So if you are thinking that you could get a higher price for your bureau with newer equipment, take the above figure into consideration. As stated in the title of this article, How NOT to Sell Your TAS, here are some fairly stunning examples of the inventiveness of some TAS owners when it comes to pricing their business. Or maybe they're planning a trip around the world. Those rationales have nothing to do with the current earnings stream, which is really what the buyer is buying. Now I want it back.
Sellers often make the mistake of equating market value with cost.
An answering service has one major asset, its customer list, which is predictable into the future and drives a future net cash flow. It would cost me half a million to start it from scratch. And sometimes it is germane to value. So on the block I go. Some sellers want to use the sale as an opportunity to get them out of the red, either commercially or personally.