Resale value, minus repairs, minus what the end buyer needs, minus our fee. What is left is yours.
Most cash buyers give you a number and no arithmetic. The number is the easy part to argue with and the arithmetic is the part that either holds up or does not.
Here is a worked example on a house that resells for $180,000 once the work is done. The four pieces add to that figure exactly, which is the only test that matters.
| Repairs and cleanoutContractor pricing, not a guess. | −$35,000 |
|---|---|
| Buyer's margin and holdingInsurance, taxes, and their profit. | −$28,000 |
| Our feeOne line, not a secret. | −$10,000 |
| What you getCash. No commission, no closing costs. | $107,000 |
What the house sells for after the work, not what it is worth today and not what a site estimated. It comes from what comparable houses on your street actually closed at.
Contractor pricing on the roof, the systems, the floors and the cleanout. This is the row that moves most between two houses that look identical from the street.
Whoever renovates it carries insurance, utilities, taxes and interest for months, then needs a profit at the end. If that margin is not in the number, the deal does not happen at all.
Ours is a line on the page rather than a secret. In the example it is $10,000 on a $180,000 resale. Ask what it is on your house and you will be told the figure before you sign anything.
It is an illustration with round numbers, not a quote. A real number needs the deed, the taxes, the condition and the comparable sales, which is what the intake starts.