HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh: Sell your house as-is, no hassles or fees, and pick your closing date
HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh often works with sellers who are looking to make their transition as easy as possible. Whether they’re looking to move into an assisted living facility or downsize, or they’re in a financially or emotionally stressful situation — oftentimes the HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh team can help.
HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh recently worked with an elderly woman in the Baldwin area who was looking to sell her home so she could move into a retirement community.
“We got a call from one of our Realtor friends who said they had a woman looking to sell a home so that she could make a transition, but wasn’t sure when she could move, and didn’t want to make any repairs to the home,” said Ryan Scialabba, owner and licensed Realtor.
When the company receives a call from a homeowner, or in this case, a Realtor, they do an initial qualification of the property and learn more about the situation. They find out where the house is, when it was built, and ask if it needs any repairs or updates. The rest of the call is spent figuring out what the situation is and if they can help.
“We tend to buy the same style of homes in the neighborhoods we know very well,” said Scialabba. “Once we get to the house, we like to take a 20-to-30-minute tour to get an estimate on the cost of renovating it so we can figure out how much we can pay.”
As the team walks through the house, they lean on their extensive background in real estate and construction to figure out the cost of renovations needed. Most of the homes they buy need updated kitchens, baths, flooring, paint, etc. Other times, the homes need extensive repairs from the roof to the foundation, which usually include French drains and wall anchors.
“This particular house was taken care of really well. We just needed to bring it into current condition by updating the kitchen, bathrooms, and other cosmetic items,” said Scialabba.
Once the HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh team figures out their renovation costs, they put the numbers into their system and present an offer to the seller on the spot.
“I always like to sit down and simply ask — how can I help make this as easy as possible for you?” said Scialabba. “This sit-down was funny because she had seen us on TV, in the newspapers, and heard us on the radio, so when she brought it up, the agent was like, ‘Oh, we’re good friends, let me give them a call.’ ”
In this situation, she had concerns that if she put her home on the market, she would have to make repairs to the house and she wouldn’t have control of the closing date. Overall, she didn’t want the transition to be stressful and wanted to know that the house was sold before she put a deposit down on her next home.
After closing Scialabba said, “All in all, we were able to close on her timeline and help a great person through an often stressful situation. This is just another example of making an easy win-win situation for both parties.”
The HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh team takes pride in their commitment to each individual seller and making the home-selling process as simple and hassle-free as possible.
The proof is in the track record: 5 years of A+ BBB history, 125-plus 5-Star Google Ratings, 2022 Best Places to Work #1 PBT, 2022 TribLive Best of the Best (3rd year running), featured in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Business Times as the #1 Fastest Growing Company in 2019, INC. 5000 #747 and #541 Fastest Growing Private Company in the Nation, seen on KDKA/CBS, and heard on KDKA-AM Radio monthly as your Pittsburgh Real Estate Experts.
For more information about HomeBuyers of Pittsburgh, call 412-214-9787, visit homebuyersofpittsburgh.com or email info@urbanpgh.com
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