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Selling a house, in plain terms

Straight answers to the questions people actually ask us, including the ones where the honest answer costs us business.

These are general information, not legal or tax advice. Every situation has details that only your own attorney or tax professional can speak to.

What it actually means to sell a house as-is

It means you repair nothing. It does not mean you disclose nothing — and that difference is where people get into trouble.

Selling an inherited house

Probate, taxes, siblings, and forty years of belongings still in the basement, in the order they actually come up.

Behind on your mortgage: what actually happens

It is a process with steps and dates, not a switch somebody flips. Knowing the steps turns panic back into decisions.

Selling a house that needs major repairs

The estimate came back and the math stopped working. Why fixing it first is usually the worse of the two options.

Selling a rental with tenants still in it

You do not have to evict anyone, and you do not have to wait for the lease to run out.

Selling the house in a divorce

The one asset that cannot be split down the middle. What unsticks it is a number from outside the marriage.

How cash buyers calculate their offer

The whole formula, line by line, including the part most buyers would rather not show you.

When you should not sell to a cash buyer

Nobody writes this one, which is exactly why we wrote it.

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