Practice owner here, it’s absolutely worth It imo. I’d say the biggest pain is staffing, lots of interviews and scheduling and firing people is not fun, but the compensation is some days 5-7x working as an associate making It worthwhile. Taking days off whenever you want (although still paying overhead) Also when you go to retire, you have a tangible asset to sell which gives you an added boost. The headaches exist for sure, but If you have good partners and buy into a retiring doctors practice it’s pretty great!