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How do you put a dollar value on 19 years of sweat equity?
I'm referring to a farm owned outright by my husband's mother.

Asked by Molly
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2008  |  Found in Business Operations

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Answer by Tim Berry
Wow, tough situation, tough question to be asking. There isn't a book somewhere that has this kind of thing written down. Ownership normally starts with shares, like shares of stock, even in small businesses. There are no formulas.

You should probably be talking about this to an attorney.

Tim
Tim Berry is the president of Palo Alto Software Inc., which produces the industry's leading business planning software, Business Plan Pro, as well as other popular planning applications for businesses.
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