If you are selling your house right now the number one question on your mind is probably how to sell your home fast. There are a number of things that have historically sped up this tedious process- lowering your asking price, getting a better real estate agent, offering attractive closing offers, or even updating/remodeling your house. Unfortunately those options tend to cost a lot of money and time and won’t buy you too much time in today’s market.
Nowadays everyone’s home is equipped with new carpet or fresh paint- these extra touches are no longer thought of as “extras” but necessities and you must add them to a checklist of tasks to complete just to remain competitive. If you want your house to have an edge on the competition there’s little you can do while still being cost effective. Brand new homes are now more affordable than ever and the trend of custom designing your own home is really taking off.
In this situation can you imagine a home seller deciding to put their house on the market completely “as is,” no pre show cleaning, no fresh paint, and even no repairs to a cracked foundation? Well people are doing it and seeing results. That’s because more and more people are choosing to avoid competing with retail homes all together and sell in a completely different market to an investor.
A real estate investor will buy your home no matter what condition it’s in. They are likely to fix everything the second they get it anyway for cheaper than you ever could, and so in many cases the actually prefer “ugly houses.”
If you are trying to sell a house in San Antonio, you are probably very familiar with this concept. Cities in Texas, especially San Antonio are seeing an increase in the number of real estate investors who are taking advantage of big discounts on distressed homes.
If you feel your getting “low balled” think about all the time and money your saving selling your house this way. In reality you’re buying a service with the additional money you may have gotten had you waited a longer.