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Dear Homeowner,
If you're serious about selling your house and selling it quickly, we are
exactly the people you need to contact. We're Marc and Olga with
Seattle House Buyers and we specialize in offering people
alternative options when they need to sell their house quickly.
Obviously we can't promise we'll buy your house without talking to you and
looking at it first, but we can tell you that we're always looking to buy
nice houses like yours from homeowners in the Seattle area.
And even if we don't buy your house ourselves, we'll pull out our black
book of local real estate investors and let them know about your house—at
absolutely no charge to you! More on that in a minute.
We get calls from people all the time who want to know how we can buy houses
so quickly and how our "program" works. We took the most commonly asked
questions and used them to make a report called,
"How to Sell Your House in 7 Days (or Less!)"
In this report we'll cover exactly how we can help you sell your house in
the shortest amount of time. We'll also tell you the advantages of working
with investors like us—as well as reasons why you might be better off
looking into other ways to sell your house. Finally, we'll give away
the "secrets" of how we operate and our "secret weapon" that could flood you
with calls from people tripping over themselves to make offers on your house
(that is, if we don't buy it ourselves!).
First, we want to make this perfectly clear:
we are not Realtors
and we're not affiliated with any Real Estate Agency. We're private
individuals, just like you.
This is good news for you, because as private investors we won't charge
fat commissions like real estate agents do. And with us, time is of the
essence—we can move as quickly as you want; unlike real estate agents who
often list houses and then "wait and see".
Second, we don't have a "program"—every homeowner's situation is different
and we create a custom solution for everyone we choose to work with. That's why
our initial interview with you is so important—we are gathering the
information we need to design a plan that meets your needs. Of course, we'll
only propose a solution that also represents a good investment for us—if we
can't come up with such a win-win scenario, we'll simply tell you
which alternatives are available to you other than us personally helping you.
So here's what we know about you already: you have a house you want to
sell—otherwise, you wouldn't have read this far!
You could be in any number of situations: some good, some not so good. Maybe
you're moving into a bigger house or a better neighborhood. Maybe you got a
good job and it's in another state. On the other hand, maybe you lost your
job or you're going through a divorce or bankruptcy. Or maybe you're even in foreclosure.
All of these situations demand swift action—something we specialize in at
Seattle House Buyers. We can definitely get you quicker results than
either trying to sell your house "For Sale By Owner" or through a Realtor.
Beware the FSBO Nightmare!
There's a growing trend among homeowners who want to sell their houses: just sell the house
themselves to save the real estate agent commission. This is often referred to as For Sale
By Owner or FSBO. There are books, stores and websites dedicated to providing everything
the homeowner needs to sell their house themselves.
People who've never tried selling their house themselves, though, usually don't realize
everything that's involved: the details, the time, the hidden expenses, the waiting, the
ads that seem to make the phone ring less! And of course, the no-shows: those wonderful
people who are gushing with enthusiasm over the phone but who never show up to the
appointment.
And then there are the lookers. These are the strangers who want to see the inside of your
house, your private space, who are not even halfway serious, just curious and want to
snoop around. They'll pick apart the layout of your house and look down their noses
at your interior decorating tastes. Then, after taking a couple hours of your time they'll
give you a phony condescending smile, say "Thanks" and leave, never to be heard from
again.
You feel used, powerless and humiliated...in fact,
experiences like these can turn selling your house into your worst nightmare!
But let's say you go the FSBO route anyway, hoping for good luck. You buy the For Sale sign
from Wal-Mart, you place your ad in the paper and you list your house in the FSBO magazine.
And you wait.
You call back the lookers and leave messages on their answering machines. Maybe you actually
get one who bites and you write up an agreement!
Several weeks pass. You start thinking something's going wrong. You thought the buyer had
everything under control, so what could be the hold-up? Two months later you find out
something went wrong with the buyer's financing. Something about no longer being qualified...
All that time wasted and you're right where you started—with a good house but nowhere
close to getting it sold. Meanwhile, your deadline is fast approaching. You thought you
would have plenty of time to sell when you began.
Not anymore.
The Reality of Dealing with Realtors
So perhaps you decide that selling your house through a realtor is the better way to go. You
figure that you're willing to give up 4-6% of the house's value to have the house sold by a
professional. They do all the hard work so they should get a good commission, right?
The question is, do real estate agents really get out there and "sell" your house?
Don't get us wrong—there are some fine agents out there. The funny thing about most agents,
though, is that they place a high priority on "listing" homes—but once they have
the listing they make very little effort "selling" the homes they've listed.
The agent's abilities may look very impressive to the casual observer, but does that really
do you any good? Most of the time your home just sits in the electronic listing system until
the listing expires. This happens to over 50% of all listings!
The fact is, good agents will have dozens of houses listed—how can they possibly give each of
those houses their personal attention? It's no wonder that the listings for most houses
expire—many without a single offer!
Maybe you'll find an agent who suggests you have an open house. That's where the agent sits
in your house for four hours while you're away and perfect strangers tramp around your house
and poke through your things (sound familiar?)
