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Yes, you have to provide a Profit and Loss if you want to sell your Business!!

by Kevin Hockey
Real Estate Agency Sales

A common question when a Seller wants to sell their business is “Do I have to provide a Profit and Loss?”

It’s important at this point for the Seller to put on their Buyers hat and ask themselves a few questions.
1. Would you buy a business without seeing vital income and profit data?
2. What would you automatically think if a Buyer said to you they didn’t want to provide a P & L?

Reality is no buyer will purchase your business without seeing a P & L. It just isn’t going to happen. Rent Roll yes, the Business no.

How do we deal with selling an agency where the Seller believes their P & L will appear less than favourable?

Here’s a few tips.

The first thing is speak to your accountant and let them know you are considering selling and could they please provide a Profit and Loss for sale purposes.

It is normal business practice that any Directors costs such as wages, expenses such as cars, phones, personal add ons and any other costs directly attributable to the owner will be removed. It might just be the circumstances aren’t as dire as you thought although a buyer is likely to add back in their own estimates of these expenses.

Take some more time before Selling and begin to make profit. This of course is much easier said than done and is rarely a viable option. In fact, it’s quite possible this could slip you further behind.
Do you really really need all your staff?
Do you really need to provide all those services or marketing commitments?
Are there leases and costs you can eliminate or at least reduce?
Can you sell the Company Vehicles if you have them?
Price it accordingly. The Rent Roll should maintain it’s value regardless of the Profit & Loss and it is where 95% or more of your value is likely to come from. The Sales Business value however will likely be minimal.
Structure the sale to suit. For a quick sale you might choose to sell the rent roll and simply vacate the premises. Of course this may be more difficult should you still have a lease in place.

If you have a lease in place and are selling the Rent Roll separately for a quick sale, consider these options.

• Talk to the shop next to you, they may consider expanding into your area.
• Speak to the Landlord about exiting your lease early
• Pay out the remainder of the lease from the Rent Roll proceeds
• Find a new potential tenant for your office
• A staff member may not be able to afford the Rent roll portfolio however they may be interested in the Business with minimal cost to purchase. Therefore sell the Rent Roll and Business is separate transactions.

In short, if you are selling the Agency you will need to provide a Profit & Loss to potential buyers.
If you are only selling a Rent Roll, no Profit and Loss is required.

For more advice on Selling your Agency contact Kevin or Grant at Real Estate Agency Sales today.

Kevin: 0447 555 683 or kevin@reas.com.au
Grant: 0430 198 889 or grant@reas.com.au

Rent Roll Values are Rising!!

In last month’s newsletter I wrote an article discussing the increase of the rent roll multiplier and improved value of the property management business. Thank you to those who responded providing feedback and thanking me for the information, I had the largest response ever to an article. This would suggest it is a subject of significant importance to most Principals.

The great news is, over the past month we have still seen further signs of recovery. Two Gold Coast rent rolls have gone under offer within just a few weeks with multiple offers on both in a market which was previously fairly tough. We continue to receive excellent buyer enquiry and feel more confident of achieving excellent value for quality rent rolls. Read more

Buy Online at www.reas.com.au

Real Estate Agency Sales has released an automated process for buyers to complete the confidentiality agreement and receive the details of the rent roll or agency for sale. The website at www.reas.com.au allows you almost immediate online access to complete the confidentiality agreement, provide some basic confidential information to allow us to assess your application and receive a detailed report of the rent roll or real estate agency of interest. Read more

Rent Roll Sales Qld merger

Real Estate Agency Sales and Rent Roll Sales Qld has announced the merger of both companies and will operate under the Real Estate Agency Sales brand.

Kevin Hockey, Company Director of Real Estate Agency Sales, is excited about the merger of the 2 brands saying “The opportunity for twice the exposure, access to both client databases and the benefit from the knowledge and experience of both Real Estate Brokers is undoubtedly going to be of real value to all our clients”

Graeme Bagshaw, Founder and General Manager of Rent Roll Sales Qld, believes it makes a perfect fit. “Kevin and I have been friends for years now and we know how each operates. We both hold Ethics, Trust and Great Service as essential to our businesses and I see this as a natural transition to servicing the Read more

Rent Roll values are rising

Rent roll values are rising again and I believe the signals are good for continued growth. Supply has slowed, demand has increased, the real estate market is improving and the oversupply of real estate agencies has now corrected itself to a certain degree.

Rent roll multipliers certainly took a hit over the past 18 months with some regions fairing worse than others. Read more

Principals – Stop Training

Yes, that’s right – Stop your current training. Stop learning how to make more sales and attending Property Management seminars and start learning more about running your business. Real Estate industry training seems to be more heavily focused on Sales skills like negotiating, listing presentations, achieving a higher fee or Property Management skills. As a business owner, you need to be a great CEO.

Thanks for thinking of us but Real Estate Agency Sales will be ok, we will still make sales. We just don’t want to see you and your business in severe financial hardship. We most certainly don’t want to talk to your bank or the receivers that have been appointed. Sadly, I’m receiving too many of those phone calls.

This recent article http://tinyurl.com/74dycn6 explains 2700 businesses went broke in 3 months prior to Christmas. In a different article from external administrator reports supplied to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, it says “too much failure is self-inflicted”.

12 Simple Tips for Selling your Rent Roll Business

We all know the difference between selling a well presented, attractive property to a poorly presented, unkept house. Buyers are far more attracted to a quality home and more likely to pay a premium price. Sometimes we ask sellers to put on their buyers hat and consider their homes worth and presentation through those eyes.

Selling your business is no different.

The presentation of your business to the market is vital to achieving your desired outcome. A buyer will also require written evidence of all the information provided. They will take nothing on face value and will be receiving advice from their solicitor, accountant, bank manager and possibly friends and family prior to making any decisions. We need to present the property for sale in a method to convince all parties of the value of your business. Read more

A Quality Rent Roll Defined

With a lot of activity at the moment regarding Principal’s expanding, selling or merging, rent rolls and their value is a hot topic for discussion.

Understanding the value of your business provides you the opportunity to take advantage of the current market and expand your Business operations and Property Management Division through the acquisition of other rent rolls. Banks will loan to you on the basis of your rent rolls value, talk to your bank manager regarding conditions which apply.

If you are considering selling your rent roll, understanding the mechanics of its value allows you to ensure a Premium price is achieved. Talk with Kevin Hockey today about how you canmaximise your sale price.

A Quality Rent Roll defined. Read more

Is GST applicable in the sale of a Rent Roll

There is much variance, disagreement and confusion amongst advisors to real estate Principals regarding the application of GST upon the sale of a rent roll. This “variance” comes down to one particular point in relation to the sale…….but more on that shortly.

So who wants to pay more Tax?

Nobody put this question into better perspective than Kerry Packer who in 1991 was facing a federal investigation into the print media industry where he was asked whether he tried to legally cut the amount of tax he paid. His reply, as only Mr Packer could, “If anybody in this country doesn’t minimise their tax, they want their heads read, because as a government, I can tell you, you’re not spending it that well that we should be donating extra,”

None of us want to pay more Tax than we have to and even in this circumstance where the GST is likely to eventually be “refunded” in due course it isn’t an ideal cashflow position. Last week I spoke with the ATO for a ruling on its position regarding GST and real estate rent roll sales after accountants conflicted in their advice to the buyer and seller of a sale. Their response was to direct me to a website which covers the rulings of GST.

Firstly I was referred to http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?docid=GST/GSTR20025/NAT/ATO/00001 and attention diverted to Paragraph’s 94 & 95 which reads:

94. DeliCo conducts a delicatessen business from leased premises adjacent to a large grocery retailer within a suburban shopping mall. DeliCo negotiates the sale of the business to another registered entity, NewCo, which has its own premises from which it intends to operate the delicatessen. The contract provides that the business name, plant and equipment, stock and goodwill are to be supplied to NewCo. DeliCo retains its premises and intends to commence another business from these premises.

95. Because the delicatessen is conducted from premises within the mall, some premises are necessary for the conduct of the delicatessen business. The supply is not the ‘supply of a going concern’ as DeliCo is not supplying premises which are one of the things that is necessary for the continued operation of the supplier’s enterprise.

The matter of an ongoing concern, I was told by the ATO, is generally defined by the need for the seller to supply the materials necessary to continue the business. This, he said, would be the requirement to provide the equipment necessary eg Fax machine, software etc and most importantly the premises in which the business was conducted. The first website above discusses this by saying it is necessary to supply premises to be considered the “supply of an ongoing concern”.

Further research took me to this website:- http://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/content.asp?doc=/content/19995.htm&page=1#P450_36547

14.13 Rent Roll

14.13.1 Is the sale of an agent’s rent roll subject to GST?

ATO Position – Yes, if the agent selling the rent roll is registered or required to be registered for GST. (If the rent roll is sold as part of the sale of the agent’s property management business, it may be GST-free as a supply of a going concern. For more information about GST-free supplies of going concerns, see GSTR 2002/5

So finally, if you buy a rent roll and relocate it to your own business at different premises, it is not considered an ongoing concern and therefore is subject to GST.

Should you purchase the rent roll and decide to operate it from the same location, it is very likely to be GST free and considered to be a sale of an ongoing concern.

The GST on the eventual sale, from the ATO’s perspective, is the responsibility of the seller. Should GST not be applied to the sale and the ATO at a future point were to decide GST is to be attributed to the sale, the seller will be expected to pay the outstanding GST.

As Kerry Packer said, don’t pay any extra than you have to, however, the Tax office is known to wield a big stick when it comes to not paying what it deems as being due.

Real Estate Agency Sales specialises solely in the sale of Real Estate Agencies and Rent Rolls, that’s all we do. Contact us on 3266 4242 or kevin@reas.com.au.

Borrowing against your Rent Roll

This is the year of opportunity – for those willing to grasp it. American Entrepreneur Warren Buffet said, Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. Seems like the world is pretty fearful, so is this our chance to be greedy?
To take advantage of the potential opportunities which may arise for you and your business, you may need help funding your progress. This is where your rent roll once again becomes such an invaluable ally to your business. Apart from generating income, assisting in increasing market share, building your database and providing listing leads to your sales department, you may also borrow against your rent roll secured solely against your portfolio.

Like a snowball racing down a hill gathering enormous momentum and strength, this amazing asset called Property Management can self stimulate the growth of your business, if you allow it!

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