Sell Your House with Roof Problems Fast, AS IS, for Cash

You have a few different paths to take when selling a house with a new roof needed. First, here is how to sell a roof-damaged house the normal way.

The Hard Way:

1. Your first step should be finding a realtor who knows their way around selling fixer-uppers.
2. Filling out the required property disclosure forms is a task you'll have to handle early on.
3. Getting the house onto the market and in front of buyers comes next. Hosting open houses and private tours usually becomes a regular part of your schedule.
4. Offers and counteroffers from different buyers will usually start coming your way once the house is listed. Although, it won’t be as intense as for a house without the roof problem.
5. The deal officially moves into escrow once you find an offer you’re happy with.
6. A round of professional property inspections by the buyer is the next hurdle you'll wait through. Professional roofers often show up during this phase to give the roof a thorough look. Fixing what the inspector found or dropping your price are usually the only ways to keep the deal alive.
7. Finding a lender willing to finance a house with roof issues can keep you waiting for a while. Banks often insist on a brand-new roof or want money held back in escrow to cover the job later.
8. The closing process often stalls while the buyer searches for a hazard insurance company that doesn't mind the roof damage.
9. Letting the bank's appraiser inside to value the house is the next necessary step. A low valuation might mean hosting even more appraisers to get a second opinion.
10. Handing over the keys finally happens, but only after you pay out agent fees and closing costs.

Now, here is how you can sell a house with roof damage quickly and easily:

The Easy Way:

1. A quick message to us gets you a cash offer with zero strings attached.
2. Once the price looks good to you, just sign the sales contract to get things moving.
3. The escrow process starts immediately so we can wrap everything up in just a few days. Inspections, hazard insurance, and appraisals won't slow this deal down.
4. Our team handles the closing costs, and any junk you don’t want can stay right where it is.

This way, you can sell a house that has cosmetic roof damage or one that has a totally ruined roof - easily and fast.

A "maybe" is the best answer here, unless you're selling to us - in that case, you definitely don't need to.

A small group of people might actually see a benefit, but for most, it might be worth replacing the roof before selling the house only in very specific cases.

Putting on a new roof before the sale only really makes sense if you run a roofing business with cheap materials and a solid crew, or if your roof condition is too bad.

Choosing to replace your roof before selling your home involves thinking about a few other things first.

A new buyer might not actually like the specific colors or materials you choose for the roof. Potential buyers could actually value the home less if they don't like the new roof you picked out.

Keeping an eye on a roofing crew is another huge hassle you probably don't want. You'll also have to deal with the total disaster that comes with tearing off an old roof.

If you choose to sell the house with roof problems to an average buyer, they will likely request you to fix the roof if it’s not up to standards. But if you sell to us, we won’t.

Our process makes things much easier for you. You don’t need to replace the roof before selling your house, and neither do you need to repair it.

Our team calculates a fair cash offer by taking the house's market value and subtracting the price of a new roof or its repair.

Giving a fair offer is easy for us, since we’ve bought plenty of houses with roof problems that normally scare off other buyers.

Even though some states are “buyer beware” states and don’t require disclosure, the best home selling practice is to fill out a property disclosure to inform potential buyers about any problems, roof included.

Besides the roof, indicate all problems you know about. Even in the “buyer beware” states, there is a possibility of being sued after the sale.

Any disclosure form requires you to indicate problems you know about. You don’t have to order an inspection specifically to discover problems to disclose.

However, pretending to not know about a problem might put you at risk should a dispute with the buyer arise and be taken to court.