Truly as-is — leave everything
Keep what you want and leave the rest. Old furniture, junk, and unwanted items can stay. We handle the cleanout after closing.
If your house needs major work — roof, foundation, plumbing, or fire and water damage — you can skip the contractors and sell it exactly as it sits. Sell Dave Your House is a local cash home buyer serving Dearborn Heights and the rest of Wayne County — a fair offer, no repairs or fees, and a close on your timeline.
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When you need to sell a house in disrepair in Dearborn Heights, you don't have to list it, fix it up, or wait months for a buyer's mortgage to clear. As a local, direct cash buyer in Wayne County, we make a fair written offer on your Dearborn Heights home in its current condition — from Warren Avenue area, Crowley Park area, Telegraph corridor and Van Born area to every neighborhood in between, cover the standard closing costs, and let you pick the closing date.
Yes. As a local cash home buyer, Sell Dave Your House buys homes in as-is condition. You don't lift a hammer, hire a contractor, or spend a dollar on repairs. We include the home's condition in a fair written offer and cover the usual closing costs. You can close in as little as 7 days.
From the homes near Warren Avenue and Crowley Park on the north end to the neighborhoods around Van Born and Telegraph on the south, Dearborn Heights is mostly mid-century brick homes and ranches. Many have been in families for decades. They often need updates that financed buyers expect. We buy them as-is for cash. So you skip the repairs and the wait.
Neighboring Dearborn splits Dearborn Heights into two sections. The north has settled mid-century brick homes near Warren Avenue. The south sits around Van Born. Many have been in families for decades and need updates financed buyers expect. A cash sale lets owners handling an inheritance or move sell as-is. There are no repairs, showings, or commissions.
We buy houses in every part of Dearborn Heights, including:
Warren Avenue area. The Warren Avenue area anchors Dearborn Heights' north end, with settled blocks of brick homes. Many are decades old and ready for updates. We are cash home buyers who purchase Warren Avenue-area houses fast and as-is, with no repairs.
Crowley Park area. The Crowley Park area gives the north end green space and family homes nearby. Older houses here still need upkeep. We buy houses for cash near Crowley Park in any condition, so you can sell your house fast.
For context, the typical middle-tier Dearborn Heights home is worth about $218,417 right now (up 3.6% over the past year). A house that needs work sells at a discount to that number on the open market — after repair credits, inspection negotiations, and months of carrying costs. Our cash offer prices the work in once, in writing, with no re-trading after an inspection. For timing context: listed Dearborn Heights homes currently take a median of about 11 days just to go pending — before the buyer's 30–45-day mortgage window even starts, and 46% of recent Dearborn Heights sales closed below the asking price.
Market data: Zillow Research, Dearborn Heights — typical value (ZHVI, middle tier), median sale price, days to pending, and share sold below list; as of July 2026.
A home doesn't have to be condemned to be hard to sell on the open market. Most regular buyers need a mortgage, and lenders won't fund a home that fails an appraisal or inspection. That leaves homes with repairs put off in a tough spot. They're too rough for a buyer with a loan, but still worth a lot to a cash buyer who can fix them up.
We often buy homes with roof and water damage, foundation or basement problems, mold, old or unsafe wiring and plumbing, fire damage, broken furnaces and HVAC, termite or pest damage, hoarder conditions, and open city code violations or blight tickets. If you feel embarrassed by the condition, don't be. We've seen it, and we buy it.
Many homeowners think they need to remodel to attract buyers. In real life, repairs eat up your time and money up front. And there's no promise you'll get that money back. Big jobs like roofs, foundations, or full rewiring can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, the home sits unsold and the bills keep coming.
Selling as-is removes that gamble. You skip the contractors, the permit headaches, the staging, and months of showings. We take the home as it sits and handle every repair after closing. The work, and the risk, leaves with us.
Open code violations, blight tickets, or an order from the city can feel like a trap. Fines add up while you can't afford the fixes. We have plenty of experience buying homes with open violations across Detroit and nearby cities. We work through the title and city requirements as part of closing.
Michigan's Seller Disclosure Act asks sellers to share known problems. Selling as-is doesn't mean hiding anything. It means we accept the home knowing its condition. Being upfront is exactly why a cash sale is so much simpler for a home in rough shape.
Keep what you want and leave the rest. Old furniture, junk, and unwanted items can stay. We handle the cleanout after closing.
Because we pay cash, there's no lender appraisal to fail. And there's no inspection that blows up your sale at the last minute.
No agent commissions and no surprise fees. The number we agree on is the number you walk away with.
Insurance, taxes, utilities, and growing fines on a home you can't use add up fast. A quick close stops the bleeding.
No listing, no showings, no waiting on a buyer's financing. Three steps from first call to cash in hand.
Enter your address and contact info. It takes less than 60 seconds. There's no pressure to move forward.
We look at your home in person. Then we give you a fair, written cash offer — usually within 24 hours.
Pick the date that works for you. We handle the paperwork. You walk away with cash.
That's right. We buy houses in as-is condition and do all the repairs ourselves after closing. You won't be asked to fix anything, clean, or even haul away unwanted items.
Your offer reflects the home's condition and the cost of the work it needs. But we base it on real local sales of similar homes, not lowball formulas. A regular sale costs you repairs, agent commissions, holding costs, and months of stress. Once you subtract all of that, many sellers find a fast cash sale comes out very competitive.
Yes. Fire, smoke, flood, and water damage are some of the most common problems we buy. These homes are nearly impossible to sell to buyers who need a loan. That's exactly where a cash buyer helps most.
We often buy homes with open violations and blight tickets in Detroit and nearby cities. We'll work through the title and city items with you as part of closing.
Often within 7 days once you accept the offer and the title is clear. If you need more time to move out or make plans, you pick the closing date.
As of July 2026, the typical middle-tier Dearborn Heights home is worth about $218,417 per the Zillow Home Value Index — up 3.6% over the past year. Actual closed sales tell a similar story — the median Dearborn Heights sale price is running about $212,000. That's a citywide midpoint: values differ street to street between Warren Avenue area, Crowley Park area and Telegraph corridor and other pockets of Dearborn Heights. When we price a house that needs work, we work from recent sales near your address and its true condition, not the citywide average.
On a listed Dearborn Heights sale near the typical home value of $218,417, plan on roughly $10,900–$13,100 in agent commission (5–6%), about $1,880 in Michigan transfer tax ($3.75 state + $0.55 Wayne County per $500 of price), plus owner's title insurance, any repair credits from the buyer's inspection, and the carrying costs while it sits on the market. When we buy directly there's no commission and we cover the standard closing costs — you still pay the state and county transfer tax as the seller, but the written offer is otherwise what you keep, less your mortgage payoff and prorated taxes.
All of them. In Dearborn Heights that regularly includes mid-century brick homes, brick ranches, cape cod homes, inherited probate homes, homes with dated kitchens and baths — plus homes with roof, foundation, plumbing, or fire and water damage. Open code violations or an inspection list from the city don't stop us either. We buy as-is anywhere in Wayne County, and you never repair or clean out a thing.
All of them. That includes Warren Avenue area, Crowley Park area, Telegraph corridor, Van Born area and Canfield area — and every other street in Dearborn Heights. If the property is anywhere in Wayne County, we'll make a written cash offer on it, regardless of condition.
Yes. The mid-century brick homes and ranches near Warren Avenue and Crowley Park on the north end and around Van Born and Telegraph on the south are exactly what we buy as-is. That includes homes that need kitchens, baths, or major systems updated. There's nothing for you to repair or update first.
We often buy inherited Dearborn Heights homes. We can work with your attorney and the Wayne County Probate Court to keep the sale on track. We buy as-is and handle the cleanout. That makes settling the estate easier for busy or out-of-town heirs.
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Tell us about your property. We'll get back to you with a no-obligation cash offer, usually within 24 hours. You choose the closing date.