Selling direct vs listing your home
Selling to a cash buyer is not always the better choice, and a direct offer may not be full retail. Here is the honest trade, so you can pick what fits your situation.
| Selling direct to us | Listing the home | |
|---|---|---|
| Showings | None. We look at the home once, at a time that suits you. | Buyers come through the home, often more than once, and it needs to be ready each time. |
| Repairs and cleaning | None. We buy it as it is, including what is left inside. | A buyer, their inspector or their lender may ask for repairs before the sale goes ahead. |
| Buyer financing | No loan involved, so there is no loan to fall through. | Many buyers need a loan, and a sale can fall apart late if the loan does. |
| The park | When the home stays in the park, we handle getting approved as the buyer. | A buyer who is staying in the park may also need the park’s approval. |
| Timeline | When the paperwork is clean, closing can move quickly, on a date you pick. | Depends on finding the right buyer and on their financing. It can take a while. |
| Fees | We don’t charge you a fee or a commission, and we normally cover the closing costs. | Usually an agent’s commission and some closing costs come out of the sale price. |
| Price | A direct offer may not be full retail. It is a known number with no surprises later. | Can bring a higher price, if the home shows well, a buyer can get financing and you can wait. |
Showings
Selling direct to us
None. We look at the home once, at a time that suits you.
Listing the home
Buyers come through the home, often more than once, and it needs to be ready each time.
Repairs and cleaning
Selling direct to us
None. We buy it as it is, including what is left inside.
Listing the home
A buyer, their inspector or their lender may ask for repairs before the sale goes ahead.
Buyer financing
Selling direct to us
No loan involved, so there is no loan to fall through.
Listing the home
Many buyers need a loan, and a sale can fall apart late if the loan does.
The park
Selling direct to us
When the home stays in the park, we handle getting approved as the buyer.
Listing the home
A buyer who is staying in the park may also need the park’s approval.
Timeline
Selling direct to us
When the paperwork is clean, closing can move quickly, on a date you pick.
Listing the home
Depends on finding the right buyer and on their financing. It can take a while.
Fees
Selling direct to us
We don’t charge you a fee or a commission, and we normally cover the closing costs.
Listing the home
Usually an agent’s commission and some closing costs come out of the sale price.
Price
Selling direct to us
A direct offer may not be full retail. It is a known number with no surprises later.
Listing the home
Can bring a higher price, if the home shows well, a buyer can get financing and you can wait.
When selling direct usually makes sense
- The home needs work you cannot or do not want to pay for.
- You are behind on lot rent, or the park has sent a notice.
- You have inherited it and nobody wants to manage a sale from a distance.
- You need a date you can plan around.
- The home is older and a buyer may struggle to get a loan on it.
When listing may get you more
If the home is newer and in good shape, you are in no hurry, and a buyer could get a loan on it, listing it may bring a higher price than a direct offer. That is worth knowing before you decide.
Either way, a call costs nothing. We will tell you what we can offer and you can weigh it against everything else.
Tell us about the home
Send the details below, or call or text if that is easier. There is no fee and no obligation to sell.
What helps us most
- Where the home is, and whether it is in a park or on private land
- Roughly what shape it is in
- When you would like to be out
- Anything owed on it, like back lot rent
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Talk it through with Ed
Call or text about your home. If selling to us is not the right move for you, we will say so.