Businesses We Own — and How Their Sellers Fared
Anyone can promise "legacy." Here's our actual record: the companies we own, what changed after closing, and what didn't.
R.E.S.S. — Real Estate Signs & Services
Laguna Hills, CA · Founded 1978 · Acquired by Fourward Holdings
For nearly five decades, R.E.S.S. has been the name Orange County real estate professionals trust for signs, post installation, and service — thousands of agents and brokerages rely on it every week.
What stayed: the name on the building, the team, the customer relationships, and the standards that made R.E.S.S. an institution.
What we added: modern ordering and operations systems, a new e-commerce storefront, expanded installation capacity, and investment in equipment and people — the kind of reinvestment a retiring owner shouldn't have to fund in their final years.
Fourward Real Estate
Orange County, CA · Founded 2010 · Built by Fourward Holdings
Fourward Real Estate is our family's luxury residential real estate practice, known in the community as Sari Ward & Team. It serves Orange County home buyers and sellers with the same relationship-first, long-term approach that defines everything with our family's name on it.
For business sellers who also own their commercial property, our real estate experience means practical flexibility in a deal: we can buy your building with the business, or lease it from you long-term so it becomes retirement income — whatever fits your plans.
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Our best conversations start early — sometimes years before an owner retires. If you'd like to understand what your business would look like inside Fourward, let's talk. And if you'd like to speak with people who've dealt with us before making any decision, we'll gladly make introductions.
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