Selling Your Business? Get a Business Broker.

So, you’re looking to sell your business or liquidate your assets. First, you need to make sure you have a certified appraisal of your business, machinery, or equipment. But, where do you go from there? In order to simplify the process, get more offers, and get the best price for your business or equipment, you should work with a business broker.

Business brokers work similarly to real estate agents. They can help you with advertising, initial discussions with buyers, negotiations, and the final transaction processes. Most importantly, a business broker can be a decision-making partner during this crucial time for a seller or buyer.

It is essential to realize that deals are being done, despite the current economic climate. Although there is a lot of doom and gloom out there, there are businesses that are making money and looking to increase their opportunities through acquisition or purchase of assets or equipment. These deals are just being done differently than in the past. Because of the current state of the credit markets, buyers and sellers are developing creative deal-structuring strategies to facilitate transactions and satisfy both buyers and sellers.

In order to take advantage of the opportunities that are still out there and make sure that you are getting the most out of the sale of your business and equipment, partner with an experienced business broker.

In addition to valuation services, Present Value provides business and equipment brokerage services. Present Value has an extensive team of business and equipment brokers who help buyers and sellers come together for transactions with businesses, machinery, and equipment. Present Value’s research team also has relationships with hundreds of equipment and business brokers at both national and international levels.

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What’s It Worth?

Everything has a value. Today, more than ever, it is important to know what it’s all worth. As a business owner, it is important to know the true market value of your machinery and equipment for a whole host of reasons, such as insurance and business valuation. It is relatively simple to determine the value of a farm tractor or an out-of-the-box piece of equipment. An appraiser will look at various factors to determine value, including its original price, wear and tear, depreciation, and current market value. It is a straightforward process because there are millions of pieces of equipment against which they can be compared to determine fair market value. However, it is much more difficult to determine the value of custom-made equipment such as dies, molds, or custom machinery.

An appraiser must take into account that such equipment may be one of a kind, which makes it more difficult to value because there are no other pieces against which to compare it. A whole host of considerations must be taken, including the cost of its production, the value of its usage, the cost of its replacement, depreciation, salvage value, and scrap value. The appraisal of custom equipment requires the specialized skills of a professional who has the expertise and certification to examine all of these factors and more to determine its true fair market value.

Whether you need to know the fair market value or other standards of value such as liquidation value, salvage value, or replacement cost, it makes good financial sense to obtain a credible certified equipment appraisal report that will hold up under scrutiny with financial institutions, government agencies, buyers, sellers, shareholders, or partners. Make sure you know what it’s worth.

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