First Office - MOB or standalone?

[Status Sciaticus]

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Decided to go out on my own.
Looking for input from established people on the forums here

1. What are your thoughts on setting up in a standalone building (single story or a strip mall type clinic) versus a MOB that is associated with a healthcare campus (HCA, Methodist, etc)?

Both locations I am looking at has free patient parking. I do like nicer looking buildings, and am leaning towards a MOB for that reason, in addition to other private specialty and primary care docs who can be easier to market to directly.

cost difference actually is pretty small - MOB buildings are nicer and cleaner looking. Stand-alone office has shorter parking distance (kind of like a CVS or a Walgreens looking building and surrounding parking)

 

[nvrsumr]

#1 congrats
#2 I’d do the MOB ( I own and not mob)

 

[Status Sciaticus]

#1 congrats
#2 I’d do the MOB ( I own and not mob)

Definitely want to get to a point to build an independent MOB myself, but thats a solid 5 years down the road.

 

[jsaul]

Definitely want to get to a point to build an independent MOB myself, but thats a solid 5 years down the road.

Where in texas are you

 

[Status Sciaticus]

Where in texas are you

Looking in Houston.

 

[BobBarker]

MOB’s are nice. The building owner association will take care of the grounds keeping them spiffy. There is an ortho office here that struggles terribly with their “yard”.