Sell a House in Disrepair in Detroit, MI

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 Detroit home is worth about $76,084 per the Zillow Home Value Index — down 5.6% over the past year. Actual closed sales tell a similar story — the median Detroit sale price is running about $88,333. That's a citywide midpoint: values differ street to street between Corktown, Midtown and East English Village and other pockets of Detroit. 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 Detroit sale near the typical home value of $76,084, plan on roughly $3,800–$4,600 in agent commission (5–6%), about $650 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 Detroit that regularly includes brick bungalows, historic boston-edison homes, rosedale park two-stories, east side brick ranches, vacant or boarded-up houses — 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 Corktown, Midtown, East English Village, Rosedale Park, Bagley and Boston-Edison — and every other street in Detroit. If the property is anywhere in Wayne County, we'll make a written cash offer on it, regardless of condition.

Yes. We buy Detroit houses completely as-is. That includes homes with fire or water damage, foundation problems, a failed furnace, or open code violations from the city. You don't need to make a single repair, pull permits, pass a city inspection, or clean the place out before closing. We build the home's condition into our cash offer. So you can sell a home that most mortgage buyers and their lenders won't touch.

Past-due Wayne County property taxes are very common in Detroit, and they rarely stop a sale. We just need to act before the home is lost to the county's tax-foreclosure auction. Then we can usually pay the balance you owe through the title company at closing and take it out of your proceeds. The earlier you reach out, the more room we have to set up a deal. That deal clears the taxes and still puts cash in your pocket.