No jargon-laced explainers written to sell you a product. These guides assume you're an adult making a real decision, you want the catch, and you want it fast.
The mechanics: who's paying the cash, where the margin comes from, why “no commission” doesn't mean no fee, and why the appraisal is the number that matters.
Category decoderThree very different products, all marketed as “sell fast for cash.” What changes between them: who owns your home, who gets the overage, and where the risk sits.
Due diligenceTwelve questions that separate the transparent programs from the opaque ones. Every program should answer all of them the same way they appear in the PSA — if they don't, walk.
Document decoderA PSA section-by-section walkthrough. Which clauses matter, which are boilerplate, and the three specific clauses where programs hide their worst terms.
Case studiesFive recent sellers, five different programs, their actual numbers. What they expected, what they got, and what they'd change if they did it again.
ReferenceAdvance, appraisal adjustment, carry, overage, true-up, waterfall — the 40 terms you'll see across program materials, each with a one-sentence definition.
State pickerWhich programs are live, piloting, or announced in the sixteen states where cash offer programs have the most coverage. Updated quarterly from each program's footprint filings.
Every guide on this site is written by our editorial team, with input from current and former program employees, real estate attorneys, and sellers who've actually been through the process. Vendors don't get to review drafts before publication. When a program disagrees with how we've characterized their terms, we'll hear them out and update — but we won't let them rewrite.
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The guides cover the general case. We'll run your specific ZIP, price point, and state.
Get matchedProgram launches, PSA revisions, and the two rankings shifts we think are worth acting on. No affiliate offers, no spam.