But the agent is taking four hours of their time to help sell your house—so they're working
to earn their commission, right? Well, here's an interesting fact you may not be aware of:
Less than 2% of all houses sold
through agents
are sold as the result of open houses!
Amazing, huh? So why does the agent take the time to have an open house if it's extremely
unlikely to actually sell the house? This may not make sense at first, but here's why most
agents hold open houses: to find house buyers!
You know that sign-in sheet everyone who visits your open house has to sign? The agent uses that
to build their mailing list of prospective buyers—so they can eventually get commissions as
the buyer's agent. If the agent can find just one future buyer through your open house then
it's more than worth the time they spent showing people your house and answering their questions.
So think twice before agreeing to have an open house.
Finally, here's a word of warning about
signing a contract with any realtor: make sure you understand how long you are
"locked-in" to paying an agent's commissions.
We've talked to many a frustrated homeowner who was disappointed with the lack of results they
were getting from their realtor but could do nothing about it because they had five more months
of their obligation to pay that realtor's commission. The homeowner will ask us if we could
just buy their house now, but we always have to tell them we need to wait until their contract
with the real estate agent expires so no one has to pay that big commission.
Don't let yourself get trapped in that situation!
Why Sell Your House to an Investor?
There is an alternative to selling your house For Sale By Owner or through a realtor—you can
sell it directly to us (of course!). With all the options today's house seller has, we are
often asked, though, "Why should I sell my house to you?"
That's a great question! Here's what we say when asked why someone should sell their house to us:
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We're fast.
In many cases, sellers who are in a rush to get their house sold try selling
their house themselves or through a real estate agent and find that it is anything
but a "fast" process in most cases. Unless you are willing to sell your house at a
significantly reduced price, in many markets you could find yourself waiting one to three months
(or longer!) before you receive let alone accept an offer.
On the other hand, because we're independent investors with private funds
we can often close a house purchase in 7 days or
less. How can we do that? Our access to private funding allows us to act very
quickly—unlike typical buyers who require long, drawn out bank approvals or will make an offer
to buy your house contingent on their current house selling (watch out for those!).
Of course, while it is in our interest to move quickly, we will only move as fast as the seller wants.
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Our offers are flexible.
We make our offers fit the seller's needs. If the seller wants
to close quickly, that can be arranged. If the seller wants cash all at once or a monthly cash
flow, we can do those, too. We can also make up past payments and take over current payments to
immediately relieve money burdens on the seller.
We can be a lot more flexible with our offers than the "traditional" offers home sellers
typically receive. That's because we're independent and not part of a bank bureaucracy which
has to follow lots of time-wasting rules that don't help anybody but the bank. We're also aware of
many possible creative solutions to meet sellers' needs that your average home buyer wouldn't think
of.
We strive to deliver multiple offers that not only meet the seller's needs but also represent a good
investment for us. In fact, we refuse to conduct business unless we can design a "win-win"
solution for both us and the seller. That's our
"Win-win Guarantee"!
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We're open-minded.
We might buy someone's house when no one else will. In many cases we
buy houses that have fire damage, termites, mold, foundation problems, roof problems or needs
repairs. Houses with these conditions scare most buyers and real estate agents hate listing them
because they know such houses are hard to sell. We're also not worried about extensive repairs
as long as the after-repaired-value of the house justifies the expenses.
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We'll take care of the details.
Working with us takes all the burden of selling a house
off the homeowner's shoulders. Once we agree on a price and okay the paperwork—you tell us when
you want to close and we'll take care of the rest!
Imagine this—you and us are sitting down at your kitchen table and we're telling you that we want
to buy your house! We'll then work together to come up with the best win-win solution and we'll
ask you how soon you'd like to close. By this time next week your house could be sold.
It's that simple!
If you'd like to make that happen, just give us a call or fill out our form below:
Call 24 hours: 866-207-8047
We are only looking at properties in the greater Seattle area right now.
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Our "Secret" Techniques: How We Operate
Some homeowners who first hear about us think that what we offer is too good
to be true or that there must be some sort of "catch".
The facts are really not that mysterious. Just as with any business, we have
business-related expenses and at the end of the day, we need to be able to
pay ourselves so that we can help other homeowners sell their houses quickly.
We look at any type of property—residential houses, commercial properties,
even mobile homes. Give us a call—almost every house we look at could
be a good investment under the right circumstances.
So how much can we pay for your home? That depends on a lot of factors, such
as:
- Does your house need repairs or upgrading?
- Where is your house located?
- What will the house appraise for?
- What is the current financing?
- What do we expect the house to be worth 3-4 years from now?
- How much can the house be rented for?
That's why we ask a lot of questions when we have our first chat.
The good news is we can often pre-qualify your
house over the phone and tell you immediately if we'll be able to develop a win-win solution
for us. This can save us both a lot of time.
There are a lot of possible win-win solutions we can come up with—the two factors that influence
the possibilities the most are if the house has equity and how "creative" you are
willing to be.
If your house has equity, then we have a lot of options to explore. If we decide that your
house is a good investment we can contact our private lenders and offer you immediate cash for
your equity. Or, if you want to avoid the tax hit and prefer cash flow over one lump sum we
can actually pay you more if you'll take monthly payments for your equity. Also, if you're
behind in payments we can usually catch up any delinquencies and help save your credit if your
house has enough equity.
