How selling your Houston house for cash works
Four steps, one visit, and a written offer within 24 hours — with the closing date chosen by you rather than by a lender.
- Written offer within 24 hours
- No repairs, no cleaning, no showings
- You choose the closing date
We buy the house, then we fix it
Sell Your House Fast Houston is a Houston company buying with our own funds, for our own account. We are not an agent, not a broker, and not a lead broker passing your details on. When we buy a house we take on the roof, the slab, the systems and the renovation ourselves — which is exactly why we can take it in any condition and why our number is below retail.
Our office is at 7439 Brace St, Houston, TX 77061, and we travel to the property across Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston and Brazoria counties. You will speak to a person who has stood in your house, not to a model that priced it off a satellite image.
Three steps, about two weeks
- Tell us about the houseThe address and roughly what condition it is in. Anything that affects timing — probate, tenants, a foreclosure date, back taxes — is better said now than later.
- We walk it onceOne visit, usually under half an hour. We are not building a repair list to negotiate against later, and you do not need to clean, tidy or prepare anything.
- Written offer, your closing dateA number and the terms in plain language within 24 hours. If you accept, we open title and you name the date. If you decline, that is the end of it.
Realtor, iBuyer, or us
The honest version. If your house is updated and you have three or four months, the first column will very likely net you more — and we will say so on the call.
| Traditional realtor | iBuyer | Sell Your House Fast Houston | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical time to close | 60–90+ days | 2–8 weeks | 7–14 days |
| Commission | Around 5–6% | None | None |
| Service fee | None | Typically charged | None |
| Repairs before closing | Often required by the lender | Deducted from the offer | None — we buy as-is |
| Showings | Yes, ongoing | No | No |
| Appraisal & financing contingency | Yes | Sometimes | No — cash |
| Offer reduced after inspection | Renegotiation is common | Common, as a repair deduction | No — the written offer stands |
| Who picks the closing date | The buyer’s lender, effectively | The platform | You do |
| Will they buy a house that has flooded | Only with a willing buyer and insurer | Usually excluded | Yes |
| Likely gross price | Highest | Near market, minus fees | Below retail |
What are the steps to sell a Houston house for cash?
Selling a Houston house for cash takes four steps: you send the address and condition, we research and walk the property once, you get a written offer within 24 hours, and if you accept we open title and you choose the closing date. Most close in 7 to 14 days.
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Step 1 — tell us about the house
The address, and roughly what condition it is in. If there is something significant — it has flooded, there are tenants, it is in probate, there are back taxes — tell us then rather than later. It does not reduce the offer to be up front, and it means the number we give you is one we can stand behind.
We do not need photographs, a repair list, quotes from contractors or an inspection report. If you happen to have any of it, it speeds things up slightly.
Step 2 — one walkthrough
We research the property first: what it is worth repaired, what comparable houses nearby have actually sold for, the tax and lien position, the flood designation, and which municipal utility district or association it sits in. The visit confirms condition rather than starting the assessment.
It usually takes under half an hour. We are not there to build a list to negotiate against later, and you do not need to prepare, clean or tidy. If the property is tenanted and access is difficult, say so and we will work around it.
Step 3 — a written offer within 24 hours
You get a number and the terms in plain language, in writing. We will explain how we arrived at it if you want: the repaired value, our estimate of the repairs, the cost of holding and reselling, and our margin. There is no reason for that to be a secret.
The offer is not an opening position and it does not expire in an hour. Take it to another buyer, take it to an agent, or ignore it. There is no fee, no obligation, and nobody will chase you.
Step 4 — you pick the closing date
We open title with a local title company, which searches the record and identifies anything attached to the property. That search is the only part of the process with a genuinely variable timeline, and it is why seven to fourteen days is typical rather than three.
You choose the date within that. Sooner if you have a deadline; later if you are waiting on probate, a lease to end or a school term to finish. We pay the standard closing costs, take no commission, and you can leave behind anything you do not want.
What we will need from you, and what we never ask for
The list is short. Identification at closing. Details of any mortgage or loan against the property. Any lease, if it is tenanted. Any notices, citations or claim paperwork. Whoever can give us access once.
What we do not ask for: an inspection report, contractor quotes, an appraisal, an engineer's report on the foundation, an elevation certificate, a survey you pay for, repairs of any kind, cleaning, or the house cleared of belongings. We also never ask for a fee, an application, a deposit or a payment of any kind from you at any stage. If anyone buying houses asks a seller for money up front, that is the point to stop and ask why.
Where the time can go wrong, and how we keep it from happening
Two things delay a cash closing. The first is a title problem — an unreleased lien, a gap in the chain of ownership, an heir nobody accounted for. The second is a document that has to come from a third party who is not in a hurry: an association's resale certificate, a payoff statement, a release from a lender that no longer exists under that name.
Both are addressed the same way, by starting them on day one rather than when they become urgent. That is why we open title immediately rather than waiting, and why we ask on the first call about associations, liens, probate and tenancies. Every one of those has a lead time, and the only way to compress a closing is to run them in parallel.
The documents you actually sign, and what each one does
A cash closing in Texas is a short stack, and knowing what is in it removes most of the anxiety. There is the purchase agreement, which is the deal itself. There is the seller's disclosure notice, where you record what you know about the house. There is the deed, which is the document that actually transfers ownership. And there is the settlement statement, the line-by-line accounting of every dollar in and out, including your payoff and your proceeds.
Around those sit a few routine items the title company will ask for: identification, an affidavit or two confirming things like the absence of unrecorded work on the property, an IRS reporting form for the sale, and a statement about whether you are a U.S. person for tax withholding purposes. None of it is unusual and none of it is a negotiation. Read the settlement statement before you sign it rather than after — it is the one document where an error costs you money directly, and it is the one most people skim because by then they just want to be finished.
If we misjudge the repairs, that is our problem and not yours
Our offer is built on what we expect the house to need, and sometimes we are wrong. A roof turns out to be worse than it looked. A sewer line is scaled shut. That is our misjudgment to absorb, and we absorb it — we do not come back after the walkthrough with a lower number because the work costs more than we estimated. Re-trading is a business model in this industry and it is not ours, because a price you cannot rely on is not really a price.
In fairness, you should know the narrow set of things that genuinely can change a deal, because they are all matters of fact rather than judgment: an owner on title who has not agreed to sell, a lien or judgment nobody disclosed that exceeds the equity, an occupant with a right to stay that we were not told about, or a legal description that does not match the property we looked at. Those are not repair surprises, they are different-house surprises, and they get discovered by the title company rather than by us. Tell us about anything in that category up front and there will be no surprises at all — that is the whole trade you are getting for a cash price.
Questions sellers ask
How long does the whole process take from first call to funds?
Typically 7 to 14 days. The written offer comes within 24 hours of the walkthrough, and the remaining time is the title company's search. Faster is possible against a hard deadline; longer is fine if you need it.
Do I need to be there for the walkthrough?
No. We can do it without you, and out-of-state sellers frequently never visit the property. Closing can be handled with a mobile notary or remote online notarization.
How do you calculate the offer?
Repaired market value, minus our estimate of the repair cost, minus the cost of holding and reselling the property, minus a margin. We will walk you through those figures for your house if you ask.
What paperwork do I need to provide?
Usually just identification and whatever you have about the property — a mortgage statement, any lease, any notices or citations. The title company handles the search, payoffs and the deed.