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Selling Veterinary Real Estate: What Clinic Owners Need to Know Selling veterinary real estate alongside your practice can significantly increase your total transaction proceeds, but it requires carefully decoupling the real estate asset from the operating business entity. Because institutional buyers and private equity groups approach property structures differently than owner-occupiers, structuring the lease agreement…
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Key takeaways The work before the advertisement matters. Prove the demand, define the doctor’s role, and price the complete package before asking candidates to respond. Published pay figures as reference points do not create a universal salary band for every region, schedule, experience level, or practice. No national time-to-hire promise replaces an accountable search calendar.…
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Key takeaways Independent practice owners reported the lowest burnout rates among the segments studied. Ownership autonomy protects most owners, so when you, the owner, are burned out, the buffer has failed and the signal deserves real weight. Burnout costs the US veterinary industry roughly $2 billion a year, and the median turnover cost when a…
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Re-Trade in a Veterinary Practice Sale: How to Prevent It in 2026 Key takeaways A re-trade is when a buyer cuts the agreed price after signing the LOI, useing the 60-to-90-day exclusivity window when you’re legally locked in and can’t talk to other buyers. Two conditions make re-trades possible: a single buyer and disorganized financials.…
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Seller Note in a Veterinary Practice Sale: 2026 Owner’s Guide Key takeaways A seller note makes you the bank — you accept a promissory note for a portion of the purchase price and collect payments from the buyer over time, with interest, instead of receiving full cash at closing. Seller notes are subordinated to the…
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