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Running a profitable cemetery is not the same as running a profitable funeral home.  In this month’s Finance 101 column Dan responds to a reader looking for advice on whether or not to buy a local cemetery in his market.

Do you ever use your business bank account or credit card to pay a personal expense?  Is this OK?  The answer is “it depends.”  Read our latest issue of Accountability to find out what “it depends” on.

So, why is it that if 40 percent of at-need services result in a cremation that 40 percent or more of prearrangements are not for cremation services?  While the cremation rate today is about 40 percent nationwide, my analytical estimate is that 85 percent of all preneeds are for burial dispositions.  Again, the question is why?

This is the third installment of a series of articles on the cremation business. Last month, the focus was on the “no frills cremation business.” This month, the focus is on the trade cremation business.

There are many reasons to make an acquisition and just as many to walk away from one.  Click below to read Dan’s 4 step process outlined to help funeral business owner Concerned About Change decide whether or not to purchase a competitor’s business.