I am searching for a deal in an asset-heavy industry. Currently, one of the deals I have come across is a great deal, except for the owners' valuation of the deals assets. According to brokers and other comparable sales, the assets are overvalued but they don't agree. How would you recommend entering a negotiation to reduce the asset value to a comparable market value?
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So if the total deal structure is top heavy, see if you can spread things out a little to make the numbers work. The seller can pretty much have whatever they want as long as you have say in the time-frame...