Sell a House Without a Realtor in Detroit, MI

Yes. Homeowners can sell directly without listing with an agent. The sale still closes through a licensed title company that handles the disclosures, title work, and paperwork to keep everything proper.

Agent commissions usually run 5–6% of the sale price. Selling directly to us removes that commission, and we cover the usual closing costs. So you keep more of the money.

A neutral, licensed title company manages the purchase agreement, title search, lien payoffs, and settlement statement. You're welcome to have an attorney review the agreement as well.

It's the easy version. FSBO still means marketing, showings, and waiting on financed buyers. Selling to us is one offer with no showings, no marketing, and no financing risk.

In most home sales, Michigan requires a seller's disclosure of known problems. Selling as-is doesn't remove that. But it's simple, and the title company helps make sure it's handled right.

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 home, 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.

Commissions in Michigan typically run 5–6% of the sale price. Against Detroit's typical home value of about $76,084, that's roughly $3,800–$4,600 you don't pay when you sell to us directly. We also cover the standard closing costs, so the written offer is what you actually walk away with.

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.