Succession is a hot topic these days. One of the drivers of the burning buy sell market is a lack of successors for family-owned businesses. Sometimes that is because an owner’s kids don’t want to go into the car business. Sometimes there are no kids. Either way, the business will be sold, so why bother with a succession plan?
But the existence of a successor shouldn’t be the determining factor in forming a succession plan, Dan Schneider of Rawls Group tell us in this issue. Even if you plan to sell, a succession plan is crucial.
When you do sell, you want to include all profit centers in your dealership when determining the value of the business. Don Ray of Portfolio Reinsurance in this issue points out an area you may be overlooking in the F&I department.
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