Buying or Selling a Florida Child Care Center 鈥� The License Doesn’t Come With the Building
A Florida child care center sells like real estate plus a license, except the license does not transfer. Section 402.305 change-of-ownership rules drive the timeline.
Quality of Earnings in Florida Lower-Middle-Market M&A 鈥� Why the Q of E Is the Buyer’s First Reprice Lever
The Q of E is not an audit 鈥� it’s a reprice lever. How Florida lower-middle-market founders should prepare for the QofE the buyer pays for and the seller pays for in price drops.
You Can’t Quietly Close on a Florida Money Services Business 鈥� Chapter 560 Change of Control and the 30-Day Application
Acquiring a Florida-licensed money services business is not a normal closing. Chapter 560 requires a new license application before a controlling interest changes hands.
Why a Non-Physician Can鈥檛 Just Buy a Florida Medical Practice 鈥� Fee-Splitting, Patient Brokering, and the MSO Workaround
A non-physician can鈥檛 simply buy a Florida medical practice 鈥� s. 458.331 fee-splitting and s. 817.505 patient brokering force an MSO structure. Why, and where it gets tested.
The Lien You Didn鈥檛 Find Because the Name Was Off 鈥� Florida UCC Searches and the 鈥淪eriously Misleading鈥� Rule
In a Florida asset deal, a UCC search is only as good as the name you search. Section 679.5061 makes the debtor鈥檚 exact name a closing risk. How to search so liens surface.
The Florida Alternative to a Bankruptcy Sale 鈥� Buying Assets Through an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
Chapter 727 gives Florida a state-court alternative to a 363 sale. For a buyer of a distressed business it can be faster 鈥� but the protections differ. How the structure works.
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