Four steps, and you pick the date.
You tell us about the house. We look at it, often the same day. You get a real number with no obligation — and if you take it, you say when we close.
How a sale actually goes.
Tell us about the house.
The address, roughly what shape it is in, and when you would like to be out. That is the whole ask — about ninety seconds on the form, or call or text (216) 488-8920 and we will take it down for you. Nothing to photograph, nothing to tidy first.
We look at it. Often the same day.
First from our desk — county records, what has sold on your street, and what the house would be worth once the work is done. Then in person, usually twenty or thirty minutes. It is a walkthrough, not an inspection: nobody is writing you a repair list, nothing gets failed, and you do not have to clean or move a thing for it.
You get a real number. No obligation.
One number, in writing, with the arithmetic behind it — not a range, and not a figure we quietly walk back later. It costs you nothing to hear it. Sit on it, show it to your family, or tell us no and that is the end of it. Nothing binds either of us until we have both signed a purchase agreement.
You pick the closing date.
We close at a title company, which handles the payoff, any liens and the paperwork, and you leave with a wire or certified funds. Two weeks if you need it fast, a couple of months if you need time to line up the next place. Take what you want and leave the rest — furniture, garage, basement, all of it. Clearing it out is our job after closing.
The questions we get every week.
These describe the route most of our deals take. It is not the only one — there are four ways this can go, and we will tell you which fits your house.
“Who actually buys the house?”
We do. We make the offer ourselves and buy as a principal, in our own interest. On some houses we assign that agreement to an investor on our buyers list, who closes in our place — your number and your date do not change. The company is not a brokerage, and when we buy your house we are not acting for you.
“How do you work out the number?”
What the house is worth on your street once it is fixed up, minus what that work costs and what we need to make on it. We walk you through that arithmetic, so you know the number before anything is signed.
“Am I obligated to anything?”
No. Hearing a number costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. If you say no, we say thank you and stop calling.
“What about a tenant, a mortgage, or back taxes?”
None of that stops a sale. The loan payoff, liens and back taxes are settled out of the proceeds at the table, and we buy with tenants in place — you do not have to be the one to hand out a notice.
“Does the house have to be empty?”
No, and it does not have to be clean either. Take what matters to you and leave everything else where it sits. We handle the cleanout afterwards, at our cost.
“Who pays the closing costs?”
We cover the costs on our side, and there is no commission and no fee to you. What was already yours stays yours — the loan payoff, any liens, and the taxes up to the closing date — and all of it comes out of the proceeds.
Four ways this can go.
Most companies in this business have one offer. We can do all four, listing included — we are licensed in Ohio, so nobody hands you off. Which of ours fits depends on what the house needs and how much time you have, and we will tell you which one we think that is, including when it is the one we make least on.
We buy it ourselves
The fastest and most certain of the four. Also the lowest number.
As fast as title allows — often 10 to 14 days02We bring it to our buyer network
Still a cash close, at a better number than we would pay ourselves.
Usually under 30 days03Best of Both Worlds
Everything that makes a cash sale easy, at a price a regular buyer will pay. Usually finished in one to three months.
Usually 1 to 3 months04We list it and represent you
Top of market, on the open market — and you do not have to go and find an agent to do it.
Typically 3 to 6 monthsOn the first three we are the buyer: we sign the purchase agreement in our own interest, and we are not acting for you on those. The fourth is not a purchase by us at all — it is a listing. Real estate licenses are held by people rather than by companies, and the people here hold Ohio licenses through an Ohio brokerage, which is where a listing is handled. The agency relationship on that sale, and the duties that come with it, sit with the brokerage rather than with Sell Now Pros. And you can change your mind: plenty of people ask for a cash number first and decide to list instead.
What a cash sale takes off the table.
A listing carries costs a cash sale does not: commission, closing costs, repair credits and concessions — before you count the months of paying for a house you are trying to leave.
Start where you stand.
About ninety seconds on the form, and a real conversation back — usually the same day.