Selling path
A cash offer is a discount you buy certainty with
A cash offer comes in at a discount to what the same house would fetch on the open market, because the buyer is absorbing the repairs, the holding time, and the risk. That is the trade. If the trade is worth it for your situation, this is a clean path.
Term sheet
How this compares to the alternatives
Same four questions for every path. Read the row you care about across all three columns.
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Right for you if
Cash offer
certainty and speed are worth more to you than the last dollar of price.
Find your Realtor
your house is in condition to list and you want the highest realistic price.
Creative selling
you have equity or a low-rate loan and can carry some risk for a better number.
What it costs you
Cash offer
No commission and no repairs, but the offer comes in at a discount to open-market price. How big depends on condition and location, and we put the number in front of you.
Find your Realtor
Standard local commission, paid at closing. CloseCenter costs you nothing — the agent pays us 30% of their referral-side commission.
Creative selling
Often full price or better, but proceeds arrive over months or years. Expect legal and servicing costs.
Realistic timeline
Cash offer
Usually closes within about 2 weeks, depending on title work or issues that turn up. You usually pick the date.
Find your Realtor
Time on market varies with price and condition, then closing usually runs a few weeks once you are under contract.
Creative selling
The structure can close in a couple of weeks; payments then run for the life of the note or option.
What can go wrong
Cash offer
Retrading — the buyer lowers the price after inspection. Ask for proof of funds and a hard, non-refundable deposit before you take the property off market.
Find your Realtor
The house sits. Price was wrong, condition was wrong, or the agent went quiet. That is what the 30-day review exists to catch.
Creative selling
Buyer default, and you may be back on title through foreclosure. Subject-to leaves the original loan in your name — including the due-on-sale exposure.
Ranges are general and depend on your market, condition, and lender. Nothing here is legal, tax, or financial advice.
This fits you if
- The house needs work you will not do
- You need a known closing date
- The property is vacant, inherited, or a tired rental
- Privacy matters — no showings, no sign in the yard
Look elsewhere if
- You need top dollar to pay off the mortgage
- The house would show well with minor cleanup
- You have 60+ days and no pressure
What we hold the agent to
The accountability layer
Four standards, in writing, the same on every referral. Not a service promise — a set of conditions the agent keeps or loses the referral.
Full-time agents only
Real estate has to be the agent's primary income. We do not screen on closing counts — a low-volume full-time agent beats a high-volume part-timer on responsiveness.
If it slips: the referral moves to another agent in the area. Coverage is not exclusive.
Contact within 4 hours
The agent calls you within 4 hours of receiving the referral, same business day. Not a text blast, not an automated drip — a call from the person who will handle the file.
If it slips: tell us. We reassign, and we tell you we did.
30-day listing review
At day 30 the agent sits down with you and reviews their own numbers: showings, feedback, days on market, price position. No spin, no new photos as a substitute for a decision.
If it slips: we run the review ourselves and put the numbers in front of you.
On the file through closing
One person at CloseCenter owns your outcome from the first call to the closing table. You are not handed off to a queue.
If it slips: you have a direct line and a name, not a support inbox.
Process
What happens, in order
No mystery steps. If a step slips, you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.
- 1
Send the property details
Condition, occupancy, and any liens or back taxes.
- 2
We collect offers
We shop the property to vetted cash buyers rather than handing you a single take-it-or-leave-it number.
- 3
You see the spread
We show the cash number next to a realistic listing estimate so the discount is explicit, not hidden.
- 4
Choose or walk
If the spread is not worth it, we route you to a listing agent instead. Same day.
- 5
Close on your date
Title work, then closing. No repairs, no staging, no showings.
FAQ
Questions people actually ask
Next step
Start with a conversation, not a contract
There is nothing to sign with CloseCenter and nothing to cancel. Sellers pay us nothing, ever.