{"id":561158,"date":"2012-06-27T05:32:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T09:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrbbd.wpengine.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/the-highest-price-vs-the-best-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:44:15","slug":"the-highest-price-vs-the-best-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/the-highest-price-vs-the-best-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Highest Price Vs. The Best Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Naturally, sellers want the highest price they can get for their business. In come cases, however, it might not be the best deal. For this reason, every offer should be scrutinized carefully. When an offer is presented, the first thing a seller looks for is the price. If it is lower than anticipated, the seller\u2019s first reaction is to give it back, initiating the case for its being much too low. A seller should consider an offer carefully and avoid a hasty reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few alternatives that might offset a lower price:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an offer with no or very few, and easily satisfied contingencies<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a consulting agreement or other deferred compensation<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a quick closing<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 all cash, if that\u2019s important<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 employment contracts with relatives or long-time employee(s)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 business vehicle to remain with the seller<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 buyer has a long success record indicating long-term survival<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 short-term payment period if seller financed<\/p>\n<p>When a professional business broker is involved, he or she can point out those areas that may offset the price, down payment or the structure of the deal. After all, the important thing is not what a seller gets, but what he or she gets to keep!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally, sellers want the highest price they can get for their business. In come cases, however, it might not be the best deal. For this reason, every offer should be scrutinized carefully. When an offer is presented, the first thing a seller looks for is the price. If it is lower than anticipated, the seller\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-selling-a-business"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrbusinessbrokers.com\/vrbbgreenbay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}