When you are selling something, you will most likely get to meet potential buyers who like to talk trash about whatever it is that you are selling. It drives me crazy. Yes, of course I understand that in their position it is important to be critical. Some people just seem to get a kick out of an interaction where they inform you just how much the thing that is yours sucks.

When it an old set of dishes at a yard sale it is annoying. When it is your home, you start to take it a little personally.

The second home that I owned was a bit of a money pit. It had formerly been half of a methodist church. The other half had been dragged down the road a 1/4 mile and made into a second house. This salvage operation had taken place back in the 20’s. The house had character but it was worn out. There were foundation problems. There were roof problems. There were plumbing problems.

I ended up getting a job a hundred miles away and I needed to get the place sold. I heard about a business that would buy ugly houses quickly. I contacted them with the details and a price that I was hoping for. I never heard bak from them. They had enough leads about people who are desperate. I wasn’t desperate, just eager.

Cashhomebuyers.com is a portal that connects you to people that are in the business of buying homes quickly. I was in a remote location with a somewhat depressed real estate market when I contacted a local WE BUY HOUSES number. I can only assume that I would have gotten more interest from the buyer if my house had been nearer a city.

My advice to homeowners that are eager to sell is try and get a realistic idea of what a realtor can do for you and then use that information to suggest a realistic price to a We Buy Homes representative. My experience is that they won’t even contact you unless they are interested. My assumption is that if they are interested, they move pretty fast.