In this episode of Buy Build Exit I sit down with Chris Barnard, the CEO and owner of Dedicated Logistics Partner and CGB Express, two companies doing around 20 million dollars combined across five locations and four states.Chris started out as an A and P aircraft mechanic, spent more than thirty years in logistics, and built his operation by buying up the small trucking and last mile businesses that nobody else wanted. While everybody on this app is chasing AI startups and software multiples, Chris is quietly consolidating one of the most fragmented industries in America, one acquisition at a time.If you are an operator looking to buy your first 1 million to 5 million dollar business, this is the playbook. We get into how Chris evaluates a logistics target, why route density and contract stability make or break a deal, how he thinks about customer concentration risk, and how he went from being the bottleneck in his own company to running it as a true CEO on EOS.We also cover the exact acquisition scorecard he uses, the mistakes sellers make that tank their price, how to de risk the people side of a deal before you close, and the ninety day plan for your first logistics acquisition.This one is proof that the boring, asset heavy businesses are where the real wealth gets built.dealflow-os.comhttps://buybuildexitwithroyredd.substack.com/@buybuildexithttps://www.skool.com/buy-build-exit-academy-8709/about