If your house doesn't have equity, then we need to get a little more creative. We'll have
to understand the current underlying financing to see if we can structure new financing that allows
us to buy your house and rent it out with a positive cash flow. In some cases we're willing to consider
buying your house subject to the existing financing, which means we'll take over your monthly payments
until we're able to sell your house.
Based on our conversations with you and our analysis, we can usually design a solution that benefits
both you and us whether your house has equity in it or not.
One of our "secret" techniques is carefully planning what we will do with the house after
we buy it. This may include adding value by fixing it up if needed, making improvements,
changing the use or packaging the home with attractive financing. Our profit may come from adding
immediate value, long term appreciation, rental income, interest income or tax benefits.
Depending on your situation, we may be able to offer more money for your house at closing than you
would net listing it with a real estate agent. Not to mention,
you pick the
closing date and there is no out-of-pocket cost to you. The house can be off your hands,
you can move on with your life and you'll be free to put your time and energy to better use.
Also, do you need credit repair? We can include credit restoration as part of our
win-win scenario with no out-of-pocket cost to you. We can help you get a fresh start with clean
credit if this is what you need.
If you're ready for us to help you, fill out our form or
CALL US NOW:
866-207-8047.
Avoid Wasting Your Time: Who Shouldn't Contact Us
We make the following commitments to the people we work with:
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You won't get any "hard sell" from us. That's not our style. We will be
very direct, clear and honest with you, answering every question you have until you are
satisfied.
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If we can work out a possible solution to fit your needs and your property meets our buying
criteria, we will make an appointment to come out and see it. If it qualifies after we come
out to see it we will provide you with a firm written offer within 48 hours and we'll
explain everything to you in plain, everyday English.
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We believe that the real estate investing business is really a people business so we
respect everyone we work with and devote the right amount of time necessary to help them
achieve their objectives.
To deliver on these commitments, though, we are very selective about the people we choose to work with.
There are four types of people who end up wasting their time (and ours) when they contact us.
So please don't bother contacting us if...
- You're not serious about selling your house right away.
We only work with people
who are ready to sell their house now. If you have "all the time in the
world" to sell your house then working with a realtor is a much better solution than
working with us!
- You just want us to appraise your house for you.
We are not appraisers. Sometimes people
will call us and ask us to "give them a price". Unfortunately, that's not what we do.
If you have no idea what your house is worth then we strongly recommend you hire a professional
appraiser.
- You want above-market price for your house.
Most homeowners love their houses and sometimes
they think they should get a fantastic price AND a quick sale. Like we said, though, we're
investors and we simply don't pay more than a house is worth.
- You're not honest.
Our commitment to you is to be 100% honest in everything we do. We
ask you to be just as honest with us—or simply don't contact us.
If you fall into any of these categories, we suggest you work with a realtor or try selling your
house For Sale By Owner instead of calling us.
Our Secret Weapon That Could Lead to
TONS of Offers for Your House
(Beware: Only Use This if You're
Prepared to Handle LOTS of Calls)
There's a chance that we may talk to you and realize that although your
house is a good investment, it may not be ideal for us. Perhaps your house
is outside of our preferred investment area or maybe we already have several
rehab projects going and your house also needs repairs and we don't want to
take on the additional work.
In that case, we can offer you something that no other buyer can:
we can alert our professional real estate investor
network about your house—for FREE!
If you want us to do that, you'll probably get flooded with calls from anxious investors
wanting to make offers on your house. So only ask us to do this if you're ready to handle
plenty of calls about your house.
Why would we do this? In our investor network we are always trading "leads".
What may not be ideal for us may be the perfect fit for someone in our investor network.
As professional investors we often help each other out—that's part of what makes our network
so powerful. So we're happy to notify our investor network about your house—if you're willing
to take all the calls, that is!
Of course, if for some reason we don't buy your house or someone from our network of investors
doesn't buy your house then the worst case scenario is that you can always go the FSBO or realtor
route. That's why we say you should always
Call Us First!
Call 24 hours: 866-207-8047
We are only looking at properties in the greater Seattle area right now.
The bottom line is we can buy your house
"as is" for a fair price and on the date of your choice.
We can help you:
- Avoid putting your house on the market entirely
- Avoid coming out of pocket if you have little or no equity
- Avoid a big tax hit when you sell your house at a profit
- Avoid relying on a real estate agent to perform or keep their promises
- Avoid doing fix-up work to please a picky buyer
- Avoid becoming an unwanted landlord
- Avoid relying on a bank to approve your buyer's loan
- Avoid having your buyer back out at the last minute
- Avoid pre-payment penalties
- Avoid having the cash you need now tied up in your house
- Avoid struggling with the uncertainty of when your house will sell
- Avoid making a house payment you can no longer afford
- Avoid making payments on a vacant house
- Avoid foreclosure or bankruptcy
If you'd like us to help you, just give us a call or fill out our form below:
Call 24 hours: 866-207-8047
We are only looking at properties in the greater Seattle area right now.
Fields with * are required.
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