RCFE, Board & Care & Assisted Living · Los Angeles

Sell My RCFE in Los Angeles

From the Westside and the Valley to South LA and the harbor, Los Angeles has one of the largest residential care markets in the state. I help city owners sell for full value on the business, the license, and the real estate.

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The Los Angeles Market

Why Los Angeles RCFEs and assisted living facilities sell well

Los Angeles combines enormous senior demand with the region's highest residential real estate values.

A huge, diverse senior population supports a deep market of six-bed board-and-care homes, assisted living, and memory care across the city, including many community- and language-specific facilities. High residential real estate values mean the home or building is often a major part of a facility's total value.

Los Angeles buyers range from first-time owner-operators to care groups and investors, all underwriting on census, private-pay rates, and licensing. Clean financials and a clear compliance and real estate picture drive strong offers.

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What I Handle

The moving parts of selling an RCFE in Los Angeles

An RCFE is several things in one transaction. These are the pieces I manage so your deal reaches the closing table.

The RCFE License

Community Care Licensing approval of your buyer and the change-of-ownership process, coordinated so licensing does not stall the sale.

Census & Payor Mix

Occupancy, private-pay rates, and any SSI or waiver residents, the numbers that drive the facility's value.

Staffing & Administrator

Caregiver ratios and your certified administrator, the team and compliance a buyer must continue.

Compliance & Title 22

Your licensing history and inspection record, presented honestly so buyers and the state see a clean transfer.

The Real Estate

The home or building is often central to value. Real estate is handled under my DRE license, #02372118.

Level of Care

Board-and-care, assisted living, or memory care. Acuity and services shape both revenue and the buyer pool.

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For Buyers

Buying an RCFE in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is where many buyers find their first, or their next, RCFE, and I help them buy well.

I help buyers evaluate census and payor mix, private-pay rates, the licensing and compliance history, staffing and the administrator, and the real estate across Los Angeles, and coordinate the Community Care Licensing change-of-ownership process alongside their consultant. Whether you want a six-bed board-and-care to operate or a larger assisted living community to invest in, I will help you buy the right one at the right terms.

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Also serving Los Angeles: gas stations, car washes, self-storage facilities, laundromats, hotels and motels, auto repair shops, and restaurants, plus other businesses that come with real estate. Ask me what is available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Selling an RCFE in Los Angeles, answered

A six-bed board-and-care is usually valued on a multiple of seller's discretionary earnings plus the residential real estate, which is significant given high LA home values, while larger communities are valued on a cap rate and per bed. Census, private-pay rates, and licensing move the number. A valuation on your actual financials gives the real figure.

Yes. An enormous senior population supports deep demand for board-and-care, assisted living, and memory care across LA, and buyers value both the income and the high-value real estate. Facilities with strong census and clean licensing attract serious, capable buyers.

Yes. Los Angeles has many board-and-care and assisted living homes that serve specific communities and languages, and that focus can be a real strength with the right buyer. I present your facility to the operators and investors most likely to value and continue what you have built.

Yes. Your sale stays confidential. The RCFE is marketed without naming the location, and every buyer is screened and signs a non-disclosure agreement before they learn which RCFE is for sale, protecting your staff, your revenue, and your standing with any brand or franchisor.

About Your Broker

Martin Navarro, Business Broker

Martin Navarro is a California business broker, DRE #02372118, and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and a member of the California Association of Business Brokers (CABB), the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), ACG Los Angeles (Association for Corporate Growth), and the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce. Gas stations, car washes, self-storage, and other businesses with real estate are a specialty within his full-service brokerage practice. Martin serves business owners across Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, the Inland Empire, Ventura, and Orange County, and throughout Southern California.

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