Valuing Your Business

Professional Valuation Services

Recent articles in Inc. and Entrepreneur magazine conclude that business valuations are critical for businesses of any size, not just when a business is being bought or sold Inc. magazine recently stated:

“A business’s success is ultimately measured by a business’s value… Knowing your net worth as a private business owner provides a useful snapshot of where your company stands, what options it has, and how it can improve in the long term.”

Some common uses of valuations include:

  • Determining the price to buy, sell or merge a business.
  • An annual reality check of your business performance.
  • A tool for aligning employee goals and business improvement.
  • Adding new shareholders, setting prices for new stock purchases or buy-backs.
  • Business owner net worth calculation for estate tax and financial planning.
  • Research into feasibility of management or leveraged buyouts.
  • Litigation support such as divorce proceedings of shareholders.
  • Obtaining and maintaining financing.
  • Employee stock ownership plans.
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  • Mediation and arbitration of disputes.
  • Valuation of business spin-offs.
  • Bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganizations.
  • Exit Strategy.
  • Conducting due diligence.

Package 1: Mergers & Acquisitions Valuation Report

This package is for corporations with an adjusted net income over $2,000,000 that want to position themselves in the mergers & acquisitions arena as a solid investment opportunity. This package is useful both in a negotiating role and to pre-qualify your business for outside funding such as SBA guaranteed loans. This helps move the divestiture process along and multiplies the number of buyers that can now afford to leverage their initial investment.

Package 2: Middle Market Opinion of Value

This package is for middle market companies with an estimated value over $1M that have an adjusted net income between $500,000 and $2,000,000. This evaluation report can be demonstrated to potential buyers that need a concise summary of your company. The report includes many sections including adjusted financial statements, the use of more than ten valuation methods, industry and market comparables, and an investment analysis.

Package 3: Main Street Market Analysis Report

This package is for main street businesses that have a net income up to $500,000. Nevertheless, the report is great for any business owner, whether you may be on the road to selling your business and need to set a fair price, or you just want to know how much your company is worth. We produce a full market data analysis of your business based on several different methods including financial and industry factors, and we produce a value range based on ratios.

Professional Real Estate Appraisal Services

Our company is duly licensed, certified, and insured to provide you with the very best in real estate appraisal services. We serve the entire Central Florida area and provide a wide spectrum of reports ranging from broker price opinions to full narrative appraisal reports. Our recent and current client base includes a middle-market company with revenues in excess of $30 million, a property management firm with over 60 properties in its real estate portfolio, and several top-tier law firms handling bankruptcy, divorce and corporate cases.

Residential Real Estate Packages are as follows:

Package 1: Broker Price Opinion

This package is for residential real estate owners and is geared towards single-family homes. A Broker Price Opinion report serves as an executive summary of a property’s current fair market value and is the instrument of choice by lending institutes and their representatives looking to make informed decisions about pricing homes for sale. The Broker Price Opinion is mostly based on the comparable market sales approach to value.

Package 2: Full Narrative Appraisal

This package is for residential real estate owners and their representatives who may be looking for a full report substantiating the value findings of the appraiser. Multiple valuation approaches are employed, including market comparables and depreciated cost. The Full Narrative Appraisal is geared towards owners who will need to substantiate the value to a third party such as a lender or court of law.

Commercial Real Estate Packages as follows:

Package 1: Multi-family, Full Narrative Appraisal

This package is for multi-family real estate owners and their representatives who may be looking for a full report substantiating the value findings of the appraiser. Multiple valuation approaches are employed, including market comparables, cost-depreciation analysis, income approach, and business investment analysis. The Full Narrative Appraisal is geared towards owners who will need to substantiate the value to a third party such as a lender, investor, or court of law.

Package 2: Income, Industrial, Retail and Office, Full Narrative Appraisal

This package is for commercial real estate owners and their representatives who may be looking for a full report substantiating the value findings of the appraiser. Multiple valuation approaches are employed, including market comparables, cost-depreciation analysis, income approach, and business investment analysis. The Full Narrative Appraisal is geared towards owners who will need to substantiate the value to a third party such as a lender, investor, or court of law. This appraisal package is limited to income producing commercial properties with an net operating income under $250,000. Custom quotes will be provided for larger appraisal assignments.

Wonder no more.

Contact VR Business Brokers for a free, no-obligation estimate of the value of your business.

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