Category Archives: Finding a Practice

Starting the search for a practice to buy can feel like staring over a cliff edge into a black abyss. You don’t know what’s down there, so jumping is scary.

Take the leap now.

Here’s why.
Here are the top 3 three things I look at when I’m helping a client assess a potential practice to buy.

If you’re on the hunt for a great practice to buy, knowing how to look is one thing, but knowing just what you’re looking for? That’s something else entirely.

Here are the top 3 three things I look at when I’m helping a client assess a potential practice to buy.

“Networking” evokes images of schmoozy glad-handing at industry functions, passing out and taking business cards with promises of keeping in touch. And for some people, it *is* that!

That style of networking isn’t invalid, but it is tough for a lot of us, especially the introverts out there.

This is a topic I’ve hit recently, but I continue to get enough questions about it that I wanted to revisit it one more time.

“I want to buy a practice. Where should I start looking?”

I get this question a LOT. In fact, it’s usually the next question right after “How do I find a practice to buy?” Here’s my approach.

Give me just a few minutes and a few paragraphs and I’m going to change your mind about networking. Really!

Here’s the thing: Networking is good for you, but it’s also good for the dentists you’re networking with.

After nearly a decade helping over 500 dentists buy practices, I’ve learned a thing or two. Here are my top 3 pieces of advice to make your search for a practice, the purchase itself, and your entire career go much more smoothly.

2023 is the best year for you to buy a dental practice. Well, let me back up and say, it COULD be the best year for it. Depending on you.

Now is probably the best time to buy a practice for most of you! Most dentists wait too long and after they own, wish they’d done it sooner. The three most common concerns tend to be 1) “I don’t have the money,” 2) “It’s not the right time in my career,” and 3) “The market is too high / too low.”

Let’s look at each of these.