You stop paying for a house and get a fair price.

What we do with the house and its contents

Sell an inherited house without cleanout, repairs, or hauling away a lifetime of belongings — we take it as it is. We can discuss what the family wants to keep and how the contents and access will be handled in the written terms.

Mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, utilities, and upkeep can continue while an inherited house is in the estate. We buy houses as-is in Asheville and Buncombe County, so you do not have to repair or clean out the house to ask about a sale.

What happens next

1. We talk through the Asheville address, the house’s condition, access, belongings, and the estate paperwork you have.
2. We give you a written cash offer in 24 hours, with written terms for you to review before you commit.
3. If you choose to proceed, a title company handles closing and confirms the deed and estate documents needed for the sale.

Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.

Signing from another location

Sell from anywhere in the country — we can send a notary to you, and you don't have to attend settlement or even visit the property.

North Carolina estate rules and sale taxes

In North Carolina, the Clerk of Superior Court in each county acts as the probate judge. The clerk appoints a personal representative — an executor when there is a will, or an administrator when there is not — and issues letters showing that person’s authority. When an owner dies, the house passes to the heirs or, after a valid will is probated, to the people named in it. The property can still be used to pay estate debts. See the North Carolina Judicial Branch estate guide and North Carolina law on title passing at death.

If the will gives the personal representative power to sell, a separate court proceeding is not needed for that sale; it may be public or private unless the will says otherwise. Without that power, the personal representative can ask the Clerk of Superior Court for permission to sell the real property to pay estate debts. The request identifies the heirs and people who inherit under the will. See the statutes on the representative’s powers and a petition to sell estate property.

Heirs may also sell, but creditor notice can affect the deed. If the estate’s first general notice to creditors is published or posted within two years after death, a sale by heirs before that notice does not hold up against estate creditors or the personal representative. After the notice and until the final account is approved, the personal representative must also sign the deed. If no such notice appears within two years, that restriction does not apply. The title company can confirm who must sign for this property. See North Carolina’s law on sales by heirs.

We help coordinate the sale, but we do not provide legal advice. The title company or a qualified attorney can confirm who has authority to sign for the estate.

North Carolina excise tax on conveyances

North Carolina charges an excise tax when a deed transfers real estate: $1 for each $500 of the price or value, and any part of $500 counts as a full $500. State law assigns payment to the seller before the deed is recorded. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including North Carolina's excise tax on conveyances. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate. See North Carolina General Statutes § 105-228.30.

Buncombe County estate and deed help

If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.