The comparison with the awkward parts left in — including the cases where listing nets you more, and we tell you to go and do that instead.
Raymon Oxuzidis
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Two genuinely different products. One maximises the headline price; the other maximises speed, certainty and the number of Saturdays you get to keep.
| What you are comparing | Selling to CashNowREI | Listing With an Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Commissions & fees | None — $0 | Typically 5–6% + closing costs |
| Repairs & cleanup | None — we buy as-is | Usually required before listing |
| Showings | Zero | Open houses & strangers walking through |
| Time to close | As fast as 7 days — you choose | 60–90+ days on average |
| Certainty | Cash — no financing fall-through | Deals can collapse at the bank |
The same illustrative house, sold both ways. This is the comparison that actually matters, and it is the one the industry tends to leave out.
You keep$334,000
You keep$250,000
Illustration only, using the same invented house as our offer calculation page. Real figures vary enormously with condition, market and timing — that is the point. On this example the listing nets about $84,000 more, and takes about four months and roughly $18,000 of your own money up front to get there.
We are a bad fit more often than our marketing would suggest. Here is when to put the phone down and call an agent.
If it shows well and needs little, the repair subtraction that makes our offer work barely applies — and the open market will almost certainly pay you more.
Three or four months of marketing, showings and negotiation is exactly what a listing needs to reach its best price. If you can give it that, give it that.
If the highest possible number is the goal and you’re willing to spend time and money reaching it, a listing wins. We’ll say so on the call.
Financially, physically, or just in terms of energy. A buyer’s lender may refuse the house entirely until the work is done — cash doesn’t care.
An auction, a closing on the next house, a job start, a probate deadline. Certainty on a date is worth real money when you actually need it.
Tenants in place, a hoarding situation, an estate with family in three states. These are ordinary Tuesdays for us and genuinely hard to list.
Sometimes the honest reason is that you want it over. That is a legitimate thing to buy with a slightly lower number, and nobody should make you feel odd about it.
A free cash offer costs you nothing and gives you a floor to measure every other option against. Plenty of sellers use ours for exactly that.
Want us to talk you through both routes? Call 602-847-8384.
Real answers from a real local team — not a bot writing them.