Our Dual Mission:

To provide life-changing financial security for small restoration owners.

To help them evolve from operators into investors.

Unique Exit Path & Evolution.

Our Culture

Although we buy into your business upfront, this Group is NOT for those who want to “cash out” and retire.

We seek those who would go crazy if they had to sit on the beach all day.

It’s for those who want to make that jump from being an operator to being a mentor & investor in the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Phase I: Build

Year 1 to Year 4

First, Longview buys 80% of your business for your “first bite” of financial security for your family. You retain 20% ownership for your “second bite” of financial upside.

With your finances secure, we get to work together. Each owner continues to build their business while having a shared pool of Longview resources that take care of financials, accounting, bookkeeping, AR, estimation, and recruiting for you.

All throughout, you keep the brand and the culture while continuing to lead your people. You’ll receive a salary as well as an annuity.

Meanwhile, Longview Restoration Group will take care of all the financial engineering needed with capital markets to maximize the value of your 20% equity in your company.

Phase II: Legacy

Year 5 to Year 6

By Year 5, we start preparing you for the next phase of your journey.

Every owner in the Group meets and learns from professional institutional investors on how to evaluate investment opportunities. Everyone in the Group gets direct lifetime access to all proprietary deal flow that institutional investors see on a daily basis.

By Year 6, the 20% ownership you retained will be worth as much as your “first bite” with Longview Restoration Group’s financial engineering.

With your new “second bite” of wealth and lifetime support of professional investors to help you evaluate investment opportunities, you will have the ammo to go invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs.

What Does the Process Look Like?

  • Step 1. Initial Convo

    (<4 months) We talk about your goals. We start digging in on your culture and preliminary financials. We meet each other in person. If there’s good fit on both sides, it ends with an offer (also known as Letter of Intent).

  • Step 2. Work the Details

    (1-2 months) We verify financials through our diligence process. We negotiate the terms. We will come to fair terms together by sharing with you data on 70+ transactions in the restoration industry in the last 10 years.

  • Step 3. Make It Official

    (60 days) We sign the legal documents. We wire you the money. We work together to come up with a communication plan for your people and a big announcement of the next step of your business. Then, we get to work.

Get Started. See If You Qualify.

 FAQs

  • It’s damn frustrating to see “small guys” in restoration get passed over because they’re “too early” or “too disorganized” or “not professional enough”. We built our own restoration company and been told the same thing. Unlike the fancy big Wall Street guys, we come from 1st generation immigrant families and started with nothing but the American Dream.

    We believe that we can prove them wrong if a small select group of like-minded, entrepreneurial restoration owners band together. We know how the private equity game is played and we know how to create the path of life-changing financial security for every owner in the Group.

    Our ambition is not only to make each of the 15 owners in our Group wealthy but to also create a tight-knit investment group of successful operators that will share investment opportunities, evaluate them together, and invest together in the next generation of entrepreneurs.

  • Here’s what stays the same: your culture, your people, your brand name. If you are selected, it means we respect the culture you’ve built. We want to keep as much of it as the same.

    Here’s what changes: payroll system, finance system, AR process, estimation process, lead gen (for those that want help with it). We want to take all the finance and insurance BS off owners’ plates.

  • No. We select owners for Longview Restoration Group because of their ability to build teams and lead their guys.

    You continue to pick your team. We only help with recruiting at your request, and even then, you get to make the final choice on the guys you work with.

  • Yes. All full-time employees will continue to get benefits that they got before joining Longview Restoration Group.

  • Our goal is to make sure your financial security is taken care of so you can focus on what you do best. Each deal is customized and different but generally, this is how it looks.

    Year 1 - Year 5: Your Financial Security

    You get 40-60% of the buyout in cash upfront for your “first bite”.

    You get 15-25% of the buyout in annuities so you’ll alway have cash flow. You also get a salary for continuing to lead your people.

    Year 6: Your Financial Upside

    The 20-25% ownership you kept now is worth as much as the initial 75-80% you sold because your business is a part of a bigger corporate entity (Longview Restoration Group) of 14 other restoration businesses that banded together.

    Longview’s Capital Markets team will take care of finding the best deal for everyone involved in the Group.

  • Yes. This Group is not for those who want to cash out and check out and go sit on the beach.

    The whole point of this is to partner up with owners with the entrepreneurial mindset that want to build something big together.

  • To determine if Longview Restoration Group is a fit: 1-3 months from initial conversation to close.

    Then we partner together for the next 6 years to build something big.