Listing with an agent often nets more money. A cash sale often costs you less time, stress and repair work. Here is how both paths really play out, so you can pick the one that fits your house and your calendar.
Same house, two very different calendars. Neither one is wrong. They just ask different things of you.
On a cash sale to us, your loan payoff and prorated taxes still settle at closing, the same as any sale. Commission, prep work and inspection repair requests do not.
If the kitchen and baths have been redone, the AC is newer and the pool is in good shape, a listing puts your home in front of the most buyers, and that competition is how you get top dollar. Add the time to ride out a slow summer and a clean inspection, and listing with a good agent will often net you more than any cash offer, ours included.
When that is your situation, we will tell you so. A cash buyer prices in repairs and risk, and a move-in ready house does not have much of either.
Deferred repairs, an aging roof, a tired pool, tenants in place, an estate to settle or a closing date you cannot move. This is where the costs nobody quotes pile up, and a certain date with no repairs and no showings can be worth more than a higher list price that may never close.
We buy in any condition as long as the structure stands, and you choose the closing date.
Selling a house that needs repairsSee how our process works
Picture a three bedroom ranch in central Phoenix with an original kitchen, an older AC unit and a pool that needs resurfacing. The owner has already moved and is paying for a house nobody lives in.
On the listing road, the sale price looks bigger, but it only turns into real money after everything below comes out of it. On the cash road, the number starts smaller and very little comes out after. The honest comparison is what lands in your account on closing day, not the headline price.
Short answers to what sellers ask us when they are weighing both options.
Read all our answersNot always, but often. When a house is updated and the seller has time to wait for the right buyer, listing usually nets more. When a house needs real work or the timeline is tight, repairs, carrying costs and concessions can close much of that gap.
We start with the after-repair value from recent closed sales of similar homes nearby, subtract an honest repair estimate, then subtract our margin. We show you each of those numbers so you can see exactly how we got there.
No. There is no commission and you never pay us a fee. Your mortgage payoff and prorated property taxes are settled at closing through a licensed Arizona title company, the same as they would be in any sale.
A cash sale with us can close in as little as 3 days, or on any date you pick. A listing has to wait on showings, an accepted offer, the buyer's inspection and, in most cases, loan approval before it can close.
Yes. Our offer comes with no obligation. You can get our numbers first and compare them with what an agent expects the house to net. We would rather you choose with both on the table.
Get a no-obligation cash offer with every line shown, then compare it to what listing would really leave you with. Either way, you decide with the full picture.
