Selling path
Find a listing agent who is accountable to something in writing
Most agent-matching services hand your number to whoever paid for the zip code. We route by track record, and we stay on the file. You pay us nothing.
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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Creative selling
Right for you if
Find your Realtor
your house is in condition to list and you want the highest realistic price.
Cash offer
certainty and speed are worth more to you than the last dollar of price.
Creative selling
you have equity or a low-rate loan and can carry some risk for a better number.
What it costs you
Find your Realtor
Standard local commission, paid at closing. CloseCenter costs you nothing — the agent pays us 30% of their referral-side commission.
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.
Creative selling
Often full price or better, but proceeds arrive over months or years. Expect legal and servicing costs.
Realistic timeline
Find your Realtor
Time on market varies with price and condition, then closing usually runs a few weeks once you are under contract.
Cash offer
Usually closes within about 2 weeks, depending on title work or issues that turn up. You usually pick the date.
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
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.
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.
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 property is in listable condition or close to it
- You can wait 60-120 days for the right buyer
- Net proceeds matter more than speed
- You want a market price, not a discounted one
Look elsewhere if
- You need certainty of closing on a specific date
- The property needs repairs you cannot fund or coordinate
- You are inside a foreclosure timeline measured in weeks
- You do not want showings at all
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
Tell us the situation
Address, timeline, and what is actually driving the sale. Five minutes.
- 2
We route the referral
We pick a full-time local agent by track record in your price band and property type — not by who bought the zip code.
- 3
CloseCenter contacts you within 4 hours
Same business day. We speak first, then route you to a full-time local agent when it makes sense.
- 4
List, review at day 30
The agent reviews their own numbers with you at 30 days and makes a recommendation.
- 5
Close
We stay on the file until it closes. The agent pays our referral fee at closing.
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.