Can’t Sell Your Friendswood House? We’ll Buy It Fast and for Cash!

Trying to sell your home by owner is one option. However, acting as your own real estate agent is more of a challenge than many people anticipate.

Ideally, your home is in a desirable location and ready for potential buyers.

Unfortunately, things may not be ideal. You have to put money into making repairs and doing renovations. You will need to determine the market price and be ready to negotiate with the buyer's agent. You also need to settle any liens against it and be prepared to deal with any other legal issues. When the property is ready, you will need to get it staged, organize showings, and market it in as many places as possible. All of this needs to be done, while also living life, going to work, and dealing with your family.

There is another option available. You can sell to a real estate investor. The best one in Friendswood is our company. You can get a cash offer without putting any money into the property or paying any fees out of pocket. You don't have to make repairs or renovations just to sell. We factor everything into the offer. The best part? You can finish the sale in just a few days.

There are times when a homeowner needs to sell a house quickly. The owner needs to relocate in a short amount of time or needs the cash from the sale. It may be the house has problems that the owner doesn't have the time or money to deal with.

Cash home buyers pay cash for houses in any condition. They close the sale quick, which allows the seller to walk away with cash in hand. Once the sale is done, the buyer goes in and fixes up the house. Then the buyer resells the property at its renovated value for a profit.

If you try to sell your home AS IS, you need to do a few things:

• Get a home inspection to detail the repairs required.
• Get estimates on how much it will cost to have the repairs made.
• Settle any liens on the property or negotiate to get them removed.
• Determine the market price that reflects the property's value and costs to repair.
• Market the house online and offline to a wide audience of potential buyers.
• Organize showings for individuals and open houses for the masses.
• Disclose all known problems to potential buyers and be prepared to negotiate.

Many real estate agents won't want to take on a house that has serious problems. They will be doing a lot of work for a lower commission due to the property's lower price. If the property has serious issues, the seller may have a legal obligation to correct them. Plus, most buyers don't want to purchase a house in poor condition.

The better option is to sell AS IS to a real estate investor. Selling off market, AS IS, shifts the responsibility for making repairs to the investor.

Selling fast in a slow market is possible. But, it does take some effort. Here are a few ways to make it happen:

• Make any needed repairs.
• Renovate and modernize the property.
• Lower the price on the house.
• Hire a real estate photographer to get professional pictures.
• Market the property extensively online and offline.

These tips will help you get the property sold quickly, although there are no guarantees. The only sure way to sell property quickly is to work with a real estate investor.

If you have a lien on your property, you have a few ways to get around that problem when you are trying to sell.

• Pay the lien off. If you have the money, it is the fastest route.
• Negotiate with the lien holder to see if you can settle for less or take on a payment plan. All you can do is ask.
• Talk with the buyers to see if they would take on the lien. This is the least likely thing to work, as the buyers will need to have cash or another asset worth of being a collateral. Because banks don’t usually give loans for homes with such legal problems.
• Sell the property to a real estate investment company, like us, to negotiate and take over the line. You get the cash and walk away. 

On average, homes in Texas take three to six months to sell. However, there's no guarantee your home will sell in six months or less. It depends on the neighborhood, its condition, how fast the real estate market is, and many other factors.

Selling your home to our company, however, takes the guessing out of the equation. You can sell in 30 days or less. Most of our sales go through less than two weeks. And the condition of the house and its location makes no difference.

A bad house can have one or many problems. It could be underwater in mortgage debt. It could be in a bad location. The neighbors could be visible trouble. The house may need extensive repairs or be horrendously out of date. It could just be totally ugly or old.

You can sell a bad house in a couple of ways.

You could take the hard route, resolve all the problems, and selling it to someone who wants to buy it. You can use an agent or sell it yourself.

The easier route is to sell the house to a real estate investor, which normally will take only one or two weeks from contacting them to getting your cash.

Letting a house set empty is never a good idea. It invites a less than nice crowd who might vandalize or break in. A vacant house without utilities is vulnerable to the weather and fluctuating temperatures. Being away from the house can mean neglected maintenance.

To sell a vacant home, you need to take a few steps:

• Get the property appraised to show buyers its current value.
• Get repair estimates to show potential buyers why you priced the house the way you did.
• Keep the utilities on to prevent weather problems and to give buyers the impression the house isn't derelict.
• Stage the house with some furniture to showcase how it can be lived in to potential buyers.
• Hire someone to come by regularly and check the property. This will keep it safe, secure, and ward off any squatters.

Of course, if you don't want to go to the expense or other troubles, you can sell the house to an investor, like our company - Cash for Friendswood Houses.

Every situation is different. The ultimate offer will depend on the condition and current value of the house. Some houses are in shambles and cost very little. Other houses are in great condition, but the seller needs to get rid of the property quickly.

In each case, the cash house buyer considers the current value of the property, as well as any costs that it will take to repair and renovate the house for resale. The investor also gauges the potential interest in the property. All of this goes into the cash offer.

Finding an investor actually doesn't take much. Just type "we buy ugly houses for cash in Friendswood, TX" into a search engine and you will get several pages worth of options. The challenge, however, is finding a reputable one that won't scam you.

Think you can't be taken in by a scam? Let's look at a few scams that have happened to people trying to sell a home to an investor.

The so-called investor comes in and makes an offer that's too good to be true. However, the investor keeps finding reasons to lower the offer amount. The seller either takes the lower amount or wastes time dealing with this investor.

A foreign buyer contacts the seller wanting to buy the property sight unseen. The reality is that the foreigner has no intention of buying. They use the opportunity to gather personal data or money from the seller.

An investor puts the house under contract, then starts making multiple trips to the property. Each visit comes with a minor change to the contract. The last visit comes with an agreement that has terrible terms. The seller often doesn't notice the changes until the document is signed.