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 Livonia 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 without a realtor in Livonia, 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 Livonia home in its current condition — from Rosedale Gardens, Coventry Gardens, Laurel Park area and Clarenceville to every neighborhood in between, cover the standard closing costs, and let you pick the closing date.
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.
From Rosedale Gardens and Coventry Gardens to the homes near Laurel Park Place and the Clarenceville area, Livonia is full of mid-century ranches and colonials. Families have cared for them for generations. When parents downsize or an estate needs to be settled, a cash sale skips the prep, staging, and showings. We buy as-is and let the family close on its own timeline.
Livonia is one of western Wayne County's largest and steadiest suburbs. It is known for strong schools and decades of proud homeowners in neighborhoods like Rosedale Gardens. Many sellers here aren't in trouble at all. They're retiring or settling a parent's home. A cash sale lets families skip staging and showings. You close quietly on your own schedule.
We buy houses in every part of Livonia, including:
Rosedale Gardens. Rosedale Gardens is one of Livonia's most beloved historic neighborhoods, full of charming older homes. Many have been in the same family for years. We are cash home buyers who purchase Rosedale Gardens homes fast and as-is, even ones that need full updates.
Coventry Gardens. Coventry Gardens is a settled Livonia neighborhood of mid-century homes on quiet streets. Older houses here still need upkeep. We buy houses for cash near Coventry Gardens in any condition, so you can sell your house fast and quietly.
The typical Livonia home is worth about $319,165 (up 2.6% over the past year). On a sale at that price, a 6% commission alone is roughly $19,100 — 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 Livonia homes currently take a median of about 6 days just to go pending — before the buyer's 30–45-day mortgage window even starts, and 27% of recent Livonia sales closed below the asking price.
Market data: Zillow Research, Livonia — 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 Livonia home is worth about $319,165 per the Zillow Home Value Index — up 2.6% over the past year. Actual closed sales tell a similar story — the median Livonia sale price is running about $326,900. That's a citywide midpoint: values differ street to street between Rosedale Gardens, Coventry Gardens and Laurel Park area and other pockets of Livonia. When we price a home, we work from recent sales near your address and its true condition, not the citywide average.
On a listed Livonia sale near the typical home value of $319,165, plan on roughly $16,000–$19,100 in agent commission (5–6%), about $2,740 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 Livonia's typical home value of about $319,165, that's roughly $16,000–$19,100 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 Rosedale Gardens, Coventry Gardens, Laurel Park area, Clarenceville and Newburgh / Six Mile area — and every other street in Livonia. If the property is anywhere in Wayne County, we'll make a written cash offer on it, regardless of condition.
Yes. We can close in as little as 7 days, or set a later date. That way your Livonia sale lines up with your move into a smaller home or a new community. Many of our Livonia sellers are retiring or rightsizing, not in any trouble. So we make the schedule fit your plans. You're always in control.
Definitely. We often buy inherited Livonia homes as-is. That includes ones in neighborhoods like Rosedale Gardens that haven't been touched in decades. We can work with the Wayne County Probate Court and your attorney. So the family avoids repairs, staging, and showings.
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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.