While it is not very hard to find a gas station for sale in the USA or Canada, the attendant procedures and processes that lead to the legal transfer of proper in that gas station may be tire some. Most people find the valuation a daunting task. The valuation process is itself rigid because you have to keep track of certain variables including establishing whether the gas station for sale is under lease or ownership or whether it is owned under franchising agreement with an oil company. You should at all times remember to apply the detailed process of the legal requirements while at the same time extending considerable attention to the financial implications in order to arrive at a fair value proposition. Gas stations that are located at strategic positions in which you are likely to realize high sales are usually priced highly. As the buyer, you should be prepared to make some decisions and rational assessments by yourself. Do not trust or rely on the shallow in formation of the seller of the gas station. It is always up to the buyer to make determination of the value of the gas station for sale; the amount that the owner of the station thinks it is worth may have very little to do with its actual worth value. Traditionally, there are two broad ways in which you can look at the real value of gas station for sale; the asset based and the cash flow based. As regards asset based determination, there is the valuation of the assets that are capable of generating and producing income. These assets are then calculated and totaled so as to determine the real worth of the gas station and its purchase value there of. The other method is cash flow based and it is the most commonly used form of valuation. In this method of valuation, the overall profit of the gas station for sale is adjusted according to some specified expenses and then multiplied in order to establish the net purchase price. The multiple referred to here is that premium which is placed on the gas station business. Before you arrive at that value which you are prepared to buy, you must seek solutions and answers to some very fundamental questions. If the business is in occupation of proper that is rented, you should ensure that you engage the landlord. Most landlords are not very interested in the issuing of new leases unless they are very much assured that the new person (you the buyer) has the required experience in the raining and management of that type of business). They are however willing to enter in to negotiation because they do not want the property to remain idle and without bringing to them any income.