[bruckie]

I think this cuts both ways. I have a friend who's a recently-retired partner in an ophthalmology practice, and it was very difficult for him to find someone who wanted to buy into the partnership to take his spot. He said that many docs these days just want to go to work, do their job, and go home, without dealing with all of the additional burdens that come with owning a business. He thinks that's a big contributing factor to the corporatization of medical practice.

[the_d3f4ult]

What'd he end up doing? I don't know the specifics of your friend's situation, but I hear this a lot from older guys who want absurd buy-ins based largely on good-will.

[bruckie]

He eventually found someone, but ended up working a couple of extra years before he could find a buyer. I don't know enough to judge whether the valuation he was looking (or eventually got) for was reasonable or not.