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This is a 12-bed residential behavioral health treatment operation split across two established six-bed facilities in Agoura Hills, a desirable submarket of Los Angeles County. The business reports $7.3M in trailing 12-month revenue (period ended June 30, 2026), 100% occupancy across all 12 beds, and 17 insurance contracts in network. The physician-owner model and licensing infrastructure are already in place, which is the hard part in California behavioral health, where licensing, payer relationships, and clinical oversight are the real barriers to entry.
The asking price of roughly $2.25M is pitched at about 3.4x preliminary unadjusted EBITDA of ~$651K, with the two owner-held properties (estimated combined value $6M) excluded from the business price and negotiable separately. That structure matters: a buyer acquires the operating business and clinical licenses while deciding independently whether to buy or lease the real estate, which keeps the operating-business multiple honest rather than inflated by bricks and mortar.
The situation is a partial exit. One ownership partner wants out, while the physician-owner is willing to continue with a well-capitalized partner. For a strategic behavioral health operator seeking a Southern California foothold or a PE-backed platform, this is an operational tuck-in with existing payer contracts, staff, and full occupancy. The caveats are substantial: the EBITDA is explicitly preliminary and unadjusted, results may include a since-closed location, and collections on insurance receivables remain unverified.
Why we like it
- Behavioral health residential treatment is genuinely non-discretionary demand, and 100% occupancy across all 12 beds signals the referral and payer engine is working. In a downturn, demand for substance-use and mental-health treatment tends to hold or rise, which supports the durability of this cash flow.
- The moat here is regulatory and relational: California residential behavioral health licensing is slow and hard to obtain, and the business already holds 17 insurance contracts with established payer and referral relationships. A new entrant would spend years and real money to replicate licenses, bed capacity, and in-network status.
- The 3.4x multiple on ~$651K EBITDA is reasonable for healthcare services, and the real estate is excluded and negotiable separately, so the operating multiple is not padded by a $6M property. That gives a buyer the option to lease and preserve capital or acquire the real estate at a separately negotiated price.
- Revenue is effectively recurring through insurance-reimbursed treatment stays and an ongoing referral pipeline rather than one-off sales. The physician-owner's willingness to stay on provides clinical and operational continuity, which is critical for maintaining licensing and payer relationships through a transition.
How to improve it
- Verify and then professionalize revenue cycle management within the first 90 days, since the listing flags outstanding insurance receivables and unverified collections. Tightening billing, denials management, and days-in-AR on $7.3M of insurance revenue is the single fastest lever to convert reported revenue into collected cash.
- Normalize and rebuild the EBITDA bridge, because the $651K figure is explicitly preliminary, unadjusted, and may include a since-closed location. Separate continuing-operations economics from the closed site to establish a defensible, adjusted earnings base before committing capital.
- Expand bed capacity or add a complementary level of care (such as partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient) using the existing licenses, staff, and payer contracts. Adding step-down programming captures more of each patient's treatment journey and lifts revenue per referral without re-winning the referral source.
- Audit and renegotiate the 17 insurance contracts to improve reimbursement rates and in-network tiers. Even modest per-diem rate improvements at full occupancy flow almost entirely to EBITDA given the fixed-cost nature of a 12-bed facility.
- Formalize and diversify the referral network so the business is not dependent on a few sources or the departing partner's relationships. Build relationships with hospitals, EAPs, and professional referrers, and track referral source concentration as a standing KPI.
- Lock in the real estate question early, either by negotiating a long-term lease with a capped rate or acquiring the properties at a fair separate price. Avoiding landlord risk is essential for a licensed facility that cannot easily relocate.
Diligence notes
- Scrutinize the quality of earnings hard, because the listing openly states EBITDA is preliminary, unadjusted, and may include a subsequently closed location. Rebuild the P&L for continuing operations only, and confirm what portion of the $7.3M revenue came from the closed site versus the remaining 12 beds.
- Verify insurance receivables and actual collections, since the listing flags both as subject to verification. Pull an aged AR schedule, historical collection rates by payer, and denial/claw-back history to understand how much reported revenue actually turns into cash.
- Confirm the status, transferability, and compliance history of all state licenses for both six-bed facilities. Review any survey deficiencies, corrective action plans, or complaints, since a licensing lapse or change-of-ownership approval delay can halt operations entirely.
- Map referral source and payer concentration, and determine how much of the referral flow is tied to the departing partner versus the physician-owner who may stay. Understand continuity risk if either principal reduces involvement post-close.
- Clarify the deal structure given one partner is exiting while the physician-owner wants to continue. Confirm exactly what equity is for sale, the governance and economics of any ongoing physician partnership, and whether full control is actually available to a buyer.
- Pin down the real estate terms before closing, including the separate purchase price of the $6M properties or the lease rate and term if not acquired. A licensed residential facility is location-dependent, so landlord leverage is a material risk to model.
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