Guides
Understand the deal before you're in it.
Plain-language guides on valuation, DSO deals, and what comes after. New issues go out in FUTURE // NOW first, then land here.
Buyers don't pay for collections. They pay for EBITDA. The math behind practice valuations, explained by a dentist who sat on the seller's side of it.
Read the guide →No state income tax, heavy DSO activity, and dentist-ownership rules.
Read the guide →No income tax, a market full of retiring sellers, and enforceable non-competes.
Read the guide →Heavy taxes, a non-compete rule that flips at the sale, and dentist-owned corporations.
Read the guide →Stacked taxes, two very different markets, and strict ownership rules.
Read the guide →The state where I sold mine. Flat tax, Chicagoland buyer density.
Read the guide →A low flat tax and two metro markets that behave very differently.
Read the guide →Three metros, three buyer pools, and steady consolidation.
Read the guide →A growth market, a falling flat tax, and a famously strict dental board.
Read the guide →Atlanta buyer density, a falling flat tax, and statute-backed non-competes.
Read the guide →One of the lowest flat taxes anywhere and a Valley that keeps growing.
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