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How to Buy a Dental Practice in 2026 (Complete Guide)
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📋 Free Download: Practice Evaluation Checklist https://practiceown.com/pdf
A complete, step-by-step overview of how to buy a dental practice in 2026. From saving your emergency fund to finding practices, negotiating the price, securing financing, and closing the deal. If you're a dentist thinking about ownership, this is the video to watch first.
What we cover:
- How much you need saved before buying (5-10% of purchase price)
- Why there's no "Zillow" for dental practices
- How practice brokers work (and their incentives)
- Why 80% of practices on the market aren't worth buying
- How to negotiate the purchase price
- The truth about practice valuations and "multiples"
- How banks decide how much to lend
- Comparing loan offers and avoiding bad terms
- Due diligence and verification
- The "death spiral" of buying a practice without enough patients
- Why now is the best time to buy
💼 Work with me: I help dentists evaluate dental practices before they buy. Every practice I evaluate gets compared against my database of 500+ evaluations.
📬 Questions? Reach out directly: chris@practiceown.com
0:00 Intro
0:10 Step 1: Save Your Emergency Fund
1:53 Step 2: Find a Practice to Buy
5:17 What Brokers Will Show You First
7:40 Evaluating the Broker Packet
10:12 Step 3: Negotiate the Purchase Price
17:24 Step 4: Due Diligence and Verification
18:56 Step 5: Secure Your Loan
21:54 Other Steps Before Closing
25:01 The "Death Spiral" of Not Enough Patients
28:35 Growth Opportunity vs. Obligation
30:15 Wrap-Up