A Florida seller note secured by a mortgage triggers two taxes, not one: documentary stamp tax plus the Section 199.133 nonrecurring intangible tax most deal models forget to budget.
When a Florida mobile home park is offered for sale, Section 723.071 hands the homeowners’ association a right of first refusal — and the notice mechanics can stall a signed deal.
A Florida self-storage facility runs on the owner’s statutory lien under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act. Buyers who treat it as real estate miss the lien rights.
Buyers of Florida farms assume the agricultural greenbelt classification rides with the land. Section 193.461 says it does not: the new owner must reapply by March 1.
Florida home services PE roll-ups run a three-bucket customer concentration test (top-1, top-5, top-10), calibrate technician retention pools to hold the workforce through the earnout, and thread the CILB qualifier transfer under FL § 489.119. What sellers should do in the 90 days before going to market.
Florida MedSpa M&A turns on the corporate practice of medicine doctrine and the physician ownership rule. Why a non-physician PE buyer needs an MSO/friendly-PC structure, how FL § 458.331(1)(i) fee-splitting constrains the management fee, and the diligence items that decide whether the deal actually closes.
The rep-and-warranty section of a software purchase agreement is written in the language of certainty. Post-closing software litigation is what happens when that certainty encounters the actual codebase — IP infringement claims, open-source contamination, escrow build failures, SLA misreporting, change-of-control licenses, trade-secret suits, and cyber disclosure gaps.
Florida CPA firm M&A runs into FL § 473.3101 ownership caps. Why PE buyers need a holdco/MSO structure, and the three diligence items that decide whether the rollover holds.
Florida homestead protection interacts with founder cash-outs in ways CPAs miss — the pre-sale distribution affects creditor and asset protection planning.
Florida landscape company M&A turns on three quiet items: workers comp mod transfer, H-2B visa sponsorship continuity, and customer concentration that decides the multiple.