Sold my business. Been in the works for some time, a few months, and today we closed. 23 years ago I invested 360K, well actually 20K and mortgaged my soul to purchase 1/2 of the practice. Over the years I've sold parts, bought back parts, purchased the building, etc... and today it all came to fruition. I still own 33% of the building but the business is gone. Bittersweet though. I still work there but no longer the owner, just one of the two practice managers. I have to continue to working and am "in charge" for the next 3 years along with my partner who likely will be retiring then. Me, I won't be quite ready (54 years old then) but my wife will be fully pensioned so we will be "free" to do as we please. I can continue to work for the people (Pet Vet Care) and be well compensated assuming I like working for them. Of course one of the reasons we went with this group is because we felt we could do medicine our way. Other companies didn't and we nixed them right off the bat. Still is a bit confusing and disheartening giving up something like this, however the financial benefit was considerable as was the ease of mind knowing that when I do decide to retire I don't have the business to worry about. I watched my father struggle for years trying to sell his. Nearly cost him his life as I'm sure that was a big contributor to the reason he need open heart surgery 3 years ago, due to a rather involve court battle over the sale of his business. Me, I don't need that.
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