Selling a Childcare Business – Owner Financing vs. Earn Outs

Business, Buy a Center, Child Care Owner Exit Planning, Childcare Exit Strategy, Featured Articles, Sell a Center

In recent years I have received an increasing number of calls (more than in years past) from childcare business owners about selling their childcare business and owner financing. However, the involvement of owner financing in selling a childcare business or any small business is common. In transferring small, medium, and large childcare businesses, the seller…

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Succession Planning vs. Exit Planning

Child Care Business Operations, Child Care Business Valuation, Child Care Owner Exit Planning, Childcare Exit Strategy

Childcare business owners often need clarification regarding the difference between Succession Planning and Exit Planning. And which one should they be doing? To add to the confusion, succession, and exit planning are often used interchangeably. But they technically mean different things. Succession Planning focuses on planning and preparing to hand the business over to a…

Not Having a Childcare Business Exit Plan Can Be Costly

Business, Child Care Business Valuation, Child Care Owner Exit Planning, Childcare Exit Strategy, Sell a Center, Taxation

Do you have an Exit Plan for your childcare business? Is it a well-thought-out, written plan that outlines the process you will follow as your plan your eventual exit from your childcare business? Or is it more that you have some ongoing dialogue with yourself about how you need to get started on an Exit…

Endless Child Care Buyer Calls, Emails, and Letters

Business, Buy a Center, Child Care Business Valuation, Child Care Real Real Estate, Childcare Exit Strategy, Featured Articles, Featured Posts, Marketing Your Child Care Business, Sell a Center

How many calls, emails, and letters have you received this week from people interested in buying your child care business? If you are like most child care business owners, particularly a large child care business owner, you have probably been contacted by at least a dozen or more people this week alone. Having specialized in…