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Selling a Property Tax Assessment Agents Business

No one said selling your business in a depressed economy would be easy. But selling your property tax assessment agents business doesn't have to be as daunting as it sounds.

The decision to sell a property tax assessment agents business is never easy. In our experience, a common owner concern is how the sale will affect customers and employees.

Most property tax assessment agents businesses are good business opportunities, a fact that is not going unnoticed by today's discerning buyers.

Broker vs. No Broker

When selling a property tax assessment agents business, you have two choices: Hire a broker to facilitate the sale or perform the sale unassisted. Is there a cost associated with hiring a broker? Sure - about 10% of the final sale prices. But a good broker will make selling your property tax assessment agents business much less painful. You can also expect to receive a higher sales price for your business in a broker-assisted deal.

Pre-Sale Checklist

There is a lot of work that needs to be done before you're ready to sell your property tax assessment agents business. Perhaps the most important pre-sale consideration is to right-size your expectations to the realities of the market. Once your expectations are in the ballpark, you can move on to making your business presentable to prospective buyers.

Buyer Identification

It's difficult to predict where the buyer of your property tax assessment agents business will come from. Avoid pigeon-holing your search to a single buyer category. That means listing your property tax assessment agents business in trade-specific directories as well as general business-for-sale databases. Sellers should also recognize the value of promoting their sale in trusted business networks, carefully balancing the need for confidentiality with the promotional potential of their contact base.

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