Compare flat per diem, unstable schedules, collections benchmarks, assistant support, hygiene backfill, and take-home pressure before staying too long.
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Separate the headline price from cash at close, employment lock-in, earnout, rollover equity, and other at-risk value before the big number anchors the room.
Underwrite a deal before emotion, broker pressure, or FOMO takes over. Includes DSCR stress testing and independent advisor checklist.
Brian Hanks's acquisition podcast is worth starting from the beginning if you need the buyer sequence before live deals, lenders, and brokers start shaping the frame.
Site-selection and market-screening resource for dentists comparing locations, competition, and demographic fit.
What to do when you buy a practice, inherit resistant staff, weak collections, outdated systems, and a softer-than-expected schedule.
Pressure-test malpractice, cyber, EPLI, workers' compensation, business interruption, and website exposure before a renewal or claim forces it.
What to actually study before ownership: EOBs, payroll, fee schedules, posting leakage, reimbursement reality, and operator discipline that podcasts usually skip.
What to do when a new owner is out of network before the practice has enough trust, demand, and payment architecture to keep the schedule full.
Decide whether a plan is a margin trap, a temporary demand bridge, or a contract to renegotiate before the schedule pays the price.
Monthly scorecard for collections, overhead, payroll, A/R, case acceptance, retention, and schedule efficiency with a downloadable template.
What to do when your first job is grinding you down: stabilize income, rebuild your learning path, and choose your next environment deliberately.
Debt pressure, production pressure, isolation, and substance drift need a real support plan, not just career advice.
Most buyers are taught clinical excellence, not purchase underwriting. This section is built to close that gap with plain-language decision tools.
External resource example for PPO strategy, transitions, reimbursement structure, and front-office execution.
What We Are Building
- Acquisition due-diligence workflows for first-time owners.
- PPO participation break-even and renegotiation models.
- Inherited-office turnaround playbooks for new owners.
- Owner compensation and debt-capacity stress templates.
- Broker and lender incentive-mapping frameworks.