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Key takeaways Roughly 15 states let anyone own a veterinary practice outright, about 18 restrict ownership to licensed veterinarians, and the rest sit somewhere in between. Counts vary by how you define “restricted,” so always check your own state’s statute. The corporate practice of veterinary medicine (CPOM) doctrine is the legal reason a PE-backed offer…
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He negotiated for eleven weeks and won most of it. Better price, more cash at closing, a shorter commitment than the first draft. Fourteen months later he called me on a Tuesday afternoon, which I remember because he was calling from his car in his own parking lot, between patients, and he did not sound…
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Key takeaways Most deals now die in diligence, not at the bank. In a 2025 study of 75 broken letters of intent, diligence findings killed 25.3 percent of deals and earnings discrepancies another 21.3 percent; financing failures fell to 10.7 percent, half their 2023 share. The letter of intent protects the buyer more than you.…
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Most approaches ask you to sell your practice. This one asks you to buy into something. That sounds like marketing. Then you look at how the deal is actually built, and it turns out to be the whole thing. MB2 Dental calls itself a dental partnership organization rather than a DSO. The distinction is not…
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Key takeaways Yes, you can legally sell without a broker in every state — and in 2 specific situations it genuinely works: the buyer is already known to you and the deal is simple. Self-directed sales succeed when the buyer already exists. For-sale-by-owner home data makes the pattern vivid: only 5 percent of 2025 sales…
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