By Joseph S. Aboyoun, Esq. You enter into a long-awaited buy-sell transaction. As the seller, you are comforted that your exit plan is finally underway. As the buyer, you are pleased with th... Read more
Scott Dahl worked in automotive finance for three decades. Now, he has jumped to the other side of the industry. Dahl and his brother Mark just acquired a dealership in Minnesota. “It was a... Read more
By Kenneth R Rosenfield, CPA At what point does the number of franchises of one brand a dealership group owns become too many? How does one make that decision? In the automotive dealership w... Read more
By Chris Saraceno Before it’s time to put a dealership on the market, the habits of the company’s leadership will come to light — for either good or ill. If the dealers and leaders of the co... Read more
By James Mitchell, Cushman & Wakefield We’ve explored the importance of valuing your real estate (see “Why Aren’t We Talking More About Real Estate?” Buy Sell Report, March 2019), and ho... Read more
By Steve Ronan, Citrin Cooperman We hear from clients all the time, “We’re going to need a new ERP system soon.” Most companies and executives understand that the ERP, or Enterprise Resource... Read more
By Alysha Webb – Editor and Publisher A dealership’s sales volume, franchise, and location are some of the many factors that go into determining its valuation in a buy sell. A perhaps... Read more
By Nate Allphin, Eide Bailly LLP When you look at the industry as a whole, the pressures facing dealerships are coming from multiple angles. The main sources? New technologies and industry... Read more
