Zero commissions
No 5–6% listing fee. Selling direct keeps thousands of dollars in your pocket on a typical sale.
If you'd rather skip agent commissions, showings, and open houses, we buy directly so you keep more of your sale and control the timeline. Sell Dave Your House is a local cash home buyer serving Garden City and the rest of Wayne County — a fair offer, no repairs or fees, and a close on your timeline.
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Skipping the agent doesn't mean doing everything alone. As direct buyers in Wayne County, we handle the offer, the paperwork, and the closing logistics on your Garden City home — no commission, no marketing period, and no strangers walking through, whether you're in Ford Road corridor, Middlebelt Road area and Cherry Hill area or anywhere in between.
Yes. When you sell to a direct cash buyer, you skip the parts of the usual process most people dislike. That means agent commissions (often 5–6%), repairs and staging, public showings, and the wait for a buyer's mortgage to be approved. You get a fair written offer, sell as-is, and close on your own timeline.
The neighborhoods along Ford Road, Middlebelt, Cherry Hill, and Maplewood are full of postwar ranches and bungalows on the city's signature deep lots. These homes are well-built. But many need updates that most buyers expect. We buy Garden City houses as-is for cash. So you never spend a dollar on repairs before selling.
Garden City was laid out with homes on large lots meant for gardens. That gave this affordable western Wayne County suburb its name and character. Its post-war ranches and bungalows appeal to financed buyers who expect modern updates. A cash sale lets downsizers and estate sellers skip the remodeling and showings. You close on your own timeline.
We buy houses in every part of Garden City, including:
Ford Road corridor. Ford Road is Garden City's main shopping and traffic spine, with stores and homes all along it. The neighborhoods nearby hold steady postwar houses. We are cash home buyers who purchase houses near the Ford Road corridor fast and as-is, with no repairs.
Middlebelt Road area. The Middlebelt Road area runs through Garden City near shops and major routes. Homes here are convenient and well-located. We buy houses for cash near Middlebelt in any condition, so you can sell your house fast without listing.
The typical Garden City home is worth about $207,556 (up 2.7% over the past year). On a sale at that price, a 6% commission alone is roughly $12,500 — before seller concessions and repair credits. Selling direct keeps that math in your pocket, and closing still runs through a licensed title company. For timing context: listed Garden City homes currently take a median of about 10 days just to go pending — before the buyer's 30–45-day mortgage window even starts, and 32% of recent Garden City sales closed below the asking price.
Market data: Zillow Research, Garden City — typical value (ZHVI, middle tier), median sale price, days to pending, and share sold below list; as of July 2026.
On a regular sale, agent commissions usually run 5–6% of the price. That's split between the buyer's and seller's agents, so it's thousands of dollars off the top. Then add seller-paid closing costs, repair credits after the inspection, staging, and pre-listing fix-ups. The gap between your list price and what you actually take home can be large.
Selling directly to us removes the commission entirely, and we cover the usual closing costs. The offer we agree on is what you walk away with. There are no last-minute cuts after an inspection or appraisal.
You can list 'For Sale By Owner' to avoid the listing-side commission. But FSBO still means marketing the home, hosting showings, taking calls, haggling, and paying for your own disclosures and paperwork. You usually still have to offer a buyer's-agent commission too. And all of this happens while you wait on financed buyers who may fall through.
Selling to a cash buyer is the easy end of doing it yourself. You get one offer, no marketing, no showings, no financing risk, and a guided closing. You keep the 'skip the agent' savings without the work and worry of a FSBO listing.
Selling without an agent doesn't mean going it alone on the legal side. The sale closes through a licensed, neutral title company. It handles the purchase agreement, title search, lien payoffs, the Michigan seller's disclosure, and the settlement statement. You'll see exactly what you take home and have time to review everything.
Many sellers also choose to have an attorney review the simple, plain-language purchase agreement. We encourage it. Our goal is an open, honest sale you feel completely comfortable with.
No 5–6% listing fee. Selling direct keeps thousands of dollars in your pocket on a typical sale.
Skip the prep, the lockbox, and weekends out of the house. One walkthrough, one offer, done.
Cash means no buyer's mortgage to wait on and no deal collapsing at the last minute over an appraisal.
A neutral title company handles the paperwork and payoffs. You're protected, and you know exactly what you'll take home.
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.
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 Garden City home is worth about $207,556 per the Zillow Home Value Index — up 2.7% over the past year. Actual closed sales tell a similar story — the median Garden City sale price is running about $227,650. That's a citywide midpoint: values differ street to street between Ford Road corridor, Middlebelt Road area and Cherry Hill area and other pockets of Garden City. When we price a home, we work from recent sales near your address and its true condition, not the citywide average.
On a listed Garden City sale near the typical home value of $207,556, plan on roughly $10,400–$12,500 in agent commission (5–6%), about $1,780 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 Garden City's typical home value of about $207,556, that's roughly $10,400–$12,500 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 Ford Road corridor, Middlebelt Road area, Cherry Hill area, Maplewood area and Garden City Park area — and every other street in Garden City. If the property is anywhere in Wayne County, we'll make a written cash offer on it, regardless of condition.
Yes. Garden City's postwar ranches and bungalows on their signature deep lots near Ford Road, Middlebelt, and Cherry Hill are exactly what we buy as-is. That includes homes that need kitchens, baths, or systems updated. You don't need to make repairs, pass inspections, or clean up.
Absolutely. We can close fast or set a later date. That way your sale lines up with buying or moving into your next place. It helps you avoid two mortgages or a double move. You control the timeline.
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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.