For years, selling to a corporate consolidator was treated as the default exit for a veterinary practice. That's changing. In this special edition of Office Hours, Dr. Lance Roasa is joined by Dr. Darby Affeldt, a veterinarian who became a financial advisor, to make the case for the partnership buy-in, and to walk through what it looks like on both sides of the table.

Lance covers the legal side: how buy-ins are structured, the documents that protect everyone, and the "five Ds" divorce, disability, disagreement, disaster, and disinterest. Darby covers the financial side: planning, cash flow, diversification, taxes, and why student debt is rarely the dealbreaker veterinarians assume it is.

What you'll learn:

• Why associate buy-ins now rival, and often beat, a corporate sale
• How a corporate earn-out trades cash for con ...