Estate Planning Disaster

The following is a true-life horror story played out by recently deceased actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. If you are a business owner, know a business owner, have some money in a bank account, and/or dislike paying taxes, please read on. Melissa Montgomery-Fitzsimmons...

Market Timing: The Big Picture

Economic cycles can affect the opportune time to buy or sell a business.  In the last three decades the US has suffered economic downturns in the last 2-3 years of the decade, with recovery stretching into the early part of the next decade. Small businesses have...

Sellers are in the Drivers Seat

We at Apex are very familiar with the tension between securing the highest price for a business, and not getting it sold. 2013 Survey results* indicate that one in three businesses will not sell within a year of listing.  Further, business brokers indicate that 40% of...

Wished-For-Pricing

When selling your house, would you research the market, check neighborhood listings on the MLS, verify that your Realtor is educated on the marketplace, then analyze all of this information to determine an asking price? Or would you just list your home at the...