governments in the developed world have brought in stringent disclosure rules which aim to even things up between the supposedly rapacious seller and the innocent [...]

Valuing A Business When You Are Restructuring, Splitting Up With Your Partner Or Spouse, Or Retiring

The most common reasons for valuing a business are when you are buying or selling the business.
However, they are not the only circumstances in which a business needs to be valued.
This article discusses the other less common reasons you may need to value a small family business and how important it is that you know [...]

Valuing Your Own Business Before You Sell It – Who Sets the Selling Price?

Apart from buying a business the next most common reason for valuing a small family business is that it is yours and you want to sell out.
In this case you are the one who is highlighting the good points about the business and perhaps burying the secrets.
The question is, who do you rely on to [...]

Valuing A Business Or Franchise Before You Buy – 5 Reasons For Doing So & Why Most Buyers Do It Themselves

There are very good reasons why small business buyers should make sure the business is properly checked out and valued before they buy, and equally good reasons why they usually end up doing the valuations themselves.
But there are also very great dangers in doing so without first finding out and being trained on how to [...]

Buying A Franchise – 10 Special Tips

Buying a franchise is no different from buying any other type of business. Everything needs to be properly checked out and a value placed on the business.
And contrary to what the franchiser would like you to believe, the price is not set in stone and you should not believe everything you are told.
This article gives [...]

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