May 2023

Page A19 MAY 2023 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Section A 10 piece minimum $2.68 per bag Lowest prices on the net for bags! • Free quotes and samples • Customise your own size bag with your logo 805-486-8811 phone # 805-486-8811 www.retail-pack.com Urn bags 13” x 15” RALEIGH,NC— In every sense, the sale of your business validates or invalidates your success as a funeral home owner. You have spent a lifetime pouring yourself out for others. Was it worth it? - is the unstated question most of us must face. The range of emotions to answering it is far wider than most books dare address. This one does. There are multiple dimensions to selling a business: Financial is the foremost in most people’s minds with the practical not far behind. No less important, and sometimes more impactful, are the emotional factors that often come into play. Mr. Creedy has masterfully blended all these dimensions to empower the reader to navigate an unfamiliar, high–risk major life step. Combining technical insights with actual case studies the reader will be able to understand and apply the right steps to accomplish the best results. The author’s methods and approaches have stood the test of time for more than 40 years outperforming the profession’s expectations. Most helpful are specific tools ranging from how to calculate a multiple to a checklist for organizing due diligence. Finish Well: An Exit Guide for Funeral Home Owners gives funeral practitioners insights on how to finish their careers on their timeline and be happy with the results. Author and business consultant Alan Creedy explains the difference between getting out and how you get out. “Most Funeral Home Owners spend their career pouring themselves out for others. I believe they deserve to end well,” commented Creedy. “Ending well means more than simply getting the most money. It means finishing on your own terms.” Key highlights of Finish Well: 1. Clear and concise explanations of technical concepts in everyday language. 2. Real-life case studies that enable the reader to apply what they are learning and avoid costly mistakes. 3. Interactive chapters that allow the reader to ask the author specific questions. 4. Sample tools for calculating value and performing due diligence. 5. Access to live tools on the author’s website. Finish Well is an invaluable tool for funeral practitioners looking for real-world advice on navigating the extremely personal and deeply emotional experience of selling their funeral homes. Creedy offers a number of practical tools in the book to help those contemplating the transition to a life partially or totally outside of funeral service. Alan Creedy Releases Finish Well: An Exit Guide for Funeral Home Owners Alan Creedy “Most funeral directors I know have spent a career pouring themselves out for others working long hard hours – missing family events and personal time,” added Creedy. “I believe they deserve to finish well, on their terms and in their time. The information in this book will help them do just that.” Finish Well: An Exit Guide For Funeral Home Owners is available for purchase online at Amazon. More information at https:// tinyurl.com/FINISHWELLGUIDE. Alan Creedy is a former CPA and Certified Exit Planner with more than 40 years of experience as a consultant, analyst, and broker in the deathcare profession. He is the founder of Creedy & Company, a consulting firm that specialized in business advising and succession planning. He has authored numerous trade journal articles and has been a frequent speaker at funeral conventions on topics ranging from financial management to succession planning. You can learn more at his website – www.funerallhomeconsulting.org. Send Us Your News! We welcome news of the industry. Send us information on your School, Firm, or Association today! FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS info@NomisPublications.com FAx 1-800-321-9040 PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 CALL 1-800-321-7479 PM3441 Preneed program not available in all states. Want to learn more? Call 800.974.1802 Preneed for families is a InTrust Preneed by the Physicians Mutual family offers a preneed funding solution for all seasons, including multi-pay insurance that features: Value Pay With all the perks and protections of traditional preneed insurance, Value Pay offers families our lowest premiums yet. Flex Pay Families pay their initial premium payment and defer further payments for three months — giving their budgets a breather. And you’ll feel good about offering product features that appeal to families — by a company that’s easy to work with.

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