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Buying & selling assisted living, explained

Practical guides on acquiring, selling, valuing, and financing assisted living facilities and residential care homes — written by specialists who do these deals every day.

Buying an Assisted Living Facility

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How to find, evaluate, finance, and close on an assisted living or residential care home.

Buying

How to Buy an Assisted Living Facility

A step-by-step guide to buying an assisted living facility — finding deals, valuing the business, financing with an SBA loan, running due diligence, and transferring the license.

Assisted Living Due Diligence Checklist for Buyers

A category-by-category due-diligence checklist for buying an assisted living facility — licensing, financials, census, staffing, physical plant, and legal, plus the deal-killers.

Selling Your Assisted Living Facility

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How to prepare, value, market, and confidentially sell your care home to the right buyer.

Selling

How to Sell an Assisted Living Facility

How to sell an assisted living facility — value it, prepare it, market it confidentially, vet buyers, avoid the deal-killers, and transfer the license.

Assisted Living Facility Valuation

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What assisted living facilities are worth, how they're valued, and how to fund a purchase.

Valuation

Assisted Living Facility Valuation: How Much Is It Worth?

How assisted living facilities are valued — cap rates, EBITDA and revenue multiples, price per bed, the drivers that move value, and a worked example.

Assisted Living Real Estate Agents

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Why a specialized RAL agent matters and how our national referral network connects you locally.

Agents & Experts

Assisted Living Real Estate Agents: How to Choose a Specialist

Why buying or selling a care home needs a specialized assisted living real estate agent — what they do, how to find and vet one, and the questions to ask.