Everything runs through one phone
Calls, quotes, scheduling and pricing live in the owner’s head.
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The business keeps running.
The business keeps running.
The owner gets to leave.
El Relevo makes owner-run businesses succession-ready in 60 days. AI agents take over the work that lives in the owner’s head and phone, a person approves every step, and a buyer gets proof it runs without them.
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Demo data
Relevo 60 · Stage 2 of 3
Fix
Day 23 of 60
Readiness score
71from 41
Four pillars
Money found
$30,795
Open quotes, unpaid invoices and customers due for service
Live activity
- IntakeBooked an after-hours estimate. Owner not involved.
- RecoveryOwner approved 4 quote follow-ups. Sent.
- PlaybookDrafted “How we price a repipe”.
Built for the people around a sale
OwnersBusiness brokersM&A advisorsBuyers and family offices
The problem
Most small businesses are the owner.
That is what stalls a sale. A buyer can’t pay for a business that walks out the door with the person selling it.
Records are scattered
Books, contracts and customer lists sit in different places, so every diligence request is a search.
Money left on the table
Quotes that never closed, unpaid invoices and past customers due for service.
No proof it survives the handoff
The buyer is asked to take it on trust. Most won’t.
Relevo 60
Sixty days. Three stages.
One handoff that doesn’t drop the baton.
- 01Days 1 to 10
Diagnose
Read-only access to the books and customer records, an owner interview, and a scan for money the business earned but never collected.
- 02Days 10 to 45
Fix
Requests, booking, follow-ups, invoice reminders and reviews run without the owner. Their know-how becomes step-by-step guides.
- 03Days 45 to 60
Prove
A buyer package in one place, the numbers organized for the owner’s CPA, and a log of the work handled without the owner.
- ∞Monthly, optional
Keep ready
The systems keep running and the score keeps updating. It can transfer to the buyer at closing.
The Ready Room
Five agents. One human in the loop.
Every business gets its own Ready Room. The agents do the work; a person approves anything that reaches a customer.
Relevo Intake● Working
Answers every request, even at 9pm on a Saturday.
Web and after-hours requests get a reply and a booked job, without the owner picking up the phone.
Water heater is leaking, can someone come Thursday?
We can be there Thursday at 9am. You’re booked. ✓ Approved
Relevo Recovery
Finds money already earned.
Old quotes, unpaid invoices and repeat customers due for service.
- Open quotes$26,770
- Unpaid invoices$2,885
- Service due$1,140
Demo scan on sample records
Relevo Playbook
Writes down how the owner does it.
An interview becomes guides a new manager or buyer can follow.
How we price a repipe
Relevo Books
Numbers, organized for the CPA.
Read-only access. The owner’s CPA reviews and signs off. We never do.
Read-only accessWaiting on owner
Relevo Vault
The buyer package, built as you go.
Licenses, titles, contracts and proof, in one place by day 60.
12 of 31 documents
Free first step
The Relevo Snapshot
A readiness score built only from what anyone can see online, checked the way a buyer’s team would on a first look.
- Score out of 100 across four pillars
- The three questions a buyer is most likely to ask
- What we saw, and what Relevo 60 would do about each
- One page, back within 48 hours
Not an appraisal, a valuation or advice on price.
Request a SnapshotR
Relevo SnapshotSample layout
Getting there58/ 100
Buyer will ask“Who answers the phone when you’re on a job?”
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Buyer pre-readSample · 14 businesses · names hidden
Sample65Median score
12/14No systems visible
7/14High transfer risk
| Business | Score | Owner dep. | Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business APlumbing | 45 | High | High |
| Business BDrain service | 45 | High | High |
| Business CLandscaping | 52 | Low | High |
| Business DHVAC | 59 | Medium | Some |
| Business EPainting | 75 | Low | Low |
First question for Business A“Who answers customers when the owner is not there?”
For buyers and family offices
Pre-read your whole deal list.
Send us the businesses you’re looking at. We score every one the way your diligence team would on a first look, and rank them before you spend a dollar on diligence.
- Owner dependence, systems to inherit and transfer risk, per business
- The first question to ask each seller, with what we saw
- Names hidden on request, until you’re ready to share them
- After closing, Relevo 60 moves the work off the seller in the first 60 days
At day 60
What a buyer can actually review
41 → 71
Readiness score
Start and finish, scored the same way both times.
Guides
The owner’s know-how
Quoting, scheduling and service, step by step.
Log
Activity without the owner
Requests, follow-ups and reminders handled by the system.
$
Money found and collected
Old quotes, unpaid invoices and repeat work, with what came in.
Vault
Records in one place
Books, contracts and customer lists, organized for CPA review.
Score shown is from the demo engagement.
Who it’s for
Three sides of the same deal.
Owners
Thinking about selling or retiring in the next few years, and want the business to run without you first.
Brokers and advisors
A listing that has sat for a while. We start with a free Snapshot. Your listing agreement and commission stay exactly as they are.
Buyers and family offices
See the owner-dependency questions before spending on diligence, or use the first 60 days after closing to move the work off the seller.
Pricing
Start free. Pay for the work.
The first look costs nothing. Relevo 60 is one fixed fee, agreed with the owner before day one. No share of the sale, ever.
Relevo Snapshot
Free
One business
- Readiness score out of 100
- The three questions a buyer will ask
- Back within 48 hours
Buyer pre-read
Free
Your first list, up to 20 businesses
- Every business scored and ranked
- First question to ask each seller
- Names hidden on request
Relevo 60
Pilot pricing
For our first five businesses
- Diagnose, Fix and Prove in 60 days
- Five agents, one person approving
- Buyer package and before-and-after score
- One fixed fee, agreed up front
Keep ready
Monthly
Optional, after day 60
- Systems keep running
- Score keeps updating
- Can transfer to the buyer at closing
How we work
Clear about what we do and don’t.
We do
- Work on the business itself: operations, records, follow-up
- Use read-only access to books and records
- Have a person approve anything sent to a customer
- Charge the owner a fixed fee for the work
We don’t
- Value the business or advise on price
- Negotiate or take part in the transaction
- Take a share of the sale
- Sign off on numbers. The owner’s CPA does that.
Questions
The ones we hear first.
Is a Snapshot a valuation?
No. It is a first look at how much the business depends on its owner, built only from what anyone can see online. We never value a business, advise on price or take part in a sale.
Does AI talk to my customers?
The agents draft replies, reminders and follow-ups. A person approves anything before it reaches a customer, and every message is logged.
Do you need access to the books?
Read-only access, during Relevo 60 only, and only with the owner’s approval. The owner’s CPA reviews the numbers and signs off. We don’t.
Who sees the buyer package?
The owner decides what goes in it and who it is shared with.
What kinds of businesses?
Owner-run service businesses in Southern California: trades and home services, auto, cleaning, landscaping and similar. If customers call the owner’s phone, it’s a fit.
I’m a broker. What does this change for me?
Nothing in your agreement. We work for the owner on a fixed fee, take no share of the sale and never step into the transaction. How we work with brokers.
The name
relevo /reh·LEH·vo/
Spanish, from relevar: to take over from, to relieve.
The relay
The handoff where the baton changes hands without being dropped.
The guard
The changing of the guard, where the post is never left empty.
The family business
Relevo generacional is how Spanish speakers describe passing one on.
From the Latin relevare, “to lift again”, the same root as relieve. Lifting the load off the owner is the work.
Start with one business
See how ready a business is.
Free, in 48 hours.
Send us the business’s website, or a listing that has been on the market a while. We send back its Relevo Snapshot.