By Branson Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Audientis LLC As the M&A market begins to slow, dealers have to ask themselves how much longer the bull can run. While owning a dealership and... Read more
By Richard Kotzen, CPA Over the past few years a convergence of forces has led to a sharp increase in the number of auto dealerships changing hands. With increasing dealership profitability,... Read more
By Ronald Sompels, CPA, and Richard Kotzen, CPA Owners who are considering selling their dealerships should be aware of and prepared for a thorough review and analysis of information (which... Read more
By Kenneth R. Rosenfield, CPA I have worked closely on hundreds of automobile dealership transactions since 1983. In all that time, the first question that is always asked by either the Buye... Read more
The Douglass family has been in the car business for nearly three decades, but until very recently they were a single-point family, owning and operating a Nissan dealership in Texas. That ju... Read more
This is Part III in a five part series on dealership buy/sell basics. Part I examined the three different types of buy/sell agreements. Part II discussed the basics of one of those: Asset Pu... Read more
By Mike Bachara, owner of Pro Count West, in conversation with Alysha Webb Planning ahead is generally a good idea in life and in the buy sell world. Take your dealership’s inventory. Having... Read more
By Ira Silver CPA, CGMA, Principal, MBAF LLC and David Silver, CPA Manager, MBAF LLC Thanks largely to the relative strength and stability of our economy, our banking, and our political syst... Read more
