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Selling a City Surveyors Business

You've learned a lot during your tenure as a city surveyors business owner. Before you walk away, you have one more challenge to overcome: A successful and profitable business sale.

You need to get a good price for your city surveyors business. To get there, you'll need to set realistic expectations and follow a deliberate selling strategy.

Despite the conventional wisdom, we believe current economic conditions are right for selling a city surveyors business. We'll tell you what you need to know to achieve a successful sale outcome

Laying the Groundwork

In addition to improving profitability and market share, planning the sale of your business will require you to think about how you will present your company to buyers. A first-rate business broker can give your business an edge by facilitating the preparation process and orienting your presentation toward today's buyers. Specifically, brokers can advise you about the preparation of financial statements and other documents buyers expect to see in a premium city surveyors business opportunity.

Buyer Concessions

Sellers aren't the only ones who can make concessions in a business sale. In many instances, sellers can request buyer concessions. For example, if the buyer needs seller financing, you can leverage a five-year loan to push for a higher sales price. Although you won't see all of the proceeds upfront, you'll earn interest on the balance and realize a higher price than you would in an all cash deal. Asset exclusions, retained ownership shares and long-term contracts with another of the seller's companies can also be leveraged to extract concessions from buyers.

Working with Appraisers

An experienced appraiser is part and parcel of a successful city surveyors business sale. Leading industry appraisers equip sellers with a value gauge that can be accessed during negotiations. If you're disappointed with the appraiser's estimate of your company's worth, you have the option of seeking a second opinion. However, it's more often the case that you will need to adjust your expectations of your business's value to buyers.

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