Thinking of Selling your Business? – Douglas O. Meyer

The last several years were a tough time to try to sell a funeral home. Values were depressed and then the credit market collapsed, so would-be buyers couldn’t obtain financing for a purchase. Now, however, I’m seeing more acquisition activity. For those...

Barry Murphy says:

Perhaps the most valuable lesson I learned through my journey with JCG is knowledge is important and should be gathered from as many sources as possible and on a continuous basis but timing is king. We were fortunate our relationship with JCG started many years before...

Justin King says:

Just wanted to let you  know what a positive experience it was to have Greg and Al out to St. Louis last week. For us at least, I don’t know how much more 10 degree temperatures those guys could have handled…Greg and Al obviously know their stuff and did a...

Fares J. Radel says:

In January 2010, Fares J. Radel Funeral homes needed to refinance our funeral home in Cincinnati. The loan amount was over $1.5 million and I found in dealing with traditional banks, they do not fully understand the ebbs and tides of funeral home cash flow. After...

Jane Ready says:

When my husband, William Ready, died in 2000 I inherited 2/3 of Ready Funeral Services, Inc., and my daughter, Michele, 1/3. The business consisted of three funeral homes and a crematorium. Two years later I built a new state of the art crematorium. Three years ago...