Four steps,3 to 5 business days.

The four steps above are the headline. The reality is a bit more granular — here’s what actually happens between “I submitted the form” and “the wire just hit.”

Day 1 — Check and triage

You enter your MC or DOT number — nothing else, because nothing else is needed at this stage. Within hours, every day of the week, we pull your FMCSA record, check the authority is in good standing, and look at insurance status, safety rating and violation history. You get one of two answers: a specific number, or a straight explanation of why it isn’t a fit. The second answer comes the same day. Nobody gets strung along.

Day 2 — Written offer and LOI

If it’s a fit, you get a written offer and a short letter of intent that locks the price and sets out what transfers at closing: the LLC itself, its authority and DOT records, the company phone number, email account, bank account, and any vehicle titles if they apply. No verbal commitments — everything on paper, before you commit to anything.

Day 2–3 — Diligence and document prep

Standard diligence: tax filings current, no undisclosed liens, violation history matching what you disclosed. Legal counsel drafts the purchase agreement and those costs don’t come out of your number. Take it to your own lawyer — you should, and the agreement is sent over precisely so you can.

Day 3–5 — Signing, wire, and the in-person handover

Most sellers close in person. We meet you at the bank that holds the company’s account and run the transfer at the counter together. Final purchase agreement signed face to face, the bank updates signatories on the spot, and the closing funds move through a closing attorney’s escrow account into your account while everyone is standing there. You walk out with the money already in your account. Phone number, email, and portal credentials hand over according to the closing checklist.

If getting to a branch is impractical, the whole thing runs remotely instead — signed electronically, same escrow, same timeline. The protection was never the handshake; it’s the escrow releasing on signature, so the money lands as the documents execute rather than after. That’s the part worth insisting on wherever you sell, because it’s the part a fraud operation cannot agree to. Anyone who wants the entity, the documents, or the logins moved before the funds are yours is telling you what they are.

A note on timing. Bottlenecks are usually outside anyone’s control: the bank takes a day to update signatories, portal access has to transfer, an active loan needs lender consent. All of these are familiar and none of them are surprises. The job is to keep the wire on track no matter what shows up in diligence.