Sell your house for cash · Los Angeles
The roof, fire damage, the foundation, the permits nobody pulled in 1987. You don’t fix any of it, and you don’t clean it out. Send photos and I’ll tell you straight whether it’s something I buy.
An agent walked through, gave you a list, and the list added up to more than you have. So the house sits, and the list gets longer.
The thing that stops most of these sales is not the condition. It is being asked to spend money you do not have on a house you are trying to leave.
A few questions, on the form or the phone: the address, what shape it’s in, what’s going on. Maisha usually picks up. Her job is to get me to your kitchen table, not to talk you into anything.
Day 0 · a few questions
I walk it with Marco, who sells the houses I buy and sits in on every seller meeting. You get the comps, the repair estimate and all three numbers on the spot. Not a “let me run this by my team.”
All three numbers, at the table
You choose, I execute. Cash closes in about 17 days at a local title company. On path two the renovation starts and I handle every contractor, permit, photo and showing.
Cash closes in about 17 days
The number accounts for the condition, and it does not change after a walkthrough. That is the whole trade: less than a clean listing would bring, in exchange for never touching the house again.
What it costs you. Nothing. No commission, no repair credits, and no closing costs out of your pocket.
This is where the second path is often worth more than people expect. If the bones are sound, I fund the work up front, we list it finished, and you keep the difference. I have seen that gap be large on houses like this.
What it costs you. My listing commission, and the renovation money comes back out of the sale proceeds at closing. Never out of your pocket.
Cash, funding or a listing, whichever the situation calls for. For when the house is not the actual problem.
What it costs you. Nothing up front. Whatever I advance, carry or pay for comes back out of the proceeds at closing, on terms you see before you sign.
I have bought houses with fire damage, foundation movement and forty years of deferred maintenance. Send photos and I will tell you straight whether it is something I buy.
Yes, and it is one of the calls I take most often. Selling fire damaged property in Los Angeles usually stalls because the insurance work and the repair estimate arrive before anyone will make an offer. I do not need either one finished. Send me photos and whatever the adjuster has given you so far.
Usually not before selling to me, because I price the roof in either way and you would be spending money on a house you are leaving. If the bones are sound it can be worth it on the listing path, where I fund the work instead of you. That is the one case where renovating first makes you money rather than costing it.
No. The number I sign is the number I close, and I will put that in writing before you sign anything. A high offer followed by a lower one a week before closing is called a re-trade and it is the thing I built this around not doing.
Common in Los Angeles, and it is priced into the offer rather than becoming a problem at the end. It matters more on the listing path, where a buyer's lender will care.
No. Take what you want and leave the rest.
Start with the address
You’ll know all three numbers before I leave your kitchen. And if listing it the ordinary way is the better move for you, I’ll say so out loud.
Maisha or I answer these ourselves, usually the same day.
Or skip all this:
(323) 363-2731That’s my line. Maisha or I pick it up.
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Or skip all this:
(323) 363-2731That’s my line. Maisha or I pick it up.
