Sell a House with Structural Damage Issues AS IS, Fast in Scranton PA

We’re the leading cash home buyer in Scranton and surrounding areas. We’ve bought a number of houses with structural issues – both minor to major problems.

We’ve bought homes with unpermitted additions, failing foundations, and homes that have had alterations that compromised the entire structure of the house.

We’ve purchased houses that traditional buyers aren’t interested in buying. And when you sell your house to us, you get the following perks:

1. You sell quick
2. You sell for cash
3. You sell “AS IS”
4. No extra expenses
5. No endless showings
6. No waiting months for a buyer

Absolutely, yes. The Pennsylvania-mandated seller property disclosure statement asks specifically if your house has any structural problems.

When you answer “yes” on that form, you must also explain the nature of the structural problem.

If you fail to disclose known structural problems on the property disclosure, and your potential buyer’s home inspector notes them on the report, your buyers can rescind their offer to buy your house without any legal penalties.

Failure to disclose structural problems also exposes the homeowner to potential lawsuits from buyers when those problems are discovered after closing the escrow.

Pennsylvania law holds home sellers to the disclosure statements years after the house sale closes.

Homeowners selling a house with structural damage in Scranton have several ways to accomplish that sale.

The Easy Way:

1. Contact us for a free, no-strings-attached offer. We’ll arrange a time that’s convenient for you to meet us at your house for a walkthrough.
2. We’ll make an all-cash offer, without any obligation for you to sell to us.
3. If you agree to the offer, we’ll open escrow.
4. We do all the rest! You won’t have to wait for lenders, appraisals, or inspectors because we don’t require those services.
5. We’ll close escrow in an average of 3-30 days, and you’ll have your cash!

That’s it. We’ll even pay your closing costs!

The Hard Way:

1. Locate a real estate agent who has experience selling and marketing a house with structural damage.
2. Sign the listing contract and complete the state-mandated property disclosure.
3. Market your house. Your marketing plan may include numerous open houses where your home will be available for the general public to tour.
4. Field offers for your house and negotiate for the best price.
5. Sign the sales contract and open your home for the buyer’s home inspectors. This may include a specialized inspection to examine the structural damage.
6. Renegotiate the sales contract after your buyer calculates the cost to do the repairs indicated by the home inspectors.
7. Wait for the buyer to apply and be accepted for a mortgage on your property. Depending on the type and amount of structural damage to your house, this step may take some time.
8. Wait for the buyer to shop hazard insurance policies. This also may take some time since some companies aren’t interested in writing a policy for a home with structural damage.
9. Open your home to the lender’s appraiser.
10. Wait for the lender’s underwriter to approve the home loan.
11. Close escrow and pay your agent’s commission and all the costs associated with the closing.

Yes, selling a house in Scranton with even small structural issues can be extremely difficult.

Major structural issues or damage can make a house unsaleable to most homebuyers. But we’re not among them.

Homebuyers, unless they’re builders or have a contracting license, typically don’t have any idea how to assess structural damage.

They also aren’t schooled in how to repair the damage, and have no idea about the cost for those repairs.

We have that experience, and we can make a fair cash offer based on the value of your house minus the cost of the structural repairs.

Structural issues can be major or minor, but we’re still interested in looking at your house to make an offer. Contact us for an offer — you’re under no obligation to sell to us if you don’t like it!