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Cash offers
12 posts in this topic
12 posts
Cash offersWhat a listing agent does that a cash buyer does not, and why that is not a small thing
A listing agent and a cash buyer do two different jobs. Here is what the listing side does that a cash buyer cannot, and what you…
Cash offersCash offer versus renting it out one more year, and the bill that arrives either way
Selling for cash ends your ownership on a date you pick. Keeping the house and letting it out is the other road. Here is what each…
Cash offersCash offer versus an iBuyer, and what a big company cannot see about your house
An iBuyer is fast, tidy and priced by a model. A local cash buyer is not a smaller version of one. Here is the honest trade…
Cash offersCash offer versus selling it yourself, and the part you do not get to remove
Selling it yourself removes your agent, not the buyer or the lender behind them. Here is what stays, what goes, and the honest trade between…
Cash offersWhat “we buy houses for cash” actually means, word by word
The phrase fits on a yard sign, which means it leaves out more than it says. Here is what each word actually commits to, and what…
Cash offersHow to check whether a we buy houses company is legitimate
No state licence covers buying houses, so the registry people look for does not exist. Here is what you can actually check, and what it cannot…
Cash offersTwo companies both say cash. Only one of them is buying your house
The word cash covers two different businesses, and only one of them intends to own your house. Here is how to tell which one is across…
Cash offersIs it safe to sell your house for cash? The honest answer has asterisks
The risk in a cash sale is rarely the cash. It is usually a process pulled out of the structures built to protect you. Here…
Cash offersIs selling your house for cash actually a good idea? An honest version, bias and all
A cash sale is a real option and it is not right for everyone. Here is when it usually helps, when it costs you, and how…
Cash offersWhat to ask a cash buyer before you trust them
A cash offer is only as good as the person behind it. Here are the questions that separate a funded buyer from a phone number.
Cash offersWhy “we buy houses” signs are everywhere, and what they actually mean
The bandit signs are not a scam and they are not a charity. Here is what is actually going on, and how to tell the ones…
Cash offersHow to compare a cash offer to a listing without guessing at it
Comparing two sale routes means comparing what you keep, not what each one advertises. Here is the actual arithmetic, and the costs people forget to count.
