Guides, Books & Special Reports

BVR publications bring you the most up-to-date thought-leadership in the valuation profession with guides, books, and special reports on the most timely topics.


What It’s Worth: Valuing Fitness Centers, Health Clubs, and Gyms

February 2023 PDF (146 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

Valuing fitness centers and gyms can provide a serious workout for even veterans of the business valuation field. Make sure you're up to date with all the latest considerations and industry-specific challenges, with this must-read report. Learn more >>
$205.00

Business Valuation Case Law Yearbook, 2023 Edition

January 2023 PDF, Softcover (195 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The legal coverage and in-depth analysis from the BVR legal team including an Introduction by Jim Alerding, BVR Legal Editor delivers lessons learned to help appraisers reach better and more defensible valuation conclusions. The 2023 Yearbook illustrates how financial experts helped their side win (and lose) in the courtroom and includes 70 new cases were added to BVLaw in 2022.  Learn more >>
$249.00

Business Valuation Update Yearbook, 2023 Edition

January 2023 PDF, Softcover (426 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

It's that time of year again, BVR's “greatest hits” publication is here!  The Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2023 covers the previous year’s most groundbreaking and thought-provoking advancements in valuation.  It captures changes in regulations and professional standards, key takeaways from professional conferences, and tactical practice-building ideas. This critical desktop reference puts you ahead of the competition with on-the-ground reporting by the BVR editorial team including an Introduction by Andy Dzamba, BVR Executive Editor and insights from notable BV experts. Learn more >>
$249.00

2022 Discount for Lack of Marketability Study

November 2022 PDF (9 pages)

Bruce A. Johnson, James R. Park

Johnson/Park

The 2022 Discount for Lack of Marketability Study provides objective rate of return measures to implement the Johnson/Park Empirical Method for determining a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) for the valuation of interests in privately held corporations and partnerships.  Learn more >>
$295.00

A Field Guide to Business Valuation

September 2022 PDF, Softcover (219 pages)

Casey Karlsen, Seth Webber

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

This is an ideal first book for people who want to learn how to perform valuations themselves. It does not contain all the details necessary to master the craft of business valuation but will serve as an excellent introduction to the topic.  Learn more >>
$59.00

The Complete Guide to Fair Market Value Under the Stark Regulations

August 2022 PDF, Softcover

Timothy Smith

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

Published in collaboration with American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals (AAPCP), this timely new Guide by healthcare valuation expert Timothy Smith delivers a critical and in-depth assessment of the new definitions of fair market value (FMV) under the recently updated regulations for the federal physician self-referral law – the Stark law.  The updated regulations make critical changes in how accepted valuation principles and practices are used to determine Stark FMV.  Learn more >>
$149.00

What It's Worth: Valuing Nightclubs, Bars, and Adult Cabarets

July 2022 PDF (198 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

This report provides a solid foundational understanding of the business of nightclubs, bars, and adult cabarets. It explains how these firms operate, the nature of their revenue streams, value drivers, the industry environment, the risks involved, and other key factors for valuation professional and any other stakeholder in a related business.  Learn more >>
$199.00

FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2022

June 2022 PDF

FactSet Mergerstat

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions.  And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples. Learn more >>
$299.00

Valuing a Business, 6th Edition

April 2022 Hardcover

Shannon Pratt

McGraw-Hill Co.

Since the first edition was published in 1981, the profession of business appraisal has matured immensely. The IRS has come out with business valuation guidelines, and the AICPA has published their business valuation standards. While each organization’s standards or guidelines are slightly different from the others, there is unanimous agreement on the central concepts of business valuation.  Learn more >>
$95.00

Understanding Business Valuation - 6th Edition

February 2022 Hardcover, PDF

Gary Trugman

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

In this exciting new edition of Understanding Business Valuation, Gary Trugman takes his characteristic talent for simplifying the technical and complex to even greater heights.  In his easy-to-read and understand style he covers all the bases with valuation approaches, methods, and techniques. Trugman identifies critical points in his callout notes throughout the publication.  Learn more >>
$95.00

Valuing Fractional Interests in Real Estate 2.0

January 2022 Hardcover (485 pages)

Dennis A Webb

Milonguero Press

This book is the first complete, multidisciplinary work that fully integrates business valuation and real property appraisal. Webb addresses the long-standing struggle with fractional interests in real property, specifically because the practice lies squarely between business valuation and real property appraisal and draws from both professions and bodies of knowledge, which creates formidable challenges for all stakeholders. Webb has pulled off a feat that rarely occurs in practice: complete integration with the two fields. His book offers two practical, eye-opening case studies that represent a significant advance in valuation methodology and professional cooperation.

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$225.00

Business Valuation Case Law Yearbook, 2022 Edition

January 2022 PDF, Softcover (177 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The legal coverage and in-depth analysis from the BVR legal team deliver lessons learned to help appraisers reach better and more defensible valuation conclusions. All the cases featured in this book impart important lessons about applicable legal principles, approved and discredited valuation methodology, and the act (and art) of presenting expert opinions. This must-have collection benefits both the generalist as well as the specialist.

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$249.00

Business Valuation Update Yearbook, 2022 Edition

January 2022 PDF (454 pages)

BVR (editor)

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

A new year means another annual “greatest hits” publication!  The Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2022 covers the previous year’s most groundbreaking and thought-provoking advancements in valuation.  It captures changes in regulations and professional standards, key takeaways from professional conferences, and tactical practice-building ideas. This critical desktop reference puts you ahead of the competition with on-the-ground reporting by the BVR editorial team including an Introduction by Andy Dzamba, BVR Executive Editor and insights from notable BV experts.  Learn more >>
$249.00

Comprehensive Guide for the Valuation of Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs, 6th Edition: Best Practices, Best Data Sources, Best Appraisal Reports

October 2021 Hardcover (300 pages)

Bruce A. Johnson, James R. Park, Spencer Jefferies

Partnership Profiles, Inc.

The Comprehensive Guide for the Valuation of Family Limited Partnerships, published by Partnership Profiles, includes all new updates since the 5th edition released in 2017. The book includes all of PPI's annual Partnership Re-Sale Discount Studies published from 2016-2020. This is a comprehensive update and many of the changes are based on the authors' experience handling IRS audits regarding discounts for lack of control and marketability. Learn more >>
$195.00

2021 Discount for Lack of Marketability Study

September 2021 PDF

Bruce A. Johnson, James R. Park

Johnson/Park

The 2021 Discount for Lack of Marketability Study provides objective rate of return measures to implement the Johnson/Park Empirical Method for determining a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) for the valuation of interests in privately held corporations and partnerships.  Learn more >>
$295.00

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