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Value not Price

Two years ago two doctors (Drs. A and B) had similar problems, and that was that their dental practices weren’t busy enough! They wanted to increase their practice productivity in their current office to maximize the advantages of “Economy of Scale” (additional production in the existing facility).
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There is no Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Purchasing a practice is one of the most important steps that a dentist can make in his or her lifetime. Practice gross income over an average practice-life of thirty five years can exceed twenty to fifty million dollars! The decisions made now can severely impact a dentist’s income potential for the remaining years in practice. The value of a dental practice is not in the equipment, the office space or even the location, it is in the income potential of the practice over the purchaser’s expect
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Education Results in Debt, Debt Service Requires Income, Income Requires Debt

There's an old maxim, "There are two ways to get rich in this world, either be born rich or marry rich". If you are rich you don't need to read this article, but if you count yourself among the less fortunate millions (not dollars but people), then this article is for you.
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I am considering buying a general dental practice where the lab expenses are only 4% of collections. What should laboratory expenses be?

Laboratory expenses are very telling as to what is being done in a practice and what is not...
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Can the existing owner of a practice offer to "buy" a restrictive covenant from the associate with no contract?

Absolutely. The best thing the owner of a practice can do when he wants to sell his practice (and has an associate with no contract working in the practice) is to offer to pay $5000 or $10,000 to the associate as consideration for a restrictive covenant that can be transferred to a new purchaser.
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