I'm looking for the next one. Washington or Dakota County, Minnesota. Off-market, or straight from the owner — I'm the buyer, not a middleman passing it along to somebody else. Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Hastings, Stillwater, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville.
I've bought one house and I'm under contract to sell it. I'm not a company with a call center — you'd be dealing with me. That one ran three months long and I ate the carry myself rather than push it onto anybody. I'll tell you exactly what I can and can't do before you commit to a thing.
If that's you, or you know someone quietly thinking about selling and dreading the whole circus of it — signs, showings, strangers walking through the kitchen — message me.
Here's exactly what happens if you do, because "no obligation" is a thing everybody says:
You tell me the address and roughly what's going on. I look it up that night myself — county records, what's sold nearby, what it'd cost to fix. Then I lay out your options. All of them, including the ones I don't make a dime on.
And if listing it with an agent is your best move, I'll tell you that. I'd rather be the guy who told you the truth than the guy who got the deal.
1. Sell it to me as-is. No agent, no commission, no showings, no repairs — leave behind whatever you don't want. I need room in it to make it work, so my number is lower than a perfect retail sale. I'll show you the math I used to get there so you can check it.
2. Carry the note. You sell it to me and I pay you monthly, with interest, instead of all at once. More money in total over time — and you'd hold a mortgage on the house exactly like a bank would, so if I ever stopped paying, you'd get it back. Sometimes it's better on taxes; ask your accountant that one, not me.
3. List it the normal way. Usually the highest price. Costs a commission, takes months, means showings and a repair list from the buyer.
4. Somebody else entirely. If it isn't a fit for me, I'll tell you who to call.
Then you pick. Or you pick none of them — say no and that's the end of it, I won't call you again about it. No walkthrough unless you ask for one, no sign in the yard, and nothing to sign at any point in that conversation.