The questionssellers actually ask.

Fair question. Ridgeline Deliveries is a Missouri family-owned platform forming around acquired FedEx Ground operations. The operating principal, David Perez, has built two operating companies over the past decade — what carries forward is operating discipline, not route-level FedEx experience. The strategy is acquisition-led: we retain the experienced managers who already operate each terminal. Read more on the leadership page and the story page.

Neither. Ridgeline is a family-owned long-term operating platform. Single owner — Kami Perez owns 100% of every operating company directly. No sponsor, no fund, no flip horizon. We're built to hold these operations and compound them.

Yes. No day-one layoffs. The driver roster you built becomes the driver roster we operate, on the same routes, at the same base pay. Within the first quarter post-close, every driver participates in Ridgeline's bonus program — quarterly bonuses for safety, scan rate, and attendance, plus tenure rewards.

Yes — and we want them to want to stay. The person who runs your operation today knows the building, the drivers, and the terminal relationships in a way no acquirer can replicate. They keep their seat. We add performance bonuses tied to terminal metrics and an annual EBITDA-growth participation. As the platform adds terminals, regional leadership comes from inside the operating companies.

No. The route count we LOI is the route count we operate. Cutting routes as a margin exercise destroys the goodwill we're paying for. We acquire operations because they work — not to dismantle them.

The Authorized Officer transition is the longest pole in the close. We're positioning the AO background work to run in parallel with SBA financing once an LOI is signed, rather than after it. Standard FedEx onboarding for a new AO is a multi-month process — we plan accordingly so your exit timeline holds.

Roughly 12–16 weeks from signed LOI, assuming SBA financing, diligence, and FedEx AO onboarding run on standard timelines. We come to LOI with pre-qualification already in hand to avoid the most common financing delays. See the 5-step process on the sellers page for the week-by-week breakdown.

No. We work directly with sellers, and we work happily with brokers when a seller is already represented. If you reach out directly, we'll have an initial conversation with you — no broker required, no commission expectations.

Three common shapes: (1) Cash close with a modest seller note (typically 10–15%), (2) Cash plus separate equipment financing for the fleet, and (3) Cash plus a 12–24 month earnout tied to terminal performance. The right structure depends on the seller's situation — we'll talk through it directly. Detail on the sellers page.

Not absent a real material finding. Our LOI price is the price we close at. If diligence surfaces something genuinely material — a contract we weren't shown, an undisclosed safety issue, an asset condition far from what was represented — that's a conversation. Routine due-diligence items don't reopen price.

SBA-backed financing through established FedEx route lenders — Celtic Bank (a top-10 SBA lender with a dedicated FedEx route program) and Huntington National Bank. We pre-position financing in advance of LOI specifically so that financing risk is not a reason a deal slips.

No. Ridgeline is a long-term operating platform, not a flip vehicle. Single owner. No sponsor with a fund-cycle exit clock. We're building this to hold and compound, which is why we're willing to pay for the goodwill you built and to invest in the people who run the operation.

Your manager keeps them. The relationships with FedEx terminal staff live with the operator who shows up to the building every day — and that's the same person who shows up the day after close. Ridgeline operates at the platform level, not by inserting ourselves into terminal-level relationships you